Glorifies toxic obsession despite its leads' earnest efforts.
Verdict tier Unfavorable, most critics didn't like it, on a scale of Unfavorable, Mixed, Recommended, Exceptional.
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Critic consensus
Critical reception for Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat is overwhelmingly negative, with most reviewers condemning the film for glorifying obsessive and toxic romantic behaviour at a time of heightened social concern around crimes against women. The screenplay, dialogue, and direction drew particular scorn, with critics describing the writing as incoherent and the pacing as painfully slow. A handful of reviewers acknowledged the film's appeal to audiences nostalgic for melodramatic, massy romance, and the lead performances of Harshvardhan Rane and Sonam Bajwa were occasionally noted as earnest attempts to salvage the material. However, the consensus is that even the cast's physical appeal and committed performances could not overcome the film's fundamental creative and ethical failures.
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Bollywood refuses to deep-six the deeply regressive misogynistic toxicity of the Darrs, Anjaams, Tere Naams: it keeps bringing it back, cementing the dangerous idea that one-sided obsession is a perfectly legitimate emotion, which can badger and bludgeon the nay-sayer into submission. Whatever happened to No means No?
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EK DEEWANE KI DEEWANIYAT is unapologetically massy.
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EDKD strives to rekindle a bygone era of love—one where intensity often overshadowed logic and passion flirted with obsession. Much like Saiyaara, it doesn’t venture into new territory, yet it finds its footing with those who still cherish melodrama laced with nostalgia.
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Post Saiyaara, it's great to see romance coming back and filmmakers taking a break from bloodshed and breaking bones. But if romance means Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat, let’s break some bones then
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It took me a long time to figure out the point of a film like Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat. And then, amid one of the endlessly meaningless dialogues disguised as poetry, it hit me: the whole point was for a line, a scene, to end up as an Instagram reel for jilted lovers to clip and plaster across their feeds.
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...depicts an obsessive lover's troubling pursuit. The film raises concerns about glamorising toxic relationships amid rising crimes against women.
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Harshvardhan Rane and Sonam Bajwa try to sell this bizarre story with three things – good looks, good looks, and good looks! Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat keeps turning bizarre in the name of obsession and love every moving second, and the film should go seek a therapist rather than justifying romance and emotions in a nonsensical way!
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Zaveri has tried to take the Arjun Reddy route, but ends up bringing out the cringiest film of the year. Dialogues, logic, direction — Zaveri has none of it in this film. Harshvardhan Rane and Sonam Bajwa have tried their best to make the film look bearable, but unfortunately, they fail miserably.
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It's a miracle that a movie named Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat exists. It's like watching a 141-minute music video of tight reaction shots, slow-mo emotions, design
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Milap Zaveri tries to revive his flagging career by glorifying stalkers in Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat. The 140-minute film, written by Zaveri and Mushtaq Shiekh, has scenes in excruciating slow motion and songs with the usual doom-and-gloom lyrics. The general feeling is of being trapped in a small elevator during a lengthy power cut.
Credits
Harshvardhan RaneVikramaditya Bhonsle
Sonam BajwaAdaa
Shaad RandhawaSawant
Sachin KhedekarGanpatrao Bhonsle
Ananth Narayan MahadevanAdaa's Father
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