I Hate Luv Storys Movie Review

I Hate Luv Storys (Hindi)

Release Date:
July 02, 2010

I hate luv storys' is the maxim Jay lives by. But as an assistant director to Veer, the most famous romantic filmmaker of Indian Film Industry, Jay has little option but to live with larger than life, glossy, cinematic love on an everyday basis. Things only get worse when he is made to work under the new production designer on the film… Simran, with whom he shares the strangest first encounter! Simran loves luv storys; So much so that even her life has begun to resemble one. With her ideal job and the perfect boyfriend, Raj, she lives a blissful, dreamy life; One that is rudely interrupted by Jay's cynicism. The turmoil's of Jay and Simran's life, is ironically interweaved with the Luv Story that they are working on…. But will Jay and Simran ever find their own Luv Story?

I hate luv storys' is the maxim Jay lives by. But as an assistant director to Veer, the most famous romantic filmmaker of... Show More

Extremely winning leads do their best to add freshness to a film that feels a decade old (and about as long)

The New Indian Express

It's Imran and Sonam's collective persona and their free-flowing chemistry that makes all the difference

And that’s the main problem of this predictable saga: the lead couple does not spark enough

Indian Express

Punit Malhotra’s directorial debut plays out like an anthology of trailers cut from the most successful Bolly rom coms and rom dramas of the last 15 years

The Telegraph

A poorly-written, outdated, sugar-coated love story where the lovers do little but mope

If you hate love stories this one’s certainly not for you. Which means this ends up being another love story!

IndiaTimes

The film never equals the sum of all its part, but it’s impossible to deny the energy with which it keeps the plot ticking on.

Filmfare

It's not just the writing, which can be as pallid as the production design is vibrant

India Today

Cool. Nothing to boast about, but quite watchable, both Sonam and Imran

Times of India

What we are subjected to is some good music, some eye candy and a very poorly crafted film that keeps killing us with scenes and songs from all of Karan Johar's old films