The movie starts with mocking the clichs of Bollywood romance, with the young urban commitment-phobic guy, highly unlikely to fall in love! And yet 'Happy Ending' is what all romantic comedies turn out to be - feel good! Related Stories 'Happy Ending': Saif Ali Khan, Kareena joined by son Ibrahim for screening! I am not in a hurry to work with Kareena: Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan plays Yudi Jaitley, a young writer who has struck a writers block after hitting the jackpot with his first book. He is also caught in a string of unsuccessful relationships with the characters of Kareena, Preity and Kalki, which is a nice enough way to bring in the star power.

A profound moment in Spike Jonze's Her has Joaquin Phoenix wondering aloud, "Sometimes I think I've felt everything I'm ever gonna feel. From here on, I'm not gonna feel anything new-just lesser versions of what I've already felt."

Imagine this scene. Someone's steps on a banana peel and slips and falls. His friend is laughing so hard at this mishap that he slips and falls too. Funny? Not really. 'Happy Ending' ends up in a situation somewhat like that. It is sure disappointing that a film which gives you hopes of being an intelligent, witty satire, ends up being as predictable and soppy as the film it intended to make fun of. Directors Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, who gave us a laugh riot 'Go, Goa Gone' and also gems like '99', and 'Shor in the city', surprisingly come across as confused and less sure footed this time.

A writer with a block is as much a cliche as the guy with commitment issues. 'Happy Ending' piles up many more as it goes along, making the film a series of been-here, seen-this moments, and a wasted opportunity. Yudi (Saif Ali Khan) is a, yes, writer with a block, who is, yes, commitment phobic. If I start counting the number of rom coms with that exact job description of the leading man, I would tire myself out. That's what this film leaves you with: tiredness, because somewhere under all the derivativeness and dullness, there's a film here.

Why would you call the film a spoof (the filmmakers went hoarse telling us that 'Happy Ending' is a spoof on romantic comedies) if it is going to follow every predictable turn and twist of a typical Bollywood rom-com, the very format you are attempting to parody? And that's a problem with most Hindi films. They assume that if they can insert a few inside jokes where they are basically taking a dig at themselves then they are successfully spoofing the genre. What they are essentially doing is doling out a product that has all the essentials of a tried and tested formula.

A week after the colossal disappointment that was Shaad Ali's Kill Dil, director duo Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru's Happy Ending -- another eagerly awaited film of the year -- hits the marquee this Friday. It is slightly difficult to ascertain if the talented director duo -- who have given us such delightful gems as 99, Shor In The City and Go Goa Gone in the past -- were being ironic with their newest film's title because at the end of it, the film offers anything but a fitting closure.

Director duo Raj and DK who gave us the critically acclaimed film Shor in the City (2011) and the weird zombie movie Go Goa Gone (2013) now try something different, a conventional romantic comedy. Happy Ending is the story of Yudi (Saif Ali Khan) who has written just one book, which was a bestseller and since then he is just planning his next book. Fame has managed to get him lucky with women and that's what keeps him busy. He will flirt but won't commit to a long-term relationship.

Yudi (Saif Ali Khan) lives in a plush apartment in California. His last book was 6 years ago and he hasn't worked ever since. Stuck in a creative limbo, he begins a manuscript and can never pull through writing the ending - the most perfect, Happy Ending. Bankrupt and penniless, he finds himself at a sticky situation where he has to write a staple rom-com for a Bollywood Superstar (Govinda). He bumps into his muse, the new bestselling novelist of his publication and the woman he falls for. She is as cheeky as him, writes romantic novels and doesn't believe in the hanky panky of love.

"Aane wala hai gaane ka hook... Nacho saare G faad ke." This is how the most popular song of the film begins and its placement in the film is just before the first twist of the story. It's bold in lyrics and carries a sentiment that Happy Ending could be a different film than usual 'masala' Bollywood potboilers, but does Happy Ending really turn out to be a 'hatke' film? Let's probe.

It is never a particularly good idea to marry a Happy Ending to a rash of loose ends, but the result that the director duo of Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK extract from this quirky and risky exercise is none-too-unhappy. From last year's zom-com Go Goa Gone to this crazy "comedy about romantic comedies", the directors haven't really shifted gears quite to the extent that they might appear to have done. They are still into crafting whimsical, Bollywood-style send-ups of popular Hollywood genres.