Ok I lied.
Challo Dilli isn't really that great after all. π³ The movie got kind of weird in the second half actually. π Fivr now I see what you meant by the iffy reviews. I think the writer just lost the plot/ got confused in the second half of the movie.
You know how you have expectations from a movie after you watch the first 30-60 minutes? Well basically, I had expected something different from the movie in the first half that it didn't quite deliver in the second half.
I thought the story was going to be more along the lines of how Lara and Vinay's characters both impact each other along their journey. And while Vinay kind of shows Lara how to take it easy in life; Lara also shows him a bit of her world and broadens his mind to different ideas and ways of thinking. Since Vinay's character is pretty narrow minded that way. So basically a situational, character based story for the most part.
But it turned out to be something a little different. There were just too many annoying W*F bits and loopholes in the second half...like the random gundes and stuff. And the maha bore 'laila' song which we FFed. And by the end the movie kind of got really preachy all of a sudden too. The first half promised to be this lighthearted, feel good movie with these subtle messages. So the first half really built up my expectations. But I was kind of loosing interest and getting bored in the second half. :(
I really liked the initial concept/idea of the movie. But the story just went kind of haywire after a point. Vinay Pathak was really awesome though. He was basically the soul of the movie. Anyways, I guess it's an ok one time watch. I so wish the story had been executed well till the end though. So much potential kind of went wasted. *sigh*