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As the movie opens to the trendy remixed version of Bachna Ae Haseeno and you watch Ranbeer Kapoor match steps with ease with 3 lovely ladies you know you are watching a star. The youngest Kapoor on the block would have made a more popular debut had this his first flick rather than Saawariya.

So you have a dedicated bachelor who designs video games for a living, Raj(Ranbeer Kapoor) trace his love life from 1996 to 2007. His first encounter is with young Mahi(Minisha Lamba) who is searching for her “Raj” al la DDLJ style in Switzerland where Raj and his pals are also vacationing. While Raj loves the whole DDLJ idea for a coupla days he has no intentions of marrying the dreamy Mahi who is on the brink of getting engaged with a family friend. So he bids adieu leaving behind a heart broken Mahi.

Cut to 2002 and Raj is living it up or rather living in ;-) with Radhika(Bipasha Basu) in amchi Mumbai. She’s a small town gal from Ranchi who wants to make it big in the movies. They have the perfect life together, no complications no strings attached….till Raj gets a job offer to move to Sydney n Radhika starts making wedding plans. With the babes and the beach beckoning Raj decides to chicken out of the impending wedding.

Sydney lives up to his expectations and so do the women ;-) . Till one night he runs into Gayathri(Deepika Padukone), a taxi driver cum supermarket checkout girl. She’s smart, sassy, independent and will work as many jobs as it takes to get her through her MBA degree. She’s nothing like anyone Raj has met and he is smitten. And finally lover boy decides it’s time to tie the knot. One problem though…Gayathri doesn’t believe in marriage! :-)

A heart broken Raj thinks back to the times and women he’s jilted and decides to track them down and ask for their forgiveness. But even with the passage of time the agony of heart break is tough to forget and Raj has an uphill task cut out for him.

Will Mahi and Radhika find it in themselves to forgive Raj?

Is he ironically gonna end up alone?

After the dismal Ta Ra Rum Pum director Siddharth Anand somewhat finds his element in Bachna Ae Haseeno.

The movie belongs to Ranbeer Kapoor who looks dishy throughout and is immensely comfortable in front of the camera. So charming is the dude that he’ll elicit a smile from you even while behaving like a total heel :-D

Minisha Lamba does well as the young dreamy Mahi and the tough as nails unromantic woman she changes into.

Bipasha Basu rocks! She holds her own against the young wanna shines and has amazing chemistry with Ranbeer even if she does look older than him.

While Deepika Padukone is not as luminous as she was in Om Shanti Om she doesn’t have much scope to perform. The dialog delivery definitely needs work.

Fresh, breezy and young Bachna doesn’t have the magic of Salaam Namaste but it’s still a fun watch.

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