Pyar Mein Thoda Twist

Pyar Mein Thoda Twist is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language family comedy-drama film directed by Partho Ghosh and produced by Manju Bharti under the banner of Vivek Films Production House.
The film stars Mukesh J. Bharti, Richa Mukherjee, Rajesh Sharma, Atul Srivastava, and Govind Namdev. It was released on 18 February 2022. The film portrays the story of an Indian family dealing with conflicts and misunderstandings surrounding their son's marriage to a girl from a lower socio-economic background. The music for the film was composed by Bappi Lahiri.

Plot

The story revolves around Dheeraj Thakur and Maya, who are deeply in love despite the long-standing rivalry between their families. The plot takes a dramatic turn with the arrival of Jwala Singh, also known as Mr. Wanted, who becomes the town's most-wanted figure, with the locals and the police on his trail. As Jwala Singh's presence disrupts life in the city, Dheeraj and Maya's love story faces new challenges.

Cast

Mukesh J. Bharti as Dheeraj Thakur
Richa Mukherjee as MAYA
Rajesh Sharma as Vijendra Singh
Atul Srivastava as Jagatram
Govind Namdev as Mahant
Alka Amin as Girija
Manju Bharti as Paro
Santosh Shukla as Jeeva
Soma Rathod as Dhaniram Wife
Rajeev Pandey as Kailash
Omkar Das Manikpuri as Dhaniram
Sahabdas Manikpuri
Arpit Bhadoria

Filming

The first schedule of the film began in Lucknow in November 2019 with the shooting of the song Select Kiya Re featuring Mukesh J. Bharti and Richa Mukherjee. The rest of the cast joined in December and the film was shot at several locations throughout the city.

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Bappi Lahiri.

Awards and recognition

Mukesh J. Bharti received the Bollywood Iconic Actor Award for his performance in Pyar Mein Thoda Twist at the Mid-Day International Icon Awards 2022, held in Dubai.

Reception

In a 0,5 star out of 5 review for The Times of India, Rachana Dubey was extremely negative regarding all aspects of the production. A review at Film Information was also negative and, although finding the direction "okay", wrote: "Lack of novelty and abundance of clichéd situations are the biggest bane of the drama which, therefore, fails to involve the audience. Abhishek Shashi Kumar’s dialogues are below the mark."