Watched the movie last weekend, LOVELY movie. I laughed, I cried, I enjoyed the movie a lot and will watch it again when it comes on Netflix
I cried first when Sweety was telling Sahil abt her childhood, her loneliness, her pain at realizing her best friend did not love her the same way she did, her isolation, anguish at being mocked and treated like a pariah, I cried for the young boy who was being ruthlessly bullied by Sweety's brother and his bully gang.
Kids are so damn cruel, not that they stop being cruel as grown ups either. The brother was still a bully as an adult with his toxic masculinity and desperate denial of Sweety's sexuality. It was hilariously ironic to see him suddenly showering love on Sahil when he thought Sweety had agreed to marry him. 😆
I cried again at the end during that box scene in the play, when the little girl cried and pleaded to be let out of the box. So symbolic, so moving! The 2 people in the audience who were totally immersed in the play, the little girl who was crying, the middle aged man leaning forward, probably they also identified with the protagonist or empathized with her situation.
Sonam Kapoor did a good job, her princessy accent wasnt so noticeable in this movie. She emoted quite well too in the emotional scenes. Regina is attractive and made a nice pair with Sweety, as her lover Kuhu
RKR was perfect as always, he holds your attention at all time when hes onscreen. Was his character a dig at Nepo kids? 😆 Hes a famous producer's son yet prefers to struggle as a playwright and wont even take money from his parents
Anil Kapoor and Juhi were adorable with their mild flirtation, their little nok jhoks, it was cute how Anil became besotted with Juhi when she showed her culinary expertise. After that he was agreeing to everything Chatro said. 😆
Anil was really funny with his culinary passion, whenever Beeji comes into the kitchen while hes cooking he hides in the next room, those scenes were really funny and also questioned gender roles imposed by society.
Beeji and her habit of keeping everything in her bosom reminded me of someone I know who did that 😆
The side characters were hilarious too, Chaubey, Billo and the sardarji, all betting on who would marry Sweety
It was actually quite a bold movie, to deal with such a sensitive subject with both gravity and humor at the same time. Not surprised to see the movie fail in India where regular janta still has the mentality of Babloo Veerji, who think that homosexuality/lesbianism is an abomination or a disease. But Im glad that this film got made to challenge society's regressive attitudes, and to spread the message of Live and Let Live.
My rating: 4 out of 5
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