Tanu Weds Manu Returns [2015]

Language - Hindi
Director - Anand Rai
Run Time - 2 hours, 1 minute
Genre - Drama/Romantic
Starring - Kangana Ranaut, R.Madhavan and Jimmy Shergill

There are some movies to which there shouldn't be a sequel, and Tanu Weds Manu is one them. Anand Rai tried to make a movie after the 'happily ever after' and delivered something which didn't make any sense at all. I do not know why this movie is garnering rave reviews, but in my personal opinion, it was a terrible movie which had me pulling my hair waiting for it to end.

Barring Kangana Ranaut's marvelous dual performance, there is nothing in the film. And I say that literally, as there is no plot to the film. There are a bunch of sub-plots in the movie, which have been fused together to create a wreckage. R. Madhavan is a terrible actor, and as usual he was just there in the movie, to deliver his dialogues, not to act. I must, though praise Deepak Dobriyal as Pappi and Mohammed Ayyub as Chintu for some good comical performances.

The movie hardly makes any sense, right from the first scene where Manu Sharma [Madhavan] is dragged off into a mental asylum without any reason; and it continues to not make sense thereafter. Some characters are introduced in the movie, like 'Komal', the bride to be in Chandigarh who is kidnapped and then forgotten about.

The movie is a mess which starts with four years after 'Tanu weds Manu' as both are frustrated with each other and visit a mental asylum [a marriage counsellor would have been a better option] where Manu is forced into being admitted and Tanu runs away to her hometown 'Kanpur'. Thereafter, the drama kicks off where they want a divorce, then not, leading to Manu finding a Tanu lookalike, falling in love with her, wanting to marry her, and it goes on.

The film is so predictable, even after attempts by Rai to add sub-plots and extra characters. Another failure that I noticed in the movie was 'unprofessional dubbing'. During many scenes we could see that the characters voice did not match with the lip synchronization. Even the songs were extremely bad, apart from the catchy 'Banno'.

A movie to miss, unless you are a fan of senseless comedy/plotless movies and/or Kangana Ranaut - who is turning out to be one of the best actresses in Bollywood.

My Rating - 5.8/10