Baar Baar Dekho

Baar Baar Dekho

Year: 2016

Runtime: 141 mins

Language: Hindi

Director: Nitya Mehra

RomanceDramaAction

A young woman dreams of marrying her childhood sweetheart and embracing a traditional family life. However, her boyfriend, a brilliant mathematician, struggles with commitment and abruptly ends their relationship just before their wedding. The film explores their individual journeys and whether they will find their way back to each other, navigating love, ambition, and the complexities of their differing paths.

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Delhi childhood sweethearts with diverging dreams

Jai Varma, a mathematics professor, and Diya Kapoor grow up in Delhi as childhood sweethearts. Jai pursues a potential research fellowship at Cambridge, while Diya longs for marriage and a traditional life. Family expectations and cultural pressure push Jai toward a wedding he is not sure he wants.

Before wedding Delhi
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Wedding day doubts and heartbreak

Jai reluctantly agrees to marry Diya, but his doubts about the institution of marriage clash with Diya's hopes for a shared future. The wedding day becomes strained as Diya's vision of their life contrasts with Jai's hesitations. That night, Jai drinks heavily and collapses.

Wedding day/night Delhi
3

Thailand honeymoon and memory loss

That night Jai wakes up on what should be his honeymoon in Thailand, with no memory of the past ten days, including the wedding itself. He is thrust into a surreal reality where his life has shifted and nothing makes sense.

Honeymoon night Thailand
4

First leap to Cambridge 2018 with Diya pregnant

The next morning, Jai finds himself in Cambridge in 2018, reunited with Diya who is pregnant with their first child. He discovers an inexplicable power: he is traveling through pivotal moments in his own future, entirely against his will and without control over when or where he lands.

2018 Cambridge
5

The involuntary time travel continues

Jai experiences further jumps into his own future, always without warning, complicating his sense of self and his relationship with Diya. The leaps reveal how his choices ripple through time, forcing him to confront what might have been.

2018 Cambridge
6

Leap to 2034; divorce day

One leap lands him in 2034, where he stands as a successful professor on the day of his divorce from Diya. Desperate for a chance to reset his life, he pleads for another outcome.

2034 2034
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Back to 2023: seven years after marriage

He wakes up in 2023, seven years after marriage, trying to balance demanding work with Diya's art world. He rushes home believing his absence has driven a wedge between them, only to find underlying tensions still simmering.

2023 2023
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Leap to 2047: mother's funeral and Diya remarried

Assuming the timeline can be corrected, Jai is jolted again to 2047, in his sixties, where he attends his mother's funeral. He learns that Diya has remarried an art gallery owner who is deeply woven into his children's lives and was close to his late mother.

2047 2047
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Priest encounter and final chance

During this visit, the priest who solemnized his wedding appears, reminding him of the fragility of time and relationships. He is granted one final chance to set things right.

2047 2047
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Return to 2023: choosing presence

He wakes again in 2023 and resolves to break free from self-sabotage, actively supporting Diya, attending her art exhibition, and focusing on family and presence rather than ambition.

2023 2023
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Present morning: renewed clarity

Returning to the present—the morning after his initial quarrel—Jai experiences a moment of renewed clarity. He rushes to Diya, vocalizes his commitment, and reconnects with the life they had envisioned together.

Present Delhi
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Resolution: joyous wedding celebration

The film culminates in a joyous wedding celebration, with family and friends gathered around Jai and Diya. Their future is defined by chosen presence, connection, and shared dreams.

Present Delhi

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