Siddhant Chaturvedi, Mrunal Thakur recall how filmy romance ruined their love lives
In an exclusive conversation with India Today, Mrunal Thakur and Siddhant Chaturvedi get candid about film romance and how those cinematic ideals have shaped, and sometimes even distorted, their love lives.
Every person from the 90s would agree that, growing up in Hindi cinema, our idea of love and romance often meant grand gestures, music playing in the background and a dramatic confession that leads to happily ever after. While times have changed and filmmakers are now moving towards realism, our yearning for a perfect filmy romance is still alive somewhere deep down. Siddhant Chaturvedi and Mrinal Thakur, who are ready to star in new romantic two crazy people in the cityrecently spoke about her experiences with filmy romance and how it affected her love life.
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In an exclusive conversation with India Today, Siddhant admitted that he believed in the cinematic idea of romance for years, until an extremely embarrassing moment in his Class 10 farewell made him do an enduring reality check. The actor recalled how his lavish behavior towards his crush had broken her heart in the end. He said, “I had seen in films that when a girl gets angry or when you want to impress someone, the hero comes, dances, there are background dancers, there is blaring music and the girl finally agrees. I really believed in it.”
Determined to recreate a movie-style proposal, Siddhant recalled how he had planned an elaborate moment for a girl during his school farewell, intending to get down on knees in front of friends, drama and all. He said, “It was my 10th class farewell, and I liked someone. I thought it was the last day; everyone in the auditorium was dancing. I told my four friends, I wanted to get down on my knees and propose, completely dramatic. I even gave them vada pav, ice cream and coffee. We were all hanging around her in the hall, and just like that. made a lover The song played, we did choreographed steps and then I got down on one knee and proposed.
However, what happened next was not what the theory expected. He told how the entire class started laughing and the girl turned back and walked away. “There would have been a lot of insult to me and my friends. (It was really insulting to me and even my friends). The girl also later told me, ‘You should not have embarrassed me like this in front of the entire class.’ That’s when I understood that maybe real life doesn’t work like movies,” said the actor.
Mrunal Thakur, who was also part of the conversation, further explained how Hindi cinema, especially the romantic legacy shaped by Shah Rukh Khan, has set exceptionally high expectations of love and expression. “I think romance in films and Bollywood, especially because Shah Rukh Khan, sir, has set very high standards. if anyone wants to come closer to me or cross Lakshman Rekha (The range) around me, it should be more than what we have seen in the movies. Sometimes I feel sad that we experience this kind of romance only in movies, why not in real life? But the standards set by Sir are so high that crossing them seems not only difficult but impossible.”
Amidst the heartbreak after Siddhant’s departure and Mrunal’s reflection on SRK-style romance, the fact remains that Bollywood may teach audiences to dream about love, but real life rarely follows a scripted romantic sequence. As far as they are concerned, both the actors promise to bring real coming of age romance and relationship conversations in their film two crazy people in the cityWhich is going to be released on 20th February.
