A quirky story line that does not shy away from having a unconventional ending and also Varun Sharma and Rajkummar Rao's brilliant performances. This runaway bride is a metaphor to modern, free spirited girls who may not want to be struck down by a marriage.

For someone whose acting chops have never been quite praised to the skies, Sonam Kapoor surprised many by attempting two films, one after the other, where she plays the central character. Call her over-confident or strong-willed, there's something that seems to be working for her. In Khoobsurat it was her charming vanity, including the tantrums, which fit the author-backed role like a glove. In Dolly Ki Doli, Sonam attempts something more layered. And dare I say, it's working!

A comely young thing ensnares unsuspecting young men, leads them on, and decamps with everything : broken hearts, hurt egos and wedding loot. 'Dolly Ki Doli' has a great idea, and starts off well, but then falls into a familiar trap- of a single-track leading lady piloting a half-baked plot.

There is much to like in Dolly Ki Doli. Or, let us put it this way: there isn't much to dislike in Dolly Ki Doli. The film, driven by a wildly whimsical plot, gives lead actress Sonam Kapoor a breezy, if insubstantial, role that allows her to stay well within her comfort zone. She plays a rebel who revels in flaunting bridal attire from across the length and breadth of India - all in a day's work.

Meet Dolly (Sonam). The ultimate runaway bride. But she doesn't ride off into the sunset on a steed. She dumps the studs in sherwanis instead. After robbing them of their money and jewellery - leaving their real 'jewels' untouched. The 'con-banega-fraud-pati' gang has a full TV serial of a family. A dowry-doling dad, a 'groom-scanning' brother (Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub) and a maa of all chornis to complete this dump-the-dulha drama. Dolly simply dolls up, bats her pretty lashes and charms the men into marrying her.

If you are told that the bride in this film calls herself 'Looteri Dulhan', would you still want to waste three hours of your weekend watching it? Perhaps you won't. Debutant director Abhishek Dogra's Dolly Ki Doli, where Sonam Kapoor plays a bride who dupes men into marriage only to rob them of their cash and valuables, hits theatres this Friday. Is the film worth the time and money?

The last few releases have been low key affairs when we take a look at their overall box office collections. However this Friday the audience is in for a treat with the release of the comedy film DOLLY KI DOLI. After her appearance in the fairy tale story KHOOBSURAT, come this Friday, Sonam Kapoor will be seen playing a runaway bride. While the story of DOLLY KI DOLI follows Dolly (Sonam Kapoor), it begins with her fake brother, Raju (Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub) identifying prospective grooms, who are eventually duped by Dolly after she gets them to fall in love with her. Once the prospective grooms are madly in love with Dolly, she marries them; however on the night of the 'suhagraat', Dolly offers them 'drugged' milk making them unconscious after which she along with her gang wipes the house clean of all the valuables. On the other side of the law is Robin Singh (Pulkit Samrat), a police inspector given the task of catching Dolly. Does Robin manage to catch up with the runaway con-bride or does Dolly find her true love and give up her life of crime...makes for the rest of the story.

I can name a hundred movies where the end shot is that of the hero and heroine tying the knot. Marriage is a national obsession, an adopted pastime and so deeply entrenched in our collective consciousness that any refusal to get on the 'I do' bandwagon is almost viewed as rebellion or, even worse, a mistake. First timer Abhishek Dogra's droll Dolly Ki Doli isn't an anti-marriage propaganda but deviously defiant towards the institution while both -- mocking and exploiting -- the pomp and pomposity that leads up to sealing the deal.