Sonam Kapoor’s ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’ Trailer Expands The Boundaries Of Bollywood Love Stories

Bollywood has bastardised the romance genre to the extent that audiences nowadays let out a collective groan every time someone announces another rehash of Laila-Majnu. And when the first teaser for ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’ dropped, it had all the tell-tale signs of relying on ‘1942: A Love Story’s popularity, while presenting a story we’ve seen a thousand times. But boy-o-boy, were we wrong!

‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’ stars Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Juhi Chawla in the lead roles. And it’s directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar.

The trailer starts off with Rajkummar Rao narrating the story of a girl who he was in love with and then takes us through numerous dance sequences and grooms for Sonam Kapoor’s character. However, the twist comes towards the end to show that she’s in fact not into men.

2018 was a monumental year for the LGBTQ community as the regressive Section 377 was struck down. And it’s heartening to see that we’re beginning to see it’s effects in mainstream cinema, thanks to filmmakers and actors with progressive mindsets. February 2019 can’t come sooner!

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