Rating: * *

It is best to leave the mush mush to the Chopras and Johars of the world and comedy to Anees Bazmees and Raju Hiranis. They have done it so often that their seasoning in the genres is so perfect that they almost give the law of diminishing marginal utility a run for its money. Now this is not to say directors shouldn’t experiment or dabble with new stuff  but our man Bhandarkar seems to have gone a bit too far with his new rendezvous with rom-com. From hard hitting real subjects to three love sick men, Bhandarkar hasn’t been able to make a smooth transition.
 
Ajay Devgn plays Naren, a divorcee who moves into his parents’ house after his separation. To split the expenses he keeps Abhay (Emraan Hashmi) and Milind (Omi Vaidya)  as flat mates. While Naren gets smitten by his young bubbly secretary, Abhay lives life as a boy toy for rich women and Milind is the geeky poet who will do whatever it takes to pursue his lady love, an RJ who will exploit him in every way possible.

Now Dil to Baccha Hai Ji has three major failings. Firstly it is excruciatingly slow, secondly it has poor gags, that don’t even allow you intermittent laughs, and thirdly it wastes three good actors. There is almost nothing that works for the viewer in a film whose fate is sealed even before the interval. The gags almost never work and the performances and character peculiarities fail to add that dash of missing humour.   
 
Barring one song, the music of the film is abysmal and we keep waiting for the movie to get over quickly because there isn’t much happening any which ways. Unless, desperate, I would recommend you give this Madhur Bhandarkar flick a slip. It makes no sense to spoil your predilection for comedy especially in a film industry that rarely panders to it.