India, Nov. 14 -- Right off the bat, R Madhavan still looks too suave to play a father on screen to a 29-year-old in De De Pyaar De 2. The man, at 55, still has the Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein charm intact!

With that out of the way, the film itself takes off with surprising confidence and, in many ways, outdoes the first part. Directed by Anshul Sharma, the story picks up where the previous installment ended. After Ashish (Ajay Devgn) manages to convince his own family about his relationship with the much younger Ayesha (Rakul Preet Singh), the tougher chapter begins: winning over her parents. Rakesh (R Madhavan) and Anju (Gautami Kapoor) proudly call themselves "educated, progressive" people who never miss a chance to declare: "hum modern ...