Film Tanu Weds Manu
Giulia Satmary
I stumbled upon this blog post I had written two years back just after watching one of my most favorite movies of all time Tanu Weds Manu Returns. I never published it though. Now since I have started this new blog #WhimsAndQuirks, I would like to publish it today. My very first Movie Review. Please have a read.
2011 was the year I had just entered my college! Most of my time went in surfing online about TV and films! One very fine day Taran Adarsh (I am not sure but it was most probably him), the film critic shared the poster of Tanu weds Manu on twitter! It was the same poster with Kangana in the green bridal attire sleeping on Madhavan on their wedding! The moment I saw the poster two things came to my mind
But not many good posters translate into a good movie. So I waited for the trailer. The trailer was even better and I was now eagerly awaiting the movie. And the moment I saw the movie I fell in love with each and every character in the film. That was the triumph of the movie. The plot was nothing extraordinary. It was a love triangle that we all as Bollywood lovers are quite familiar with. What made Tanu weds Manu special and outstanding were the characters, the dialogues, and the screenplay.
The movie started with the physical assault on the pure soul Manoj Sharma aka Manu. Manu is the noble, innocent and righteous person who has never hurt a single person even in his wildest dreams. On the other hand, Tanuja Trivedi is a wild dream personified. She is reckless, rude, and moody. She is everything that Manu is not. But still, Manu falls in love with her in their very first meeting and even kisses her in her unconscious state. Their wedding is fixed but Tanu refuses as she loves Raja Awasthi. The movie for me becomes, even more, fun when Payal and Jassi are introduced. Their wedding is the place where Tanu and Manu fall for each other.
I hear people and critics saying that the sequel is a notch above the first part but I disagree. The simple reason being that the sequel is totally dependent on the 1st part as it is a sequel in the truest form. The characters are what they are because of the 1st part. The dialogues are what they are because of the 1st part. So one can never say that the 1st part was inferior in comparison. Yes Tanu weds Manu returns is brilliant but Tanu weds Manu was equally magnificent.
The supporting cast cannot get better. Jimmy Sheirgill is effortlessly cute and lovable as Raja Awasthi. He looks charming in every frame and at the end, you feel that Kusum should marry Raja Awasthi. The character has grown so much in these four years. Raja Awasthi has become so mature. Jimmy is so endearing that Raja Awasthi can have a spin-off of his own. (Raja weds Kusum may be).