So, there is the college girl (Pashmina Roshan) in this film, who’s kissed her ex’s BFF (Rohit Saraf) who, in turn, has also been her bestie, forever. Both make the moment appear accidental—as if two people can ever kiss, without it being mutual, after all. Whether the retreating peck on the lip was the guy, or the girl, making the first move—that’s the conflict at the heart of this young-adult romance! And the reason I enjoyed this movie. For, what is teenage, if not full of such trivial issues we consider to be monumental crises. Something that blows up into even more serious-sounding ‘First World problems’, as we get older. This picture, Ishq Vishk Rebound, reflects this really well, and rather warmly. What’s Rebound in the title? I guess a way to instantly get over someone is to get under somebody else! That’s a rebound—perhaps crudely put. Unlike this film, that’s so totally PG-13, with everyone on first base, that I wonder if it adequately captures the lives and loves of the hormonal young at some Spencer College, in Dehradun, 2024. That Spencer College, if I’m not mistaken, was actually Bombay’s Sophia Polytechnic campus in the OG Ishq Vishk (2003), that this film is an offshoot of—produced by TIPS, essentially a music label. How does this Ishq Vishk compare to the earlier one? Full review link, Ishk Vishq Rebound: mid-day.com/entertainment/bo…