Based on John Greene’s wildly popular novel, The Fault in Our Stars, Dil Bechara chronicles the bittersweet story of two young adults stricken with cancer who will forever be star-crossed. Kizie Basu (Sanjana) Sanghi suffers a form of cancer that has so damaged her lungs that she must lug around an oxygen cylinder with her. She finds solace in hugging strangers who have lost their loved ones. Struggling to come to terms with her terminal illness, she craves for a normal life like any other girl of her age. However, cancer has not taken away her sense of humour.
At the very beginning of the film, makers of Dil Bechara paid a tribute to Sushant Singh Rajput with a video of the late actor playing guitar and a quote penned by him. “Perhaps, the difference between what is miserable, and that, which is spectacular, lies in the leap of faith… #selfmusing,” it read. And rightly so, the story of Dil Bechara also has a similar life lesson, it is upon us whether we make ourselves miserable or spectacular even in the face of death. Dil Bechara was never meant to have a happy ending, the second half the movie hits all the right notes that are primed to make you cry.
