Bollywood has always had a formula for love: meet-cutes in Swiss meadows, slow-motion eye contact, and songs where the lead pair runs around exactly one tree. But what happens when a film’s hero hates all of that? You get I Hate Luv Storys – a 2010 romantic comedy that tried to have its frothy cake and eat it too, by mocking the very genre it belonged to.
A romantic track that pays homage to various iconic Bollywood film looks. movie i hate love story
For all its cleverness, I Hate Luv Storys ultimately surrenders to the very clichés it mocks. Bollywood has always had a formula for love:
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