Tanu Weds Manu Returns: Kangana all the way

Starring: R. Madhavan, Kangana Ranaut, Jimmy Shergill, Deepak Dobriyal
Rated: 7.8/10
If Tanu Weds Manu was a delight, this one is a delightX2. And that’s because there is KanganaX2. Both of the two Kanganas are delightful and edgy in their own ways. Both arrest you with their arresting histrionics, their beauty — one all curly and done up and the other a boy cut Haryanvi athlete with a perfect Haryanvi accent. Both are different as chalk and cheese. Both are well fleshed out as characters in their own right. Both stand tall and both tower of the film.
Then there is Madhavan who continues to be a gentle soul, this time however all marriage weary, freshly out from a London wallah paagal khana (sent in by his double personality wife of three years) and all smitten by his crazy wife’s look-alike Datto. But the real fun in this film is with Deepak (vintage) Dobriyal as Madhavan’s friend like in the original one. If he was rollicking in the first one, in this one he is on a never before roll — as a man on the lookout to kidnap his sardarni GF who, incidentally, is not even aware that she is his GF!
Jimmy Shergill is a killer in his own right and does a great job of being awasthiji, the man Kangana jilted to marry Madhavan in the last one. Shergill and his character have become more syrupy than the last one and though Shergill gets limited space, he packs a punch despite the constraints. Over and above these characters you’ve grown to love, there is also the funny side up of dialogues and situations that do not intrude at all and seem to merge beautifully into the goings-on.
Over the years, and since Tanu originally wed Manu three years ago, Kangana has ripened up her acting skills so much that she holds this film together with applaudable histrionics. All in all, a nice, happening film with no unnecessary add-ons. And don’t miss out on Kangana’s language adaptability. Her diction and mannerisms as a Haryanvi athlete are incredible.
Source: 24 May, 2015

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