Pen Studios and Zee5 Original’s Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai? (A) is the story of a boy and girl, who live in Bareilly.
Surinder/Sintu (Jassie Gill) lives with his parents (Atul Srivastava and Vibha Chhibber), grandmother (Surekha Sikri) and sister, Tanu (Sahiba Vij). At the time of his birth, it had been predicted that he would do big things and become a big man. However, Sintu has studied only up to class XII due to which he is always rejected for marriage by the parents of prospective brides. College girl Sonam Gupta (Surbhi Jyoti) lives with her parents (Brijendra Kala and Neelu Kohli). At the time of her birth, it had been predicted that she would become very famous and make her parents proud. Sonam keeps rejecting prospective grooms and has plans to go abroad.
Sintu falls in love with Sonam. On her part, Sonam, too, reciprocates. One day, Sonam forces Sintu to get intimate with her. She also tells him to get money so that they could elope and then marry. Since Sintu is financially not well-off, he borrows money from Sanjeev Nagraj (Vijay Raaz) with a promise to repay the loan soon after his wedding. Sintu’s father, too, has borrowed money from Nagraj.
But when Sintu goes to meet Sonam so that they could elope and get married, she does not turn up. To his shock, there are a number of prospective grooms who had all been called by her at the same place. Driven to his wits’ end, a humiliated Sintu writes ‘Sonam Gupta bewafa hai’ (‘Sonam Gupta is a deceiver’) on currency notes and circulates them so that the world gets to know. He also decides to marry a divorcee of the same name (Sonam). But before the wedding, he bumps into his girlfriend, alongwith her fiancé.
What happens then? Why did Sonam Gupta ditch Sintu? Does Sintu marry the divorcee? Does Sonam Gupta marry her fiancé? What about the loans that Sintu and his father had taken from Nagraj? Who repays them? Why had the other Sonam divorced her husband?
Saurabh Tyagi’s story and screenplay are very weak and have been written in a way that one gets the impression of the writing being a half-hearted job. Scenes just come one after the other without any connection. No justification is given for actions/dialogues of various characters. There is no romance whatsoever. Even comedy is missing. Saurabh Tyagi’s dialogues have no punch.
Jassie Gill is alright in the role of Sintu. Surbhi Jyoti is very ordinary as Sonam Gupta. As Sonam’s father, Brijendra Kala performs well. Neelu Kohli is okay in the role of Sonam’s mother. Vibha Chhibber overacts as Sintu’s mother. Atul Srivastava is alright as Sintu’s father. Surekha Sikri shines in a brief role as Sintu’s grandmother. Vijay Raaz is his usual self as Sanjeev Nagraj. As Sintu’s sister, Tanu, Sahiba Vij is natural. Shrikant Verma (as Sintu’s uncle), Ekavali Khanna (as Sintu’s aunt), Kaviraj Laique (as Kundan), Paritosh Tripathi (as Gagan Gupta), Surbhi Dhyani (as Sonam), Saurabh Tyagi (as Rastogi printer), Rajesh Sharma (as the travel agent), Saaki (as Sintu’s friend), Aditya Lal (as Sonam’s fiancé), Rahul Mishra (as the hair dresser), R.C. Pathak (as the hakeem), Rajkumar Yadav (as the milkman), Sudhanva Deshpande (as Srivastavaji), Vivek Tripathi (as the recharge guy), Aashish Singh (as the tea seller), Tassabar Ali (as the other milkman) and Anand Zareef Malik (as Panditji) do not provide even decent support.
Saurabh Tyagi’s direction is pathetic. Music (Rahul Mishra, Rochak Kohli, Payal Dev and Avvy SRA) is poor. Lyrics (by Manoj Muntashir, Kunaal Vermaa and Happy Raikoti) are average. Choreography (by Shrijil Khan and Pravin Suryavanshi) is not upto the mark. Amar Mohile’s background music is ordinary. R.M. Swamy’s cinematography is so-so. Prem Sharma’s action is functional. Editing (Sailesh G. Dubey) is loose.
On the whole, Kya Meri Sonam Gupta Bewafa Hai? is a weak fare and stands no chance at the box-office, more so because it was released digitally last week itself. The title value will help to an extent, at least in the Hindi-speaking belt.
Released on 17-9-’21 all over except Maharashtra, Assam and Kerala. Publicity & opening: poor.