Pyaar Ke Side Effects (Hindi: प्यार के साइड इफेक्ट्स) is a Bollywood movie released in September 2006. It was produced under the banner of Pritish Nandy communications and was written and directed by first time director Saket Chaudhary. Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat played the lead cast. The film is a romantic comedy, and portrays the intricacies of a modern relationship. A sequel, Shaadi Ke Side Effects, is currently in development.

Plot[link]

Sid (Rahul Bose) plays a short, thirtyish DJ, who finds himself playing music at Trisha's (Mallika Sherawat's) marriage to Vivek (Jas Arora) in Delhi. However, he witnesses her fight her sense of responsibility and duty towards her parents and the groom, and runs away.

Six months later, he meets her again at a DJ competition in Mumbai, which he has just lost, yet again. Before you know it, they're in a relationship, and three years have passed. Trisha thinks she is ready for marriage, and gets down on her knee to propose to Sid. Sid suffering from the typical commitment phobia, is at a loss for a reasonable answer. In a bid to not lose her, Sid finds himself engaged.

But along with the engagement comes a new set of problems - such as shopping for furniture for their home, engagement rings, and more importantly facing the father of the bride! The father has more than one problem with Sid. He doesn't have a future, he earns a lot less than Trisha, and he doesn't seem responsible enough. Over an altercation Sid has with Trisha's father, the couple break up. Vivek, Trisha's ex-husband-to-be, is waiting in the wings, to help her broken heart mend. Sid on the other hand, finds himself being wooed by item girl, Tanya (Sophie Choudry), star of the 'Baby Girl vol. 3' video.

After a few amusing run-ins, an attempt to be just-friends, and a sad-song ("Jaane Kya" sung by Zubin), Sid, finally realises, thanks to his mother, that his commitment phobia is the result of a childhood scar. His father abandoned Sid and his mother, when Sid was very young. His mother reassures him, that he is nothing like his father, and would make a great husband. But it's too late, Trisha has already agreed to marry Vivek. This leads him to Trisha's dear friend Anjali (Suchitra Pillai), who reminds him of Dracula because she always attacks him, for making Trisha unhappy. She helps him crash Trisha's wedding party.

The climax builds up, as Sid's job involves not just convincing Trisha that his hang-ups have abated, but also avoid a deadly confrontation with Trisha's father.

This movie appears to be based on the Hollywood movie High Fidelity High Fidelity (film).

Cast[link]

• Rahul Bose as Siddharth "Sid" Bose
• Mallika Sherawat as Trisha Mallick
• Ranvir Shorey as Narayanan "Nanu" Iyer
• Sophie Choudry as Tanya (Baby Girl Vol.3)
• Suchitra Pillai-Malik as Anjali (Dracula)
• Sharat Saxena as Retd. Major Gen. Veera Bhadra Mallick
• Taraana Raja as Shalini
• Aamir Bashir as Kapil
• Jas Arora as Vivek Chaddha
• Sapna Bhavnani as Nina

Music[link]

The film's music was composed by Pritam. The album, released in the month of July 2006, contained the following songs.

Reception[link]

Pyaar Ke Side Effects was a modest box office success, earning 7.47 crore.^[1] The film garnered mixed reviews from critics. Several critics, such as Indiafm's Taran Adarsh felt that the second half of the film "drags".^[2]

Awards[link]

For their work in Pyaar Ke, production company Pritish Nandy Communications won the Remi Award for Creative Excellence at the 2007 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Pyaar Ke Side Effects at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website

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