half girlfriend (2017)The story starts off with Hindi medium educated Madhav Jha (Arjun Kapoor) entering the prestigious St. Stevens College in Delhi where he meets the modern and English speaking Riya Somani (Shraddha Kapoor). As they bond over basketball and explore the bylanes of Delhi during their college days, Madhav falls for her despite the constant warning from his friend Shailesh (Vikrant Massey). When he confesses his feelings for her, Riya decides to take their friendship a step ahead but afraid to give it the title of a relationship, she decides to be his ‘half girlfriend’. However, after a spat between the two, Riya avoids Madhav only to later hand him the invitation card of her wedding with her childhood friend Rohan. While the news leaves Madhav shattered, he decides to go to his hometown where he takes up the task of improving facilities at his mother’s school. He once again comes across Riya, now a divorcee, who helps him in his endeavor but soon disappears again from his life with a letter of confession about her love for him. Despite his repeated attempts, Madhav fails to track her down and decides to fly to New York which as confessed by Riya was the place where she wanted to fulfill her dream to become a singer. Yet again, swamped with love, Madhav decides to hunt her down in New York with a new determination of reuniting with her forever. Will he succeed in his attempt and find true love, is what the film is about. - See more at: http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/half-girlfriend/critic-review/#sthash.PFmcmjUP.dpuf.
