For the producers, merely viewing the forthcoming romantic comedy Aap Jaisa Koi on Netflix is insufficient. They want the movie to encourage viewers to think about how precarious contemporary relationships are and how Bollywood helps to normalize this sentiment.

The movie's central plot revolves around an unusual relationship.

The movie, which is directed by Vivek Soni, who co-wrote Haseen Dillruba, stars Fatima Sana Shaikh as a self-assured Kolkata girl and R. Madhavan as a 40-year-old Sanskrit instructor from Jamshedpur. Jehan Handa and Radhika Anand, who collaborated on the screenplay, set out with the sole aim of updating the romantic comedy without sacrificing its core.

"Rom-coms are no longer about meet-cutes," Handa told Mid Day in an interview. A certain level of maturity is anticipated. "In a society dominated by gender politics, career anxiety, and therapy-speak, what does love mean?" we wondered.

Gender-based politics

The term "gender politics" ultimately served as the film's driving force. Madhavan, on the other hand, depicts "a soft guy who has been conditioned", as Handa put it, in contrast to Shaikh's unyielding resolve to back a vulnerable spouse.

The author went on to say, "Over the past few decades, women grew up not wanting to be their mothers, while the men grew up expecting to find their mothers in their partners." Unlearning is necessary for modern relationships to be healthy. We were aware that our narrative had to include a solution for that. Madhavan's character nearly begs her to tone down her personality in a trailer conversation. He has been conditioned to be a gentle man.

The problem with rom-coms in Bollywood

The current crop of love movies in Hindi cinema, according to Handa, often places flash above emotional effect. These days, a lot of movies confuse emotion with style.

"We wanted something that not only looks beautiful but also expresses the genuine pain," the young writer stated. We spent a lot of time discussing how revolutionary Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was for its day; Shah Rukh Khan's character's proclamation that 'I'll win your parents over' was considered rebellious at the time. 'What's rebellion now?' You must overcome your instincts and improve as a person. For instance, a large portion of the crowd enjoyed Raanjhanaa, in which the protagonist is chasing the girl. Perhaps they believed that was alright. However, we must state novel ideas about love. At the moment, we aren't doing that enough. Metro..., In Dino, Saiyaara, and Aap Jaisa Koi are the three romantic releases we have this month alone. Although romance can make you happy, we also want it to make you think. What do we anticipate from the individual we fall in love with? What do we owe ourselves?

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