Let me start by saying that this is
the ‘Movie of the Year’ for me, and if anyone wants to make a sequel, please take
tuition class from Anand L Rai, the
director of this movie.
The movie starts off 4 years after
where the last one (Tanu weds Manu) ended. The prequel in itself was a surprise
hit, nobody knew the director at that time, Kangana Ranaut was considered an
ordinary performer, no other big cast and the only selling point for the setup
was R Madhavan and some soulful music; however this time Kangana Ranuat has
become centre of attraction after winning a well deserved National Award for ‘Queen’,
the director than went on to make ‘Raanjhanaa’ another marvelous love
story/drama while introducing the much talented Dhanush to Hindi movie
audience, and R Madhavan has been as reliable as ever.
Kudos to the writer of the movie as
the story actually moves forward while the prequel acts as a base unlike the
other franchise running in Indian industry, every other sequel movie has little
in common with the previous movie and could well be a standalone film, but that
is not the case here, you need to watch the previous movie to understand this
one, to understand the character motivation and standing.
I need not say but Kangana gave
another knockout performance after ‘Queen’, worth mentioning point being she is
outstanding in both the roles, the way she carried herself as a Haryanvi girl
is just astonishing, this character feels like her second skin, another award
worthy performance, Deepak Dobrial as Pappi is a livewire, he is superb from
the word go, he will bring the house down with his performance, in an honest
award competition I will bet on his winning best supporting actor, however the
beauty of the movie is that there are still couple of more actors in the movie
who gave outstanding performance, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Chintu, the guy better known for his performance as
the best friend of Dhanush in ‘Raanjhanaa’ is amazing, Rajesh Sharma (No one
killed Jessica/ Khosla Ka Ghosla fame) for his single dialogue when he confronts his whole clan to
support his sister is clapworthy, Jimmy Shergill although didn’t got as métier role
as the previous movie, still manages to get notices and even K K Raina as
Madhavan’s father is hilarious in the scene where he breaks the tube light with
a wiper.
R Madhavan keeps his cool throughout
the movie and extends his character from the previous movie and still able to
impress in spite of all the above mentioned excellent performances.
Some of the memorable sequences from
the movie include when Tanu and Manu meet with physiologists, when pappi bhaiya
confronts Manu just before interval, the tube light breaking scene, and when Manu
introduces himself with the other Kangana (Datto).
The director has proved his mettle
once again, surpassing the expectations from the previous movie is not an easy
thing to do, and same goes for the writer and dialogue writer as well. Music is
another plus point for the movie, ‘Banno’ and ‘Ghani Bawri’ standout, even the
super hit from the last movie, ‘Saddi Gali’ makes special appearance in the
movie, but hold your breath, as a garba song.
All and all, missing this movie is
your loss, if you don’t want two hours of refreshing movie experience with
ample does of laughter and a story which keeps you glued where you keep on
wondering what is going to happen next, than that is your call, a sad one but
still your choice. Go for this one with your family.Rating ****.
