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Veere di wedding! 

Its been 6 days since this league-se-hat kar flick got released…

When I look back and try to remember…mmm…all I remember is utter Chaos!!...not just in the movie, outside too… meaning, in the hall jam packed with people, mostly girls (that’s a 1 up for the makers)

It seemed dooms day was approaching in lightening speed and things were supposed to be set right the very next moment.

In and about the movie, too much on everyone’s mind, too much planning, too much to deliver and too much delivered too…..dotting the ‘i’s and crossing the ‘t’s types.

Aur toh aur, try watching their interviews on you-tube….babba re!! All are so fidgety and uncomfortable…trying to look absolutely ‘correct’, say everything right, act perfectly well in front of the shutter bugs!!....but body language giving them all away completely, Kareena dropping the mike, Shikha rightening and re-rightening her position in chair, Swara constantly tugging at her short dress keeping her hand in a way not to give a slightest of opportunity to the camera to get a click in any wrong ‘pose’.

All four girls panic stricken as if exam results are about to be declared and Akashwani has announced that at least one of u is bound to fail. :)))

Only one person was at ease in the interviews and that was our dear dear Ekta Kapoor!!.. ahem J

Uff…Guys!! Take a chill pill!!!

Anticipating the questions that might arise in the audiences’ minds and cleverly answering them, for instance, ‘Veer’ in Punjabi means ‘Brother’(literal meaning- brave)…so before anybody thinks of exhaling a question mark, its told ki bhai, it means ‘Phraaand’ and that too ‘Girl-Phraaand’!! J Properly ‘A’ Certified, Ekta Kapoor as co producer, delayed shoots for no less than a year owing to Kareena’s pregnancy till finally Bebo darling turned up at least 6 months post natal….working hard on every detail…no loop holes permissible…

Making a woman centric commercially viable movie was the whole purpose of the makers. As a simile I am reminded of the…ahem…topper gold medalist girls of our classes in college…the way they prepare for and take their exams, kuchh kuchh us tarah!! ;)

All four fair damsels desperately needed this film to do good at any cost. Kareena post delivery, Shikha struggling to make a mark in commercial cinema, Sonam….well….

And Swara!!......

Swara!...Swara!!....oh Swara!!!

Pata hai kya, it seemed as if all the undercurrent urges in Swara, to be ‘Tanu’ (Kangana’s character) in ‘Tanu weds Manu’, blasted out in an exothermic reaction in this movie!! :)))

Don’t get me wrong people, Swara was and has been my favourite and after this movie, my ‘hot’-favourite, but here her character portrayal was just short of berserk (no fault of hers of course, she did what she was bid to do) unnecessarily loud cuss words, mannerisms etc as if ‘A’- Film banaye hain toh ‘A’ content toh dalna padega naa types.

She was oh so perfect in Tanu weds Manu….in her element…….and here it appeared she was hurricane-hit, no less!! Poor dear!! :/

But then I think….and I think hard….

And I realize…..

Aisa nahi hota, toh kaisa hota…..

The movie was made with a purpose…and hence made in a certain way. Who would have watched the movie showing harsh realities in a slow ‘Hum Log’ type setup?! The movie would have been shelved by now under the parallel cinema label chucked with loads of critic awards but no commercial success. Isiliye, wo kehte hain naa, ‘The end justifies the means’…..

It is actually a mirror, it shows this particular side of the society. Especially an eye opener for parents. Yes, it’s a fact that such, if not exactly so, language and mannerisms are rampant and not just in boys. Using cuss words in girly talk is becoming a fad, a mark of superiority and revolt….we can’t help it…so should not try to preach or change. Just try to be there for our kids and equip ourselves to support them when they need us.

Abhi toh the gossip doing the rounds is that Swara is being trolled for her ‘m’ scene. A guy says, he was ‘embarrassed‘ when the scene came up while he was watching the movie with his Grandmother!!!!! Really?!!! Cmon dude watching the clearly ‘A’ certified movie with your GRANDMOM??!!!!! What were you expecting bhau…Astha channel?!! Unless all this is not a deliberate publicity gimmick…..kya karein…ye sab toh jo naa karein so kum hai, nai kya?! Siiigh :/

One thing did disappoint me though….the title made me hope and expect a rich treat of Punjabi language and culture, something like ‘Mubaarakan’ which didn’t happen….fir kya kar sakte hain!…..deeper sigh!!!

Chalo koi nai….alls well that ends well, the film is grossing higher by the day, Sonam is now a happy Mrs Ahuja, Kareena a proud mom and Swara has now opened up to new heights as a style icon and fashionista ….bless her!!

And bless the whole team of Veere di wedding!!  

Go watch it people and do lemme know what you feel…

Tab tak ke liye aagya dijiye…..Namaskar!!....from me here at Page-3 J