Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan

The first part was fun. Once announced, it came to my watchlist right away and I was excited for it. Considering it's a different movie than other, expectations went higher. But what happened? The story that could have been well polished, is wasted. The direction is very poor. Cinematography poor. Poor writing and making it become a dark movie. I don't understand why this comedy has to be dark? BGM was upsetting. Some performces, except the leads, were so poor that we couldn't even bare watching. It's a different story, is a Sit-Com which is the reason it has some positive wom, or else with this direction the movie will go nowhere trust me. Add some unnecessary drama and some missed moments.

I Didn't like the First Installment 'Shubh Mangal Savdhaan' that much cause of the convulatded plot and sloppy execution on the core issue. Unlike here where the message has been successfully delivered with solid entertainment all over it.

Let's Sum up the Pros here,

#1 The Performances are the Soul of this film. With everyone performing to their absolute best! Gajraj Rao, Jeetendra, Manu Rishi, Maanvi they just steal the show!

#2 The cinematography and the sound score is well shot and put. The direction is top notch. As a Debutant, Hitesh Kewalya has done a fantastic job as the director here.

#3 Screenplay and Dialogues are on the upper level. They make you laugh on a consistent basis. The powerful combination of them worked wonders.

#4 The characters and their chemistries in between are Electric. They Gelled so well together. This ensembled cast is something Special. Must mention Ayushmann And Jeetendra. Them, as a Gay Couple lit up the screen. Their Chemistry was on fire.

#5 The most positive thing here is that the a sensitive subject such as Homosexuality has been handled carefully with a fun element in it. It never seemed to force upon its particular views on us. It rather makes us decide to make the call or a generate an opinion on this regard.

But at the same time. The seriousness and the Emotional moments failed to book a place. Cause of the linear writing & fun elements all throughout the runtime. It never really showcases real life sufferings and horrors one might have to suffer because of their different Sexuality in our society. That's the only Con I have in here.

As for the Homosexuality subject, In my opinion 'If two people irrespective of their sexuality and genders love each other with their whole heart and Loyalty. There's nothing wrong in it' It doesn't matter whether We as society encourage that particular relationship or not. But We must not atleast discriminate them. Let them be like they are. Let them Live and love. There's nothing Bigger than Love & Respect. We all have rights for it.

What worked: The movie is an very Indian Bollywood movie with elements of comedy, drama and emotional scenes with maybe some extra spice as well. The makers should be highly applauded for the theme of the movie and the way the movie is executed; written and directed. It's the humor of the makers that made even the glorified melodramatic scenes reasonable and fun to watch. The screenplay is well done, and the narrative seemed to stay on balanced spot to explore a very pivotal subject in a not so liberal system. What makes the movie even special is allowing the space for the parents to convey their shock ,doubts and their weaknesses.Overall, the movie delivers its message and keeps the audience hooked in its storytelling. What did not work: One of the biggest concerns for me was the kiss scenes between the two lead actors;once in train and the other in the marriage ceremony. Although I consider myself liberal and open minded, it was one of the most challenging scenes both for the makers and the viewers. Kissing scenes done in such a celebrated and cinematic way is daring and at the same time inviting biases and extreme reactions. I personally believe the makers could have sent the message without showing the kiss scene or implied of the kiss. It's a shocking scene. I would have liked the movie more if not for the sexuality and sexual orientation and preferences were not so much glamorized or questioned. Ayushman's character is a bit loud as compared to Jitendra. You may argue of course because he represents the dominant alpha male. I disagree, it's still a bit louder than necessary. Besides the real topic of the movie ,maybe the movie has tried to use the topic of sex, romance amongst other lead characters such as the parents story. Somehow they might have overdone at parts. Having said all these, the movie is worth a watch, a family drama with a very progressive and necessary topic. Final verdict: recommended

A love story on a bold subject which should have been a path breaking movie turns out to be a damp squib unfortunately... Too bad!!

A weak storyline.. no wait ... No story at all leads to its downfall . A gay couple Ayushman and Jitendra Kumar try to get their families to accept their relationship. This is the story and the whole movie has incidents added in between to drag the film to a predictable climax.

Even though the film boasts of a stellar cast, none of them are able to do justice to their roles due to the weak script. Very few moments where u actually feel like laughing. Ayushman, as I had said in my last review needs to do something new. Doing the same thing time and again is not going to help. A fine opportunity wasted by the makers.

5 stars out of 10 for this "Happy and Gay" film. Skip the theatre and watch on prime video .

Acting by everyone is good but a thing is missing in whole script. I think that is the soul of the movie..