It has been five days since the Bollywood romance flick, ‘Shiddat’ dropped on Disney+ Hotstar… And it was awful. A Bollywood film with a screenplay that would have worked better in the 90s or the early 2000s, ‘Shiddat’ is a prime example of why Bollywood is losing the youngest generation of their current audience to either their International rivals or other non-Bollywood Indian content (such as Tollywood, Kollywood, Mollywood, etc). Shiddat has a good romance story within the main romance plot as well as some good cinematography and some decent acting. However, the final screenplay pretty much offsets anything redeeming about this film. A lot of these screenplay problems come from Shiddat‘s multiple plot holes, so check out 5 big ones that the film glosses over conveniently:
One Hell Of A Coincidence(s)
Joginder and Gautam meet when Joginder crashes Gautam’s wedding. According to their character’s life trajectories – they should never be able to meet again. However, Joginder manages to find a way to reach France and meet Gautam, his real sweetheart. No matter what happens, however one tries to go to London and the other tries to get back with his wife – they both end up back together in each other’s company.
Joking aside, the fact that Gautam meets Joginder exactly when Gautam is posted in France is a big coincidence. The fact that they meet when Gautam is struggling with his marriage is a bigger coincidence. The film is filled with these coincidences, but these are the first major coincidence in this movie – hence they made it on this list.
It Will Break The Internet
More of a ridiculous one-liner than a plot hole really. Still, a picture featuring both Jaggi and Kartika actually “breaks the internet” is an unnecessary plot point and plot hole. The picture ends up getting over 160k likes – which makes no sense for two unknown college students.
Disciplinary Actions Equals Myth
Joginder and his friends deserved at least a disciplinary hearing for taking photos of other people without their permission. But Kartika and her friend deserved to be kicked out of college for taking photos of guys who were changing as well as forcibly removing their towels to take photos of them naked. We wouldn’t be surprised if there was even jail time involved. But apparently, no one complained.
Also, two college girls managed to enter the men’s hockey locker room while they were changing and none of the guys could overpower the young women and take their phones. A plot hole within a plot hole. A plot-hole-ception if you will.
Saved In The Nick Of Time
Jaggi decided to swim the Channel to meet with Kartika. After everything we have seen in this film, this part makes some sense, for his character. However, the fact that he gets saved just as he started to sink is another huge coincidence. Also, why did he get rid of the branch that he found earlier? He could have used it to paddle across the channel, at the very least.
The Great Escape
Jaggi gets betrayed by the kid who saved his life. Okay. Makes sense. The fact that there is someone who believes what the kid has to say makes even more sense (Note the sarcasm, in case it went unnoticed).
The airport authorities are alerted and Jaggi is seconds away from being found. But he escapes. How? No one knows. No one cares really. He manages to board the plane through the landing/wheel section. Again, no one knows how. Jaggi pulls a Houdini and we won’t be shown the trick. Keeps the magic alive apparently.
Watch Shiddat on Disney+ Hotstar if you like old school Bollywood romance films that feature toxic masculinity and casual sexism.