The Hindi film industry is not known for experimenting too much with its themes, so Baar Baar Dekho remains well within the limits of a typical Bollywood love story. But, it also shows the urge to break free from the clutches of conventional storytelling techniques.
Jai Verma (Sidharth Malhotra) and Dia Kapoor (Katrina Kaif) are childhood sweethearts. Jai is a maths professor and Dia, an artist. While Jai hopes to get a fellowship at Cambridge University, Dia wishes to get married to her long-term beau. Jai agrees to get married reluctantly but the thought of saat pheras and the billion rituals as well as the fear of weddings ending in divorces make him change his mind. He tells Dia that he has other plans for his bright future and she may not be a part of it. She walks away heartbroken. Jai gets drunk and passes out only to wake up in Thailand on his honeymoon! He discovers that it's been two days since he got married to Dia. He has no memory of it at all. Next up, he wakes up in Cambridge, only to find his wife about to deliver their child. He realises he has been time travelling and has no control over it. He suspects that the pandit, who had explained him the true meaning of the wedding rituals, may be doing this on purpose. He continues to travel through time and age quickly, until he realises that he is 60 and lonely. He sees the death of his mother and Dia divorcing him for Nikhil. His two children are all grown up and hate him for not being there for them. As luck would have it, he gets an opportunity to travel back in time and fix things to avert future setbacks. This time around, he gives priority to his children and wife and this enables him to go back, right in the beginning. He gets married to Dia, instead of choosing his career alone and learns to value the present instead of chasing the future.
jai (Sidharth Malhotra) and Diya (Katrina Kaif) are in love, but Jai is way too much concerned about his career as a Mathematics professor. He wants to enjoy life, but is reluctant in letting go of his serious self.
On the other hand, Diya lives in the moment, and wants to experience much more than what has been offered to her.
The conflict between two diverse personalities takes the audience into an inward journey.
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