Hey guys...this is thebioscopeshow’s first movie review and the movie I have chosen is ‘Tanu Weds Manu’. That doesn’t mean this is my favourite movie..It’s just that I just saw this movie again on ZeeTV (first time I watched it in theatre and I kinda repented later ;)) and here it is...
‘Tanu Weds Manu’ I must admit that the movie title is catchy and when I first saw its trailer..I was totally blown away by the awesome pair R. Madhavan and Kangna Ranaut make. They look totally opposite from each other but I guess this makes them look more romantic. If I talk about music..it is absolutely thrilling. ‘Kadi Saddi Gali’ and ‘Jugni’ charged all the Punjabis once again and ‘Yun Hi’ number by Mohit Chauhan was all I could listen on the Radio for quite a long time.
Writer of the film Himanshu Sharma has penned down the story well but I think Director Anand Rai has done a more applauding job. He has turned a simple story quite attracting by the local touch he has introduced in every scene of the movie.
A short summary of the story (read only if you do not intend to see the movie):
Tanuja ‘Tanu’ Trivedi is an advance girl yet belonging to a very simple family. Manoj ‘Manu’ Sharma is a London returned Doc (cute Doc) who is a very seedha and saccha (simple and truthful) man. Manu and his family make all his way from their house in New Delhi to Kanpur to see Tanu as a bride for Manu. Manu falls in love with Tanu at first sight but Tanu forcibly asks Manu to refuse for the marriage as she already loved a gunda cum contractor Jimmy Shergil (Raja Babu). Many stupid dramatic turns come in between and Tanu & Manu meets again at their friends’ (Swara Bhaskar ‘Payal and Eijaz Khan ‘Jassi’) wedding in Punjab. Again the story takes many foolish and boring turns, and finally ‘Tanu Weds Manu’.
You might be thinking that this is a very lame narration of the movie but believe me guys...this is the way it is.
Then what makes it hit the box office? The main reason I can see is the local touch in the movie. It will make you experience New Delhi, Bihar, Punjab and Lucknow. Not much New Delhi but yes Payal’s full Bihari tone (as she is shown as a girl from Bihar) will give you a perfect feel of Bihar. Her ‘Maa Durga’ attitude and fantastic acting makes her one of my favourite supporting actresses. For me..she acted better than Kangna (well, even I can act better than Kangna...huh). Lucknow’s bazaars, long back built houses and local language are used beautifully to show Lucknow (Anand ji..do you belong to Lucknow)? Jassi’s turban, Punjab’s railway station, Jassi’s tadakti bhadkati baraat and two Punjabi songs best describes the colours of Punjab. Some establishing shots of the cities make the movie more local. ;)
Gosh, how can I forget to talk about some totally not-required slangs Kangna and his father (yes, you heard it right..His father too)use and deep neck Kangna’s outfits that shows her cleavage clearly. I mean I am not against it if an actress is showing off her cleavage but what’s the point showing it off during Yatra to Vaishno Devi. And unnecessarily she uses the slang ‘ch******’ which is totally used just for the sake of using it (in my language..I would call it ‘thopa hua’). Her father (in the movie) is two steps ahead and uses a much modified version of the slang mentioned above. Check out those scenes below:
Yes- the modified version is interesting and hilarious but do we actually need it here?
Amidst all the criticism of Kangna’s character, I missed out on Madhavan’s character. He is one of my favourites but don’t worry..I am not gonna biased for him. His character ‘Manu’ is adorable and a ‘Gentleman’. Some of his acts in the movie are extremely foolish but they seem very kind. Yet again I fell in love with his decency in the scene below:
Returning to Kangna’s character..I wanna ask a question to all DU girls out there. Do all of you smoke cigarettes? Are you girls only known for your gaalis and a new bf every week? Well, DU’s girls’ image is shown in the movie like that only. Check it out:
I have some really hilarious scenes to share with you guys:
The movie has another interesting character Pappi Ji (Deepak Dobriyal). He is a super funny guy and I thank him for lessening the boredom I experienced while watching the movie by his great dialogue delivery (comic timing). I have a great scene to share with you guys..no not one..I have actually that are my favourites from the movie just because of you Pappi Ji...
And now my movie review is running towards its end. With this, I would like to share with you the end scene of the movie. This scene is very important as it will alone let you know the quality of the movie. Have a look:
In my view, the movie’s story takes a backseat while the acting of R. Madhavan, Swara Bhaskar and Deepak Dobriyal and the local ‘connect’ in the movie shown make it a ‘can-watch’ film. If you haven’t seen it yet and doing nothing this weekend, you may give it a try. And those of you who have seen, come on..Let’s have one to one in the comment section below.
Keep watching..Keep sharing and rock the ‘BOLLYWOOD’ (I mean Bollywood ka naam roshan karo!)! ;)
