Meenakshi Sundereshwar
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Review:
As the trailer suggests, this movie is
about arranged marriage which has been set up in Madurai. The narrator, in the
beginning, describes the possibility of this marriage is majorly due to two
reasons; divine intervention and Rajanikanth. The first reason becomes apparent
within the first 15 minutes of the movie whereas the second reason becomes
clear only at the end of the movie. Their marriage is performed in the temple
of Meenakshi Sundereshwar, Madurai which forms the basis of the success of
their marriage, just like any other arranged marriage which starts with such a
belief. Meenakshi’s grandfather believes that Lord Shiva as Sundereshwar has
arrived at his house to ask for the company of Goddess Parvati as Meenakshi.
It’s Sundereshwar’s desire to work
independently by chasing his dreams, as well as his honesty, are some of the characteristics
which attract Meenakshi whereas it’s Meenakshi’s confidence of bringing a
significant change in the organization she would be working that Sundereshwar
admires the most. Sundereshwar is very passionate about coding for which he
wants to join a reputed MNC and is not at all interested to get involved in his
family business of Saree. On their wedding night, Sunder gets the mail about
the interview of a company for which he starts preparing by promising Meenakshi
to spend some hours with her before leaving for the interview.
He eventually gets selected and
prepares to leave for Bengaluru where he’s expected to do a
6-months-long-internship before he is offered a position in the company. Their
relationship takes a long-distance form which throws a lot of curveballs
towards them. Meenakshi, over time, gels well with different members of
the family, and everyone is impressed by her intelligence and charm.
Sunder, on joining the company in
Bengaluru, finds that the company hires bachelors who can dedicate more time to
the work without getting distracted. He hides his marital status and tries to
get acquainted with this new culture. At the same time, he also keeps searching
about ways to keep their long-distant-relationship active and alive. Meanwhile,
Meenakshi has also joined a small firm in Madurai to keep herself engaged.
In the company, the interns are
expected to design an app and the best design will be awarded and that intern
will be offered a permanent position in the company. Sunder gets busy in
executing his idea in the app and lack of communication, distance, etc. become factors
for the misunderstandings between them. Meenakshi decides to take a break from
the house of in-laws and accepts the offer of one of her college friends to help
him with the finance of his family business.
On the day of the final presentation, one
of Sunder’s roommates creates chaos. He sends a message from Sunder’s mobile to
Meenakshi asking her to meet him at his office and he reveals Sunder’s marital
status to the CEO of the company. Just a few minutes before the turn of Sunder for
the presentation, he receives a message from Meenakshi who is waiting for him
in the cafeteria of the office which infuriates Sunder. He meets Meenakshi and
loses his temper while explaining his situation. Seniors and CEO also arrive
at that place while searching for Sunder and ask him to get back to the
conference room for his presentation. Meenakshi leaves the place by being
offended.
Sunder overhears his senior’s
interaction with his roommate and comes to know that he’s the culprit behind
all those chaos. He enters the conference room on being called and presents his
app which is to test the emotion of the person. He has created this to understand
his wife better while being in a long distant relationship. At the end of his presentation,
he states that he won’t be working in that company in the future as he’s married
and he has hidden his marital status throughout.
On returning to home, Sunder becomes
saddened by Meenakshi’s absence in his home. He resolves to bring her back and
visit his in-law’s house who say that Meenakshi has been away without informing
them. Sunder continues searching Meenakshi everywhere he can but he fails. The
poster of Rajnikant on a wall ignites his hope of finding Meenakshi in the
movie hall as he recalls from their first conversation that Meenakshi never
misses any first-day-first-show of Rajnikant. Eventually, he finds Meenakshi in
the movie hall enjoying the movie of Ranikant and their love story kicks start
from where it has left.
My
opinion:
Dangal
girl Sanya Malhotra has portrayed Meenakshi to be a confident and intelligent
girl just like her character as Renee in the movie Badhai
Ho.
This is the third movie of her that I finished watching and I really admire her
acting style which comes out to be so natural. Not to forget, Abhimanyu Dassani
as Sundershwar has performed equally well in this movie. Sundershwar is that
shy, ambitious, quiet, and obedient guy whom every parent pushes for an
arranged marriage.
This
movie revolves around the life of a newly married couple where Sundershwar
juggles between his ambition to perform his best in his IT career lest he
should look after his family business and long-distance relationship. In an
arranged marriage, a long-distance relationship at the beginning of the
marriage becomes tough when they've not given much time to understand each
other. In such cases, it's obvious to have arguments and misunderstandings
which the gadgets make even worse. This motivates him to design an app, as a
task of the internship, to understand his wife better.
For
me, it's a one-time watch movie with a relatable script. I wish I could
understand those Tamil lines in the middle of Hindi dialogues. It would have
made the regional influence of the movie more understandable for me. I
personally feel that the storyline could have been much stronger to render a
lasting impact but the songs have been very suitable for different situations.
My rating goes 4.4/5, the best part is that this movie ends on a happy note, thereby making my weekend-watching more enjoyable and satisfying because I believe in happy endings.
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©Swati
Sarangi
13.11.2021
