Meenakshi Sundareshwar Review: Promotional poster of the film. (image courtesy: Sanyammalhotra_ )
Mould: Sanya Malhotra, Abhimanyu Dasani, Purnendu Bhattacharya, Varun Shashi Rao
director: Vivek Soni
Rating: 2.5 stars (out of 5)
She worships Rajinikanth and any movie whatever movie He is without fail in the front line to celebrate Thalaiva FDFS. He doesn’t watch movies because they put him to sleep. She likes to read. He never went beyond book-cricket. She is playful and confident. He’s a painfully self-conscious introvert who’s fixed on a career in coding, which he thinks is as good as an art form.
The girl is Meenakshi (Sanya Malhotra). The boy is Sundareshwar (Abhimanyu Dasani). It is not the charm at first sight, but the sheer providence that ties the mismatched twins together. Both are residents of the famous city of Madurai. Meenakshi Sundareshwar Temple. What’s in a name or two? So much for these two opposite poles.
A voice on the soundtrack – this one from Sundar – suggests that they are destined not only to meet but also to meet each other. In fact, both events – meeting and arranged marriage – take place in the first quarter of 140 minutes. Meenakshi Sundareshwar, directed by debutant Vivek Soni, who is also the co-writer of the film along with Arsh Vora.
The remaining one and three quarters of an hour is spent on the young couple traveling and moving between their hometowns and Bangalore, where the boy relocates to work for a tech company that has a strange bachelors-only hiring policy. , and on their Hemming and Howing to keep the marriage alive and kicking through the complexities of a long-distance relationship.
Meenakshi Sundareshwar Really strange film. It’s not often that mainstream Bollywood – it’s a Dharmatic Entertainment production for Netflix – features a story that goes on for about two and a half hours and doesn’t allow any obvious import to be aired on the screen.
But don’t let that fool be you. Meenakshi Sundareshwar In its own uncompromising and simplistic way, Captures the reality of young people who have to labor to achieve life and work balance in an age in which relationships are often at a loss at the altar of career goals.
One is told in advance and said in no uncertain terms that half of his Meenakshi Sundareshwar The pair are an ardent Rajinikanth fan (the walls of the former room are plastered with framed portraits of their favorite star). So, you could be forgiven for expecting him to have no dull moments on the first night. What happens is just the opposite.
Meenakshi insists on sharing turmeric milk on Sundar’s bedside table. She understands the need for a scooter to have the same air pressure for two wheels to steer safely. However, no matter what she has on her mind, a message on Sundar’s phone in a flurry of passion eliminates any possibility of marriage. He has to report for the job interview early the next morning.
He knows it will be a make-or-break day for him. The budding engineer is looking for job since one year without any luck. If he doesn’t find meaningful employment soon, his father’s (Purnendu Bhattacharya) ultimatum is clear: he will have to spend the rest of his life selling saris at the family’s decades-old shop. He is horrified by the idea and therefore decides that his honeymoon can wait.
Months pass as Sundar gets an internship at a Bangalore app-making firm and his wife has some share. Heartburn, confusion, and miscommunication happen. The pressure of being apart for a long time takes a toll on both of them and casts a long shadow on them even before the marriage can truly and truly begin.
It takes Sundar several months to realize that “communication is like oxygen for relationships”, especially long distance ones. An old college mate of Meenakshi (Varun Shashi Rao) and an ultra-conservative aunt (Nivedita Bhargava) are introduced to solidify the wafer-thin plot. They tend to queue up the pitch more for the newly-wed couple but do so in a way that feels a touch.
emotional pitching that Meenakshi Sundareshwar Ops For is a definite strong point of the film. The two lead characters don’t grumble – most of their communication is via electronic means – neither do their parents and siblings.
A confrontation breaks out between Meenakshi and her mother-in-law at one point, but it is kind, brief and believable. There are several other disagreements that threaten to separate the couple – the most dramatic of them stemming from Meenakshi’s audacity to visit Sundar without prior warning on her birthday – but none of the alleged flashpoints makes sense in the film. Doesn’t interrupt the vowel sound.
While this may temporarily work in terms of the flow of the film, the overallity of the story is adversely affected as the beautiful quality only enhances the feeling that Sundar and Meenakshi are only talking about the bush. The film would have done well to recognize that it is necessary to strike a balance between pace and purpose, especially since Meenakshi Sundareshwar Deals with what feels like everyday issues in a style that prioritizes talk over action.
But all said and done, Meenakshi Sundareshwar Not a complete washout. Though the two leads never look like they’re made for each other — but, to be fair, that’s what the movie is about — in person they look the part. Abhimanyu Dasani personifies the thunder of a person with limited social skills. Sanya Malhotra exudes enough charm and controlled vibrancy that doesn’t budge from the occasional verbosity around her.
technical characteristics of Meenakshi Sundareshwar are not negligible either. The lyrics and background music (Justin Prabhakaran), lyrics that range from Vaadi to Chanchal (Raj Shekhar) and cinematography (Debojit Ray), are consistently noteworthy.
Had the writing omitted the difficult pre-climactic twists and exhibited greater flair, Meenakshi Sundareshwar Like its two main characters, marriage of intent and execution to work will not require either divine intervention or Rajinikanth’s love. The former outweighs the latter.
spreads in spite of its inconsistencies and passivity, Meenakshi Sundareshwar Paper with its sheer simplicity, at least some of its flaws.
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