Meenakshi Sundareshwar it’s a slice of Basu Chatterjee’s life packaged in a glossy promotional film with two really likable characters at its heart, says Sukanya Verma.

BUT ‘galat gar‘Karan Johar’s gag Kal Ho Naa Ho, where Saif Ali Khan and Rajpal Yadav accidentally switch places and arrive at the wrong address is a lot of fun.

Similar confusion in the director’s latest production for the digital space leads to marriage.

Only Meenakshi Sundareshwar Set in Madurai, it is a modest tale of newlyweds who take on the hardships of a long-distance marriage.

Lightly put on your charm, Meenakshi Sundareshwar features coming of age emotions, romantic comedy goals and heritage postcard face.

Although the characters come from a Tamil Brahmin background and show a strong cultural vibe, the removal of stereotypical accents and low-brow humor makes for a truly welcome change.

Just like Small thingsdisarming web series on netflix, Meenakshi Sundareshwar draws on the sweet, mundane facets of a young couple’s bond. Given that there is a famous Hindu temple named after Meenakshi and Sundareshwar, also known as Shiva Parvati, they are expected to be a union made in heaven, but in an urban context, such piety is not always true, and the film is both fond of and flippant about the myth.

Meenakshi (Sanya Malhotra) is a smart, confident woman and an avid Rajni, fix, Superstar Rajni fan.

Sundareshwar (Abhimanyu Dasani) is a low-pitched, nervous engineer determined to get a job and not join his dominant father’s sari business.

Cinema illuminates her world and puts it to sleep.

She connects with her kari dosa with Jigartanda.

He relies on a Google search for any romantic crisis.

However, the twins are connected because of the cactus – their strong point is an easy relationship.

Immediately after the wedding, Sundar receives an appointment letter from a software company in Bangalore where he must hide his married status in order to stay at work.

If it’s better for you, then it’s better for us, ”says his understanding wife.

In contrast, she regularly excelled in job interviews, earning, if not the approval, then the appreciation of her disgruntled father-in-law.

The duo’s independent journey from falling in love to being single over the course of a year gives them a taste of unexpected freedom and unusual challenges.

They enjoy their technological flirting for a while, until the notorious trouble in paradise sticks its ugly head out that only divine intervention Talaiva-ic proportions may straighten out.

Meenakshi Sundareshwar has its fair share of conflicts in the form of problems with Sundar’s father, Meenakshi’s vague feelings about a possible ex, and a bit of domestic nok jhonk but none of them ever became the center of the drama.

The problem is balance.

There are two people involved in a marriage, and their contributions and sacrifices are of equal importance—sometimes simultaneously, sometimes sequentially. Take it for granted and the relationship will remain on shaky ground.

Despite the aesthetically pleasing (DP Debojit Ray) and choreographed avatars of composer Justin Prabhakaran and the eclectic soundtrack of lyricist Raj Shekhar, Meenakshi Sundareshwar has several slots in the armor.

Not all of his wit lands – the boss’s whimsical jokes seem a bit heavy-handed, misadventures have bad timing, some problems go unresolved, and an unfunny precocious kid who predicts his family’s reactions, as well as his tormented mentor’s arc, can totally be done with.

Director Vivek Soni, formerly assistant to Abhishek Chaubey, Udta Punjab and Sonchirianot so much breaking the rules of the genre as trying to revive an era of cuteness.

Before, when people were softer, they accepted, and everything could become difficult and troublesome, but no one stopped living or laughing.

In fact, Meenakshi Sundareshwar it’s a slice of Basu Chatterjee’s life packaged in a glossy promotional film with two really likable characters at its heart.

Sanya Malhotra is unbridled joy in motion, painting her Meenakshi in passion and serenity.

The actress has a chameleon-like knack for moving from emotion to emotion in seconds, expressing and holding back at the same time.

Abhimanyu is exactly the person who plays Sundaram, embodying what cannot be achieved with a sincere heart and heartfelt apologies.

Meenakshi Sundareshwar is streaming on Netflix.

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