Cast: Kangana Ranaut, R Madhavan, Jimmy Shergill, Deepak Dobriyal, Swara Bhaskar, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Rajesh Sharma and Eijaz Khan
Great films are rare. Rarer still are the ones where key fields of filmmaking like direction, writing and acting all converge with same amount of brilliance. That’s exactly what happens with Tanu Weds Manu Returns (TWMR). Not only is it a sequel better than its predecessor, it’s a movie that engages you and captivates you like no other. It creates a happy feeling for its audience. The exact emotional hit, Queen made last year. Most of that credit goes to Kangana Ranaut’s stellar efforts. Her engrossing performance drives this film. It overshadows every little flaw. It gives the viewer an experience worth remembering.
It’s a sequel so the story picks up where the first film left off. Tanu (Kangana Ranaut) and Manu (R Madhavan) have been married for 4 years. They’ve moved to London where Manu is a practising doctor and Tanu is a homemaker. But you’re introduced to this off-beat couple in a rather dramatic fashion. They’re at an asylum, seeking counselling for their marriage which is almost on the rocks. This particular scene ends up in a hilarious and unexpected end. Those five minutes set the mood for the rest of the film. They establish the fact that Tanu is going to continue being the feisty go-getter. Manu is going to be a victim of his own goodness. And that this odd couple will have an outrageous but totally awesome adventure. Writer Himanshu Sharma has outdone himself in creating a premise that’s genuinely original and equally appealing. Just like in the first film, you have a wedding scenario in North India. Two families of different castes are reluctantly getting two people married under the influence of their love story. Yet, here Manu Sharma is walking out on his wife Tanu and getting married to Datto aka Kusum, who looks exactly like Tanu only with buck teeth.
