Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Cast/Actors: Varun Dhawan, Mrunal Thakur, Pooja Hegde, Manish Paul, Chunky Pandey , Jimmy Shergill, Rakesh Bedi, Mouni Roy, Manoj Pahwa, Rajpal Yadav, Johny Lever and Ali Asgar
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Director: David Dhawan
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Production House: Tips Films
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Release Date: June 5, 2026
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Released/Available In Languages: Hindi
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Available On: Theatrical Release (likely to be released on Zee5 OTT Platform)
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Runtime: 2h 16m
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Movie Review:
It’s all there in the promo. Jass Ahuja (Varun Dhawan) is caught between wife Bani (Mrunal Thakur) and girlfriend Preet (Pooja Hegde), both women pregnant with his baby.
David Dhawan takes a little over two hours to extricate Jass from the mess, armed with Yunus Sejawal’s screenplay and Farhad Samji’s dialogues.
‘Vaat laagli’ (You’re effed) is Jass’s caller tune. When in a mess, the caller tune is mock fun.
Manoj Pahwa. Rajpal Yadav. Johny Lever. Teachers from Jass’ student days arrive in flashbacks every time he’s in a situation, to advise him on how to extricate himself out of it. A wacky way of padding the madness with more comedy.
Rakesh Bedi. Chunky Panday. Add to the comic chaos at the hospital where Jass is on double duty, hiding one pregnant woman from the other.
Ali Asgar as judge in Jass’ divorce with Bani, his wife of five years. A comedian at every turn, however far-fetched, just to keep up the frothy momentum.
Jimmy Shergill as Preet’s fierce brother, gun by his side. He’s not the joker, his presence is supposed to provide comedy.
Manish Paul as the hero’s sidekick, too familiar in that role to bring humour to any scene.
Mouni Roy forced in only for an additional dash of short clothes and seduction while Bani, Preet and their glamour are on maternity leave.
Lines that rhyme. Dhoko, roko, thoko. Textile mill. Tread mill. Bahar aake mil. The latter by Rakesh Bedi to the double duty dad is quite funny.
Vintage David Dhawan of the 1990s largely relies on packing the narrative with known comedians, hoping their appearance will keep the fun going. And he leans heavily on nostalgia which is the only reason ‘Chunnari Chunnari’ works and the new tunes are mere noise for Varun to prance to.
After plodding heavily at the beginning, David gathers comic pace sluggishly, the hospital and chaos of babies being born, building into a comedy that brings on a few silly smiles.
It is the first half where DD’s jawani looks long expired, every sequence is stretched witlessly.
What keeps it going is an infectiously energetic Varun Dhawan whose comic timing, even a reference to ‘why do people call me bhediya?’ perfect in its timing. If only dad and his writing team were also in their prime.
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai – Watch it or not? An entertaining second half and Varun’s energy are all that will draw you into a theatre.
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Movie Review Score Rating: 2 out of 5 (i.e. 2/5)
Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai Official Trailer:
Credits: Tips Films
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