Tere Ishk Mein
- Director
- Aanand L. Rai
- Studio
- T-Series FilmsColour Yellow Productions
- Release Date
- 28 November 2025
- Running Time
- 169 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹85.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹148.50 Cr
Review
Priya Sharma here, and I have to tell you: *Tere Ishk Mein* arrives like a slap across the face when you're expecting a tender caress. This is Bollywood willing to venture into the shadows, to ask uncomfortable questions about what happens when love becomes obsession, when desire morphs into something neither beautiful nor redemptive. Dhanush and Kriti Sanon don't just perform here—they bleed into their roles, delivering work that feels raw and psychologically honest. Director Aanand L Rai captures moments of such electric, unsettling chemistry that you find yourself genuinely unsure whether you're witnessing romance or tragedy, and that ambiguity is precisely what makes the film's best sequences unforgettable. These two actors wade through the murk with such conviction that entire scenes seem to exist on a knife's edge between heartbreak and something darker.
But here's where the film stumbles: ambition and execution don't quite dance together. The second half drags painfully, padding itself with inconsistencies that gradually erode the emotional foundation you've been standing on. The film depicts deeply toxic dynamics without ever truly reckoning with them—it shows us the poison but never asks why we're drinking it. You leave feeling disturbed, yes, but not necessarily moved or enlightened. Dhanush and Kriti's performances are honestly the only thing keeping you invested when the story begins to unravel; their talent becomes the scaffolding holding up an increasingly rick
Storyline
So there's this hotshot Air Force pilot named Shankar who gets a bit too aggressive with a Chinese plane that wanders into Indian airspace. Instead of just reporting it, he decides to be a hero and intimidates the aircraft into turning back. His commanding officer isn't happy about this reckless behavior and grounds him until he gets a psychological evaluation. That's where things get interesting because the military psychologist assigned to his case is none other than Mukti, and let me tell you, these two have some serious history together.
It turns out that seven years ago, Shankar was this angry, hotheaded student leader at Delhi University, and Mukti was this brilliant psychology researcher who thought she could study him and help fix his aggressive tendencies. Well, Shankar ended up falling head over heels for her, but she wasn't interested. She was too intimidated by his intensity and emotions, so instead of just being honest about it, she came up with this whole scheme involving her dad to make Shankar prove himself by passing a really difficult government exam.
Now here's where it gets messy. Shankar actually buckles down for three years and starts seriously preparing for this exam while Mukti conveniently disappears to America. Just when he's about to crack the prelims, boom—Mukti announces she's marrying some guy she met abroad. Can you imagine how devastating that must have been for him? So now they're face to face again after all these years, and there's clearly still a ton of unresolved feelings and tension between them.
