Is that Ranjan’s ideal? Is that how men expect women to respond when it comes to their own male bonding? The representation of bromance is, in fact, more intriguing in the older generation what with the grandfather (Alok Nath) almost joined at the hip with his bachelor buddy (Virendra Saxena) and the grandmother least concerned. Instead of two men fighting over one woman we have the love for the woman coming in the way of male friendship. The traditional filmi triangle gets inverted. Titu’s (Sunny Singh) impending marriage with Sweety (Nusrat Bharucha) comes in the way of his friendship with Sonu (Kartik Aaryan). As does the fabulous supporting cast a special word in for the lovely, unaffected, funny mom Ayesha Raza Mishra. The actors, their attitude, chatter and boy and girl next door personalities ring true.

Not that one is complaining either we can well imagine where all this deep-seated anxiety prompted by women is coming from.Īlso, to give the devil his due, Ranjan does manage to craft quite a laugh riot, especially in the first half, his inconsiderateness to women notwithstanding. No wonder there are certain givens in his films-the young women are either full-blown bitches or ditzy wallflowers and then there is also another bunch-the loving elderly matriarchs. The way he has steadily stood by angst-ridden young men, who have been disillusioned by women and failed relationships, FOSLA could well be called Ranjan’s oeuvre. Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (SKTKS) seems tailormade for the young male members of this club, in fact all of Luv Ranjan’s films are. I’m told that there’s also a dedicated Facebook page for the community. The Frustrated One Sided Lovers Association seems to be peopled largely by jilted men, at least in my limited experience. FOSLA is a term I got to discover through social media.

Sonu ki titu ki sweety