Aabeer Gulaal is a 2025 Hindi-language romantic comedy film, produced by Vivek Agrawal and directed by Aarti S. Bagdi. The film stars Fawad Khan and Vaani Kapoor in lead roles. It follows the journey of two broken souls who cross paths by fate, discover comfort in each other’s presence, and slowly build a deep bond that eventually transforms into love. The film has been released worldwide except India and Pakistan.
The film Aabeer Gulaal was recently reviewed by BBC journalist Haroon Rashid, who openly pointed out the shortcomings of the movie in his critique.
Talking about it, Haroon Rashid said, “I am slating Aabeer Gulaal. I find it one of the most frustrating romantic movies, I have watched in a very, very long time. Not only does it look cheap but it is such an incoherent, inconsistent storyline, which is such an injustice to the talent that you are working with. Fawad Khan is one of the best actors from Pakistan you will know that he brings a certain amount of natural charm and charisma to whatever role he is doing. This film requires nothing more than Fawad and Vaani to just look good on screen and hope that everything else will take care of itself. I couldn’t invest in either Abeer’s storyline or Gulaal’s storyline. Gulaal is jumping from a wannabe chef to a wanna be dancer and is doing neither one very well whatsoever. Abeer can’t decide whether he likes Gulaal, dislikes Gulaal, is in love with her, isn’t in love with her. I genuinely have not had a such a frustrating viewing experience in cinema for a very long time. Add to that such poor finishing of the film, it feels like no attention has been paid to the colour grading of the film. And although that sounds technical to some, the reason why film often feel larger than life and vibrant, is because lot of care is taken in the post-production of the film, in making sure that it has a glossy veneer and finish to it and this lacked that. See, Fawad Khan and Vaani weren’t the problem, the film itself was the Problem.” Here is the review link:
Many viewers agreed with Haroon Rashid’s review; however, Fawad Khan’s fans expressed that they watched the film primarily for him and still found it worth watching. One fan remarked that it resembled Love Guru, while another rated the movie 5 out of 10. Read some of the comments below:
