30 is an age when you are perhaps well settled in your personal and professional life. And if you are not, God save you from hounding family members! Turning 30 is a step in new direction. Directed by Prakash Jha's long time assistant, Alankrita Shrivastava, this chick flick comprises of young actors.
The film narrates the fears and struggles of a single woman who takes a leap from her 29th year into the 30th year. Naina Singh (Gul Panag), residing in the heart of urban Mumbai, is 29 year old woman, making it big in her advertising career. She is fun loving, spunky, cheerful, independent, and, of course, single. She owns a quaint yet charming apartment, loves to party hard, and has a boyfriend whom she considers to be her life partner. All goes well until she is just days away from welcoming her 30th birthday. With this, begins her journey of discovering her true self.
With a steady boyfriend Rishabh (Siddharth Makkar) and a good job in advertising, Naina's (Gul Panag) life is just about perfect as she is about to turn 30. She feels that she's already married to Rishabh. But life takes a tumultuous turn as Rishabh breaks up with her and is about to get married to a high profile girl, Ritu. At the same time, a failed advertising campaign puts her job in danger. With her 30th birthday approaching, she's 'jobless' and 'manless' and unable to come to terms with it.
She bumps into Jai (Purab Kohli), her ex-boyfriend from college. She is involved in a physical relationship with him, but her heart still longs for Rishab. Whom she eventually chooses and what happens to her on the job front is what ensues. One wonders why Rishabh breaks up with Naina in the first place if he loves her so much. And almost the entire film is in English.
She bumps into Jai (Purab Kohli), her ex-boyfriend from college. She is involved in a physical relationship with him, but her heart still longs for Rishab. Whom she eventually chooses and what happens to her on the job front is what ensues. One wonders why Rishabh breaks up with Naina in the first place if he loves her so much. And almost the entire film is in English.
Naina's voice-overs and the thoughts she puts down on her laptop make a bigger impact than the actual dialogues between the characters. Between the smoking, bawling and cussing, Gul exudes moments of brilliance when she has to look vulnerable and tough at the same time. Purab Kohli is easy on the eyes and even though he's made to wear ugly scarves, his chemistry with Gul raises your interest in the plot by several levels.
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