Say, if you're happy and in good company when you go watch a film, the movie seldom disappoints you and you concentrate on the good's rather than the bad's... While if you're already stressed and are having a tough day, no matter how good the film, it'll not impress you and you will concentrate on the bad's rather than the good's...! It also probably comes down to your upbringing and your core value systems... (getting too heavy huh? :P)
Well what can I say, I am a Punjabi who loves the naach-nachana; gaana-bajana and the loud shaadi-baarat scenes. So to me personally, the film had loads of moments, when I had a "wedding-in-the-family-experience". I could have happily joined them and danced and was grinning like mad, from ear to ear, on all the crass dialogues (especially of Deepak Dobriyal) that were borderline naughty.
Yes the movie had its predictable moments of DDLJ meets Jab we met.. But Hello! what did you expect when you decided to go watch a film named "Tanu weds Manu"? Sci-fi? Or real-life-story material??!! As you can see from the title, its a film about a rebellious-small town-girl Tanu who after lots of Mr. Wrongs decides to marry (aka wed) a Nice-NRI- doctor Manu.
I did feel the first half was much lighter and filled with ROFL moments than the second half. But hey they were making a movie not a comedy show right? It needs to have it treatments... :) Well by far, I came out of the film smiling and remembering the brazen humor and dialogues the film had portrayed so well.
As for the cast, Madhavan was good in the charming, under-played Manu and Kangana went over the top a little in places. But considering this was her first single handed show, I forgave her far too easily for that. :) Deepak (Puppy ji) was a delight to watch and instrumental to a lot of those ROFL moments... Brilliant performance by a very talented actor.
I think the movie is light enough to go watch with family and has moments of tears-in-the-eye laughter that definitely makes it worth a dekho in my eyes. But to be honest, I must warn you, that I saw a movie alone with my bro dearest, after long; so I was in a great mood nevertheless. :)
3 comments:
Totally agree with the opening line of this post :)
I agree with your opening only to a certain extent. An awesome movie can pull you in no matter what you're feeling. Yes, a cheesy movie is best viewed giggling with good company, but horrible films like Tees Maar Khan stay horrible no matter who you're with.
@Radha: That's also true (in some cases). :) Every film has a mixture of the good and bad (as is true with all aspects of life:)) Sometimes it all comes down to, what you'd rather concentrate on- the goods or the bads. :)
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