Kandasamys: The Baby

I looked forward to the movie only to be disappointed 😞.. there was no flow, it seemed like they just put scenes together. The story line was inconsistent. There was no moral to the movie. It showed disrespect to women. Jailoshini is 1 of my favorite characters you ruined her reputation in the other series she was this modern wife and mother an incredible woman.. in this movie they showed no respect for her.. just sad this movie didn't make any sense. The men, I thought learnt from their mistakes in Tripping with the Kandasamys where they learnt not to take their wives for granted,here they give the son Preshen, the worse advice, and him being a doctor had no voice.. where's the lesson here.. there was no humor in this movie just weird jokes that was not funny 😐

So I personally feel Jody got disconnected from her character in the previous movie cause she hardly spoke, now theres alot of focus on her rather than the baby, and I expected this movie to be more about a baby, but it seems to be drama based on real life problems.

Once again the granny saves the movie with her comedy but she can only do it so many times.

The fathers are the same way they have always been, so pretty much predictable behavior/storyline, and too much focus on the mothers

I personally think the Kandasamys franchise needs to end now but this purely my personal opinion based on my personal preference.

Much as I love the Kandasamys and the films so far, I feel in this film they have lost their way. It doesn't have the brightness, the pizazz, the spark of the previous movies. Worse, they seem to be sticking to a formula: there's a big event involving both families; each mother believes that she and she alone can manage the event properly, and they both get in the way of each other, the event, and in general make a riotous mess of things, until it all gets ironed out neatly at the end to everybody's satisfaction. Along the way the husbands Elvis and Preggie act as foils to their wives, and the redoubtable Aya gets in some excellent one-liners.

In this film, it's Prishen and Jody's new baby; both Jennifer and Shanthi are of course insistent that each one will show the new parents how to do it right. So it's off to Mauritius they all go. However, Jennifer's itinerary of how they will spend each hour of each day is neatly binned by Prishen, who not only has the four new grandparents, and Aya, put up at a luxury resort, but has himself planned an itinerary for them, much to Jennifer's annoyance.

Preggie and Elvis are even more background figures in this film than in others. Aside from one scene when they instruct Prishen on how to be a new dad (selective deafness, and constipation - thus allowing plenty of alone time) they hardly figure at all. Aya indeed has lots of one-liners, and plenty of having the last word, but it all feels a bit forced and without humour. We were hoping for some brilliant punch-lines, but there are none. There is however, a nice scene where she brilliantly describes the four grandparents to their guide, Moothoo.

Throw in some genuine issues: Jody's postnatal depression, and Jennifer's flashback to her own difficult time as a new mother - and there is the potential for real drama. And in different hands this could have been a truly dramatic film. But we don't expect drama from the Kandasamys, we expect humour and a bit of fighting between Jennifer and Shanthi. This drama thus sits a bit oddly in the film, as though the makers weren't quite sure to handle it. Shanthi is having her own difficulties with her second son Desan accused of bullying and being expelled from school; Desan on the other hand feels he can never measure up to the golden son Prishen (as he puts it in a rap: Prishen is a hero; he, Desan, is a zero).

With a scene in which Jennifer explodes in furious anger at both Prishen and Jody, the feel-good ending - one year later, at baby Arya's first birthday party - seems a bit contrived and unnatural. Too much has happened in the film for it just to end with a colourful dance and Aya's voice-over.

I think this film is for Kandasamy fans only - it's not unwatchable, but it's less than it could have been. And if a fifth film is to be made, they will have to seriously lift their game.

The characters were all relatable in their own ways, the story despite it mainly being a comedy never felt stagnant. It always kept moving showing something new every segment of the movie. You can tell the director really knew what they wanted to put together.

The cast, without the cast this movie wouldn't be as golden as it is. Every single cast member added so much to each scene.

It really is a breath of fresh air when a family movie comes along that isn't afraid to broach on topics that deserve to have a light shone on them, to show how the modern generation feels about culture and what truly needs to change about it whilst still preserving that heritage.

Professional production that's worth your time.

More emphasis should have been given to Prishen and Jody. Jody should really polish up her acting skills instead of looking dull and sad in every Kandhaswamy sequel. The whole team wasted their budget on Jody to fly her to Mauritius just for her to say 5 words! Ridiculous hospital scene, cringe elements, the Indian authenticity is completely lost! Grandma is the savior of the entire movie with her jokes and humor. And the two mothers should mellow down instead of being the entire spotlight of the whole movie. If another sequel is ever made, please work on a proper script and less emphasis on the two MOTHERS.