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Moviekoop

Reviewed by: Ravi Mondeti | Rating:

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga: Dawn Of Sensible LGBTQ Portrayals in Bollywood? Sonam Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Rajkummar Rao Starrer, is releasing this week! The buzz around the movie is much about the subject it is dealing with. After Supreme Court decriminalized Section 377, This is the first big movie outing on LGBTQ, The success of which will be crucial in breaking the stereotypes around the subject in Bollywood. Read full review

Times of India

Reviewed by: Rachit Gupta | Rating:

Love stories can get quite cliched, but when you talk about new-age romance, the conversations can get pretty interesting. Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (ELKDTAL) is an unconventional tale of finding love and acceptance. The film employs its fair share of stereotypes to tell a modern and relevant story. The fact that it brings, a still niche subject like homosexuality, to a mainstream movie is one of its strengths. Thankfully, the progressive themes and emotional intelligence of the movie, help it rise above the lackluster screenplay. Read full review

India Today

Reviewed by: Ananya Bhattacharya | Rating:

Take this story to the smallest of towns. Let the Sweetys in every village and every town know that they are normal. Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga is an attempt at 'normalising' everyone who is 'not normal'. It is for the ones who are shunned, who are never accepted into the fold of 'mainstream' society. The love stories that are not spoken about. The Lihaafs that are persecuted and the Goblin Markets that men don't want. Read full review

Firstpost

Reviewed by: Anna MM | Rating:

What might a conservative Hindu consider even more objectionable than the daughter of the family marrying a Muslim man? Answer: how about the girl being in love with another girl? The spotlight on this ridiculous, tragi-comic hierarchy of biases is one of the many winning aspects of writer-director Shelly Chopra Dhar's Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga. Read full review