Qarib Qarib Singlle
- Director
- Tanuja Chandra
- Studio
- Zee StudiosJar Pictures
- Release Date
- 9 November 2017
- Running Time
- 125 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹17.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹24.11 Cr
Review
Deb Medhekar's *Qarib Qarib Singlle* arrives as a refreshingly unconventional rom-com in a landscape oversaturated with formula-driven narratives. The film's central premise—a widow and a free-spirited poet embarking on a road trip to visit his exes—could have easily descended into crass territory, but instead Medhekar treats it with surprising tenderness and humor. Irrfan Khan delivers a nuanced performance as Yogi, channeling vulnerability beneath the bohemian bravado, while Parvathy Omnachanaya brings a grounded authenticity to Jaya's journey of self-rediscovery. Their chemistry sizzles not through conventional romantic beats but through witty banter and genuine moments of connection—the film understands that the best relationships bloom from friendship first.
What elevates this beyond typical indie rom-coms is its willingness to sit in awkwardness and contradiction. Unlike the polished perfection of mainstream Bollywood romance, *Qarib Qarib Singlle* allows its characters to be messy, uncertain, and occasionally cringe-inducing. The ashram sequence, the water bottle intimacy debate, and the encounters with his exes all feel earned rather than manufactured for laughs. Medhekar's direction is unhurried, letting scenes breathe and conversations meander naturally—a stylistic choice that mirrors the film's thematic embrace of uncertainty over neat resolution. The road-trip format becomes a meditation on healing and transformation rather than just a backdrop for romance.
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Storyline
So there's this woman named Jaya who's been stuck in a rut for years after losing her husband. She's tired of everyone constantly bugging her about moving on, so she decides to jump into online dating. She ends up matching with this quirky poet guy named Yogi, who's basically the opposite of serious—he's all about living life freely and going with the flow. He actually helps her deal with all the creepy messages she's been getting, which is kind of sweet, and she agrees to see him again even though her first instinct was to avoid him.
When they meet up, Yogi casually mentions that he has three ex-girlfriends who are apparently still hung up on him. Jaya's not sure if he's being honest or just full of himself, so she dares him to actually go visit these exes to prove it. Before she knows it, she's agreeing to go along on this weird road trip, pretending to be his cousin if anyone asks questions. They head off to places like Dehradun, and right from the start there's plenty of awkward moments—like when Yogi misses his flight and she freaks out, or when she refuses to even share her water bottle with him because apparently that's too intimate.
As they travel around meeting these women from his past, things get increasingly uncomfortable and hilarious at the same time. They stay in an ashram where Yogi falls asleep while chatting with her on the phone, which totally bothers her for some reason. Then they meet one of his exes, Radha, who's now married with kids—and plot twist, Yogi's like an uncle to her children! The whole trip becomes this crazy journey where these two keep learning more about each other, and you can tell there's definitely some weird chemistry brewing beneath all the bickering.
