Once upon a time, cinema taught us that love must be loud to be real. That it must hurt, consume, and conquer. Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat, now streaming on ZEE5 Global, returns to these inherited myths, not to celebrate them, but to quietly dismantle them.
Directed by Milap Zaveri, the film follows politician Vikramaditya Bhonsle (Harshvardhan Rane), whose fascination with actor Adaa Randhawa (Sonam Bajwa) begins like a love story we’ve seen before, and ends as a warning we’ve ignored for too long. What was once framed as romance is here revealed as something far more dangerous.
Obsession Masquerading as Devotion
Vikramaditya’s affection arrives wrapped in excess, flowers that arrive unasked, promises that arrive unearned, emotions that refuse to leave when asked politely. What cinema once applauded as persistence slowly tightens into surveillance. I can’t live without you stops sounding poetic and begins to sound like a threat. The film reminds us that love does not demand oxygen; it allows space to breathe.
Power Imbalance Ignoring Consent
In Vikramaditya’s world, power hums quietly beneath every interaction. As a politician, his desire carries consequences; Adaa’s refusal is never just a refusal, it is a risk. Old stories taught us to swoon when powerful men pursued relentlessly. Ek Deewane Ki Deewaniyat asks us instead to notice the fear that creeps in when a “choice” no longer feels safe.
Intensity Over Gentle Care
There is nothing soft about Vikramaditya’s love. It crashes, overwhelms, insists. Adaa’s world grows smaller as his emotions grow louder. Cinema once told us that intensity was proof of depth, that quiet love was boring. Here, intensity suffocates, while care, true care, remains absent. The film argues, gently but firmly, that love should expand a life, not shrink it.
Excusing Control as Romance
Charm becomes camouflage. Concern becomes entitlement. What Vikramaditya calls protection slowly becomes possession, isolating Adaa from choice, from agency, from herself. Society once romanticised this as deewaniyat, mad love. The film strips it bare, revealing not destiny, but daily dread. Stream it on ZEE5 Global to see how control survives long after the honeymoon fades.
Charming Facade Hiding Danger
Harshvardhan Rane’s performance walks a careful line, from sincerity to menace, mirroring how real red flags often arrive smiling. Quirks we were taught to overlook sharpen into threats we can no longer ignore. Through Adaa’s resistance, the film reframes deewaniyat not as devotion, but as a cautionary tale, one that asks us to unlearn what romance once taught us to accept.
