Posted: 3 years ago

by india forums (Kunal) https://www.indiaforums.com/article/despite-earnest-effort-ginny-weds-sunny-ends-up-being-cliched-predictable_169862

There is such a dearth of rom-coms (good ones) in Bollywood  -  a statement that is true and a statement that continues to be true. A genre that has been constantly challenged upon and even though there have been noble attempts to change that, it still isn’t enough. That is what Netflix’s Ginny Weds Sunny also ends up being.

To be clear, I am not expecting any major twists and turns in a quintessential rom-com but I don’t want to be served mediocrity too. Ginny Weds Sunny is all about catering to clichés, stereotypes and formulaic storytelling where even though it gives you sparks at different instances: it never rises above.

Sunny (Vikrant Massey) is a good-hearted, goofy yet lovable boy who, on coaxing from Ginny’s mother (Ayesha Raza) decides to pursue Ginny (Yami Gautam) with the hopes of getting married. It actually is such an interesting premise which could have transpired into so much fun. But it ends up deciding to only work with tried-and-tested instances. Over the years, stalking in Bollywood has been glorified and that’s always problematic but for some reason, they doesn’t seem to get over it even today. Even though, there is a sense of self-awareness (where Sunny realizes what he is doing is actually wrong) but that is later used as a tool of comedy. 

However, the biggest problem of Ginny Weds Sunny isn’t the Punjabi stereotypes or supremely clichéd storytelling; but the problem is that inspite of all of this which might deem as funny to many, it actually isn’t. There is nothing novel about the film, and in fact, the entire graph of the film is so predictable that it ends up looking like a mash of all the rom-coms you have seen over the years.

Not that there aren’t good moments. Some moments in the film are genuinely funny -  be it the Sunny’s dad with almost deadpan comic delivery or Gurpreet Saini’s Sumit; but my favorite moment and more so a visual that will always stay with me is how both Ginny and Sunny’s parents are inside a swimming pool, fully clothed, cribbing about their children’s messed up love story sipping on alcohol. There is something inherently hilarious about it. But such moments are too few and far to make up for a lackluster entire product.

When it comes to Massey, I am just incredibly glad that the fine actor he is and has proved himself over and over; someone visualized him as the full blown leading Hindi film man who gets to do everything – dancing, chasing the heroine and even having the patent wedding twist in the end. While Massey doesn’t entirely manage to work with the Delhi accent, he does enough to make Sunny lovable and you even root for him. Gautam is a fine actor and it is a shame that it isn’t being explored much till now. She shines as Ginny and even though her character is given some rather stupid things to work with, Gautam manages to do well overall. She is an actor who deserves more films and more attention. The true stars, however are Raza as Ginny’s mother, who is intentionally made to be loved and hated at the same time; and Sunny’s father, Pappi Sethi (Rajiv Gupta).

There is nothing new about Ginny Weds Sunny and while that is usually okay in a rom-com, the actual problem with the film that it is, in fact, so predictable that it stops being enjoyable despite it’s earnest effort.

Posted: 3 years ago

Completely agree with the review.


Found the film earnest and well-intentioned, but failed majorly in the execution part. It just doesn't make you invested in the lives of the two characters. The film is too full of clichés, predictability, and lack of nuance. It's the movie equivalent of a Tiktok video, with pedestrian jokes and cheesy one-liners, but lack of emotional momentum.

Posted: 3 years ago

The movie was awful. I mean what a waste of such good talent. Even a 90s movie seems better than this. It was full of cliches and there was no feel good factor. Things were all over the place. Liked Massey but Yami was such a disappointment. 


 

Posted: 3 years ago

The movie is not great but not as bad as people are saying

I found it better than the recent dolly kitty movie

I did not like that Sunny wanted to marry for his restaurant it was a bit lame 

2 songs are very bad the first wedding song and badshaah-neha song 

a few scenes were good like some of the romantic scenes, train scene, and dinner scene(the part where Nishant came for dinner on the same day was quite comical) 

Posted: 3 years ago

Oh the whole Massey hype — he was so bad. 
This movie was never ending stupidest shit. 


Massey super bakwas acting. Yami - same old.

Story — blekh

Dialogues — super blekh

And songs — ohh jeez. Sheer torture.


Cringefest qtiyapa. 

Posted: 3 years ago
The Movie was not good but critics are bashing it as if its the worst movie which it isn't. I can say it was better than Sadak 2 for sure. You can watch it with family
Posted: 3 years ago

Originally posted by bowdow55


The Movie was not good but critics are bashing it as if its the worst movie which it isn't. I can say it was better than Sadak 2 for sure. You can watch it with family


Why did you watch Sadak 2? 😲

Posted: 3 years ago

Originally posted by heartbleed



Why did you watch Sadak 2? 😲

I thought it will be good as Alia is a big actress and i thought this will be a great thriller type movie. As for Ginny I watched it for Yami . No matter how bad the movie is if it has Yami I will definitely watch it because I am her huge fan and i love to watch her .

Posted: 3 years ago

It's such a pointless n a boring movie..🥱



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