#TanuWedsManuReturns :Jodi Picoult in her celebrated novel “My Sister’s Keeper”
defines imperfection beautifully. “You don't love someone because they're
perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not.” Anand L. Rai
once again goes back to his familiar territory of small town India with his
familiar actors and a familiar topic “Love” and the futility of finding perfection
in Love. And in spite of several flaws at script level “Tanu Weds Manu returns”
forces you to fall in love with its imperfections with some superb acting,
quirky dialogues and a story-line that starts where a normal bollywood film ends.
If pace, rather lack of it, was a concern in the 2011 Tanu
Weds Manu , the sequel starts with a fierce vindictive pace . The first half
just breezes past with an exciting story line, lots of promise, some inspired
acting and the gumption of the director to stay away from the beaten track.
Four years into the marriage Tanuja Trivedi & Manoj Sharma, two
diabolically opposite individual, land up in a mental asylum to seek marriage counselling.
While the idea, opposites attract, has been much romanticized, can they survive
and continue living together is still a question mankind has no definite answer
to. Leaving Manu at the mental asylum our “Desi Batman” returns to her root in
Kanpur to continue from where she left.
Rarely, very rarely in the history of hindi cinema a leading
lady has played a double role where the only similarity is their look. Kangana
as Tanu and Datto has created two distinctly different characters. They are as
different as cheese and chalk. It is an ode to not only her enormous acting
prowess but also to the extraordinary effort. Deepak Dobriyal as Manu’s friend
Pappi improvises from where he left in 2011. His timing is superb and he has
stolen almost every scene where he is present.
It is the last thirty minutes where the film loses its plot.
The director who had been maverick in the first 90 minutes challenging convention,
suddenly decided to play for the audience and convenience. And this is where
the story becomes predictable and a bit boring. How I wish instead of following
the “they lived happily ever after” path director Anand and script writer Himanshu
would have chosen instead to trust an evolving Indian audience!
In spite of its flaws Tanu Weds Manu Returns is hilarious
film celebrating the finer nuances of small city life and the confusion in Love
in a society in flux. It has the swagger and mark my words Kangana continues to
be the Queen. I will go out with 3.5 out of 5. This comedy sure will bring the
temperature down.
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