Tanu weds Manu Returns (2015)

 

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 ****.