It’s a risky project though, because it does not revolve around what the Shinde’s film is not about Sridevi but about a very real story, entertainingly The best part of him is, just like the movie, he doesn’t overdo stuff but keeps it simple and soothing.An excellent comeback vehicle for the country’s most successful pan-India female superstar,īut what makes the film work is that the director is not star struck. Amit Trivedi always stands out and elevates the film to next level with his music. The first time being the one I didn’t understand anything but I had done enough homework and was like “I’ve arrived” when I went there the second time.
It was like the second time I went to Subway. Though the climax speech was a great way of ending the film, that too in an organic way, the scene which worked for me is the coffee shop scene where she effortlessly orders for her coffee. Especially during the climax when she asks for Hindi newspaper it wasn’t as if to show the power of her but the nature of her. There were no anti men scenes and the focus was only on her English inhibition and not life as such. What Sridevi and Guari Shinde have done best is that at no point they made it a false feminist film. Even Priya Anand’s accent wasn’t really like an Indian settled in a foreign country. The other characters didn’t have much to do. Add to it he doesn’t understand the language of the new city as well as the language of her. Poor guy, he doesn’t understand the culture, coming from a romantic place. Also, he was the one I truly felt bad for. The person who gives her a space in front of him in queue ends up being in her English class. He’s not an antihero but not a hero too for herself.
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It was the right mix where he doesn’t go full on and insult her but leaves a sly mark. The person who was thinking that he was appreciating his wife by saying that she was born to make ladoos and protect her by saying that her English is not good was superb. Especially the one which comes from her daughter.
The insults or is it too harsh a word, the discomfort she faces because she gets ridiculed for not having good English was going over the top initially. And the pleasure she takes in making food. That too for someone who doesn’t like Motichor Ladoo, it was still inviting. Every thing has invigorating palate on screen which is tempting beyond words. Don’t know what’s with food and Indian cinema nowadays, that too the ones I’m watching recently. The best part of her is the chemistry with his son. Either she should have been given a mass hero entry or should have just been one among the family, instead of looking at the camera for the introduction scene.īut in every scene post that she excels. Sridevi introduction too could have been better. but if its not and made just for cuteness factor then it’s a fail. Guess it was because they didn’t want the title to be fully in English as that’s the whole point, how English is not everything. I didn’t understand the idea of using a single letter in Hindi in all the names in title cards. I made sure I wasn’t investing all my concentration on the film so wanted to involve in some activities in parallel like playing cards or eating snacks but to my surprise once she starts her journey to New York I was deeply engrossed in the film. After lamenting a lot and deliberately postponing the film I finally ticked it off, thanks to the lockdown. In spite of being a big big Sridevi fan I wasn’t keen on watching the film because of the aforementioned inhibitions. The movie had great hype back then because of Sridevi’s reentry to the cinema.