Anand L
Rai had stormed the industry a few years back with Tanu Weds Manu. The movie
gave a major boost to Kangana Ranaut's acting prowess and established Rai as a
very sought after director who knew the task at hand, storytelling.
Four
years have passed since and Raanjhana (alluring, if I might use that word)
happened meanwhile, Kangana won a National Award and 2015 saw one of the most
anticipated film in recent times releasing.
And it all starts with our cutesy couple Tanu
and Manu, now having realized the horrors of staying with each other go to a
mental asylum to seek re-dressal. (Seriously, Who Does That???) Ok accepted. Let’s
move on.
Tanu
Returns, with her ishtyle now
graduating to the swag stage, Manu Returns, with the similar toned down demeanour
albeit he is angry/irritated this time around!
Tanu sits
wrapped around in a towel making fun of an IT engineer (Well, everybody makes
fun of an IT guy) who has come along with his family with a marriage proposal
for Tanu's sister. Expectations rising.
And post
a hilarious 10 minutes sequence involving Pappi Ji and a divorce notice being
sent to Tanu, the film travels downhill and that too at a rapid pace!
(Also a
point that needs highlight upfront is that TWMR is not that bad a film. It is
enjoyable at fair enough moments and a good piece for time pass, which is also
what the audience expected out of the film, but I as a viewer went away
disappointed simply because the extraordinary connection that the characters
had established 4 years back was somehow not there at all, it all appeared
superficial)
Deepak
Dobariyal happens to be in fine form as the lovable Pappi Ji who also gets the
best lines in the film. And he does justice to his role.
Zeeshan
Aayub's character graph soars off from nowhere and then disappears mid way and
re surges towards the end making a fine performance getting demolished under
the muddled plot.
Swara
Bhaskar, Rajesh Sharma and the other ensemble performs as per the requirement.
None the
less, this film belongs to Kusum Sangwan more than it belongs to Tanuja
Trivedi! Kangana is outright superlative in portraying Kusum's character. And
despite glitches in the character sketch, Kusum is the character that stays
with you long after the film is over. Kangana's Tanu is not convincing this
time around apart from a wonderful performance set on Ja Ja Bewafaa song!
Jimmy Shergil
provides much solidarity to the film. While Jimmy Shergil is in a more calmed
down avatar of Raja Awasthi, he is
brilliant never the less. A good friend of mine and a thespian by profession
once said that to act, the dialogue needs to come out from the eyes! The hope
that Raja sees on Tanu returning to his life and the hurt when it crashes is
all visible in the eyes!
Madhavan's Manu Bhaiya is not even half
as convincing. It is just the screen presence of Madhavan that somehow makes up
for his act. In fact the way his character behaves and transforms during the
film made me hate his character this time around. What's with being in love if
you can't stand for it, Manu sir!?
Amidst an abundant universe of
supremely talented supporting cast, TWMR never quite delivers the high it
promises to. And there could not be more than two broad reasons for the same-
a) The focus shifts from the concept to
the characters, AND/OR
b) Clap-tracks diluting the larger
picture that the film is aiming at
And as the case is most of the time,
the balloon of expectations bursts on the head of the director! Rai does show
his grip at times and the movie breezes across stretches, expectations rise and
then the bubble bursts.
The gross error that the movie does is
that you never know what conclusion is the movie coming to? And that happens
purely due to a half baked plot which is served up with glitzy little elements
to make up for the same.
I have always failed to understand the
sensibilities behind making sequels to films which were once successful unless
there was a thought in the head since inception to plan out a movie series.
But to be true to the producer also
being a human, there is not a faster way available to churn out cash than to
build up on an existing hype of the prequel, run on its established popularity
and visibility and reach out to a large expecting audience.
Yes, agreeing to fact that there have
been sequels which were not initially planned but turned up to be good films
(some in fact better--refer the Munna-Bhai series), the ratio is not even worth
discussing.
You knew you laughed during the film,
blew whistles but could not find a single scene worth the remembrance! And
that my dear folks, is where TWMR mixes with the garbage of such related
films.
This is probably how it feels when the
expectations come crashing down, be it in the reel or the real
life!
**1.5 STARS**
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