Starring: Kangana Ranaut, R Madhavan, Jimmy Shergill, Deepak Dobriyal, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayub, Rajesh Sharma, Swara Bhaskar
Directed by: Anand L Rai
Written by: Himanshu Sharma
Produced By: Sunil A Lulla, Krishika Lulla
Banner: Eros International
‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ engages you right from its opening credits. To the nostalgic tune of ‘Sun Saiba Sun’ from ‘Raam Teri Ganga Maili’, a radiant couple, very much in love tie the knot, even as an authentic, small town wedding plays out on screen. Kids scoop up ice cream with bare hands & the father of the bride does an awkward dance. Four years later, the couple is seen walking into the Twickenham facility for the mentally challenged seeking counseling. This is a plot flaw, for in Britain, marriage counseling is not offered at mental institutions. But you barely notice it. The couple’s argument before a panel of frustrated doctors immediately establishes the conflict- feisty, opinionated Tanu cant adjust to a dreary, IT wife like existence in suburbia even as Manu cannot provide constant excitement. Four years on, she dislikes him enough to let him be temporarily locked up at the mental institution! With all her extremities intact, Tanu returns.