You do not, should not, and cannot tell the same joke thrice. It no longer remains a joke. Todd Phillips must know as much. But the lust for cashing in on a box-office friendly business model is evidently irresistible.

The classic second-half gaffe. You have a cracker of an idea, the build up is great too, and then gross lack of imagination turns everything into a mangled mess post interval.

Riya Vij is spontaneous as Gippi. The mom-daughter chemistry between Riya and Divya Dutta is natural, too. But the film could have done with some solid writing, notably in the second half. Gippi is a coming-of-age flick that doesn’t quite come of age.