Spoilers ahead! Tread with caution...
Ayushmann Khurrana and Bhumi Pednekar starrer Shubh Mangal Saavdhan hits the theatres this Friday. We happened to watch the R S Prasanna film at a special screening and we were left with a smile on our face (with regular splits of laughter) for most parts of the film. Despite a few flaws, there's a lot to appreciate here.
So here are 5 highlights from Shubh Mangal Saavdhan which you should watch out for:
1) Mudit-Sugandha
Ayushmann as Mudit and Bhumi as Sugadha make for an endearing pair. Their mutual understanding and fluid chemistry is so enchanting that together, they make even the trickiest of the scenes appear like a cake-walk. Watch out for the sequence when Sugandha gets to know about Mudit's "Gent's problem" even without him having to explain it to her.
Yes, we've seen glimpses of it in the trailer but the series of events that lead up to the big reveal has been portrayed so brilliantly that even for once you don't feel awkward or uncomfortable. The same can be said about the scene where Sugandha plans a sudden picnic with Mudit and tries to entice him while they are alone in a park. And these two are just examples of several simple but mind blowing scenes between the duo in the film.
2) The supporting cast/relationships
To the director RS Prasanna's credit, he has managed to pull out jaw dropping performances from the supporting cast. Be it Mudit and Sugandha's family + extended family members or their respective friends, everyone fits the bill to the T.
The relationship between Sugandha's father and his elder brother (whose sole job is to complain and keep a tab on every single penny spent by him and others) is so relatable and brought out so beautifully. We all end up mocking or hating that one person who always finds fault with everything, especially at a wedding but here, you don't end up hating them even for a moment.
3) Seema Pahwa
Yes! She's one of the biggest highlights in Shubh Mangal Saavdhan as well. If you thought that she was brilliant in Bareilly Ki Barfi, she continues to be in her element in this film as well. The scene when she's trying to impart some important wedding night gyan to her beti, reciting verses that she wrote post her own, is sheer delight.
She brings out the much needed comic relief at several points in the movie. Watch out for the scenes when she tries to convince Sugandha to get married to a tree and her one-liners when Mudit and Sugandha lock the doors behind everyone else in the house just a night before their wedding.
4) The details:
The film is a fine example of the kind of research that has gone in its making. Right from the paint-that-comes-off-the-wall because of moisture in a middle class suburban Delhi home to the old haveli in Rishikesh, where the "destination wedding" is to take place, all the details have been captured and portrayed so effectively.
The small issues that crop up in almost every middle class wedding (like shortage of food) have been efficiently used as an ingredient to add another flavour to Mudit and Sugandha's bond. The scene where Sugandha makes a sarcastic remark, "...aur karo digital India" on learning that her father knows how to use apps like Whatsapp and Facebook is another one to watch out for.
5) The definition of 'Mard'
Before the film comes to it's resolution, is a scene in which Mudit vents out his frustration in front of both the families right after Sugandha leaves him on the morning of their wedding day. Ayushmann shines bright as he takes the phere while marrying a banana tree and justifying why he should be the one doing that and not Sugandha, at the same time. He ends up by defining what it actually means to "be a man" when he says, "Mard woh nahi hota jise dard nahi hota. Mard woh hota hai, jo na kisi ko dard de, na hi kisi aur ko dene de..."
Though, there are some scenes that seem far fetched and could have been done away with (Mudit jumping across a mid-air ropeway to have a word with Sugandha and win her back, for example), but the actors have put up such engaging performances that you don't really mind watching it. Taking a subject like erectile dysfunction and revolving the plot around it was tricky and it could have gone awry, especially with the use of humour, but commendable dialogues by Hitesh Kewalya, manage to give a light hearted treatment to the heavy subject. So, mad props to him for pulling it off.
(All images/videos via Eros Now Twitter handle)
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