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Worst Bollywood Movies of 2024

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While I normally make a Top 10 (or Bottom 10, I guess) list of the worst movies of the year, I didn’t feel like I saw enough truly terrible Hindi films in 2024 to warrant a lengthy list. I’m instead going to highlight the four most problematic 2024 releases that I watched. Here are the worst of the worst:

Fighter was easily the most disappointing movie of 2024. Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan in an action-packed Top Gun knockoff sounds like a recipe for success. Unfortunately, a jingoistic climax takes what should have been something silly and fun to a dark place.

Dibakar Banerjee tried to recreate the experience of watching a reality show, a Twitch stream, and sitting in a Zoom meeting for his anthology sequel LSD 2: Love Sex aur Dhokha 2. It’s an awkward format that is less enjoyable than doing any of the three things it mimics.

Annu Kapoor in drag could not save the dated, unfunny romantic comedy Luv Ki Arrange Marriage.

My worst movie of 2024 was admittedly one of the most entertaining that I watched all year, albeit for the wrong reasons. Horror director Vikram Bhatt went all-in on CGI for his latest, making a movie filmed almost entirely in front of a green-screen with sets and effects added in later. This isn’t unusual — one can’t exactly shoot a movie in outer space or on an alien planet — but it requires a lot of time and money to make it look convincing. Bhatt didn’t spend enough of either of those, resulting in a movie that looks cheap and weightless. His approach may be high-tech, but it doesn’t yield better results than his earlier films like Raaz or even Creature 3D. But if you want a laugh, watch my Worst Bollywood Movie of 2024: Bloody Ishq!

What was your least favorite movie of 2024? Let me know in the comments!

Kathy’s Worst Bollywood Movies of 2024

  1. Bloody Ishq – stream on Hulu
  2. Luv Ki Arrange Marriage – stream on ZEE5
  3. LSD 2 – stream on Netflix
  4. Fighter – stream on Netflix

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Movie Review: Luv Ki Arrange Marriage (2024)

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1 Star (out of 4)

Watch Luv Ki Arrange Marriage on Zee5

Luv Ki Arrange Marriage (“Luv’s Arranged Marriage“) is a romantic comedy that has little to offer in the way of either romance or comedy.

The titular Luv (Sunny Singh) is the thuggish son of Prem Kumar (Annu Kapoor), a widowed Lothario with a reputation in their apartment colony. Luv chides his dad that a 55-year-old man shouldn’t be such a flirt, which is unintentionally funny since 55 isn’t exactly ancient and Kapoor is actually 68, anyway.

Father and son head to Bhopal with Luv’s aunt Prema (Kapoor in drag) and her husband Mishra (Mushtaq Khan) to meet a prospective bride for Luv named Ishika (Avneet Kaur). Ishika has rejected almost two dozen grooms so far, and she does the same with Luv. Both families say some hurtful things, and the Kumars leave in a huff.

Their exit is stymied as the city is engulfed in fiery political protests. With nowhere to go and a curfew in place, the Kumars return to Ishika’s spacious house and stay with her family for several days. Feelings between Luv and Ishika soften when he realizes that she’s avoiding marriage simply because she doesn’t want to abandon her widowed mother Supriya (Supriya Pathak).

Before Luv and Ishika can tell everyone they’ve reconsidered their engagement, Prem and Supriya announce their plans to marry. Instead of becoming husband and wife, Luv and Ishika are about to become brother and sister.

The film has a classic comedy premise, but there’s nothing fresh about the presentation. Flat jokes are delivered at maximum volume, and scenes are underscored with corny music and dated sound effects. Even with a relatively short two-hour runtime, the film devotes too much time to side characters like Rajpal Yadav’s spurned suitor Pyare and Paritosh Tripathi’s thief Jugnu.

It’s odd that Luv is the focal point of the title and the plot when he’s the least interesting character. The centering of his feelings is undeserved, especially when it comes at the expense of other characters. For example, when Luv does something selfish and Ishika gives him consequences, he gets a sad song montage about how deceitful Ishika is.

Singh’s low-energy performance does Luv no favors, though he’s more lively in the film’s dance numbers. Kaur puts in a solid effort as Ishika, and Pathak makes Supriya into a sympathetic figure. Kapoor and Yadav are comedy veterans and bring energy to their roles, but that’s not enough to recommend Luv Ki Arrange Marriage.

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Streaming Video News: June 14, 2024

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I updated my list of Bollywood movies on Netflix with today’s addition of the Hindi theatrical release LSD 2: Love Sex aur Dhokha 2 and yesterday’s debut of the Telugu film Gangs of Godavari. Today was also supposed to be the premiere of the Netflix Original movie Maharaj, but a Gujarat court stayed the film’s release at the request of a Hindu rights organization. I wrote more about the Maharaj controversy for What’s on Netflix. Hopefully, Maharaj will release on June 18 when the stay order ends, but we’ll have to wait and see.

I also updated my list of Bollywood movies on Hulu with yesterday’s additions of the Vidya Balan theatrical release Do Aur Do Pyaar (which is temporarily unavailable as of June 15) and the Hotstar Specials Telugu series Yakshini (also available in Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and Tamil).

One more new Hindi film to watch this weekend is the Zee5 Original Luv Ki Arrange Marriage.