India, Aug. 29 -- In one scene in Param Sundari, Janhvi Kapoor (Sundari) narrates the mythological tale of Onam to Sidharth Malhotra (Param). When he calls it quite a story, she corrects him, "Story nahi, legend. Isme seekh chhupi hoti hai." Ironically, the only seekh I carried home was that romantic comedies are hard to make and even harder to perform with conviction.

For weeks, the film's buzz was built around its promise to bring back the Sonu Nigam era of soothing romantic ballads. Pardesiya, to be fair, is a catchy track and has that nostalgic charm. But the film? It does not come close to the breezy, rom-coms we remember- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania to name a few. Instead, it leaves you oddly...