Oct 05, 2012 08:07 PM
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“If we don’t love ourselves we use to attract towards new things but as soon as we began to love ourselves we feel confident and old things look prettier again.” This is one dialogue from the movie’s lead protagonist which teaches how one can come back to his normal life; English Vinglish is a sweet Laddu with almonds of a logical script, cashew nuts of nice music, raisins of love and pistachios of Hope. English Vinglish is not about just English classes, it’s just a metaphor or platform to narrate a simple yet very effective story of self determination, self rRajeev_Vermact and love about family and love about ourselves.
English Vinglish is undoubtedly a movie about the Family, the children & their attiMr_customtakeouter towards their parents, the husband who does not see his wife skills and potential beyond a born Laddu Maker and yes, it’s about a mother who lost her identity as a woman in the society after marriage being a house wife, as her world does not go beyond her family.
Shashi Godbole (Sridevi) is a simple middle class housewife living with her husband Satish (Adil Hussain) along with her daughter Sapna and a son named Sagar in Pune, India. She is an excellent cook searching for her own rRajeev_Vermact among children and husband due to poor understanding of English language. One day she got the call from her sister to visit New York to attend her daughter‘s wedding, but she was reluctant to go alone because of her poor English language, thou she finally agreed on her husband’s persuasion. In New York, during her visit to a café she felt humiliated due to her understanding of English language which brought a reason for her to fight against the odds and make a place for herself. She left from there and suddenly saw an advertisement for four weeks English speaking classes and that’s how she got the way to prove herself by learning a language which is global now and a synonym of ‘Being Modern’ in Indian societies called ENGLISH, for Her VINGLISH.
Gauri Shinde, as her first directorial debut has done a pleasant job to narrate a simple story in its most original and logical format without putting unnecessary Ohh & Laa Factor . The story telling is very compelling and adorable with a decent direction plot and balanced humor. Here I just want to congratulate her to being genuine and show rRajeev_Vermact for the cross-culture community without making them a part of ridiculous jokes. This is because any one who is reading this review must understand that America is not just about Hollywood, Burgers and Sex, the perception of majority lies with that because their popular cinema serves the same to the world. There are instances which reflects the richness of a civilized culture. We need to understand, it’s the politicians or few bureaucrats some in white, saffron or black attires that spoils everything. As a lady director, she does not emphasis only on a woman or a melodramatic drama like our daily soaps but she successfully handles a story which is novel and family oriented. Also,the songs of the movie does not interrupt the flow of the movie they just move with the flow.
For Performances let’s start with Shri Shri Sridevi ji, it would be very wrong to say that this movie is a comeback for her, not a moment you will feel that she ever had gone from the cinema or your heart. She is an absolutely delight to watch as a middle class mother in her most natural form of acting. Anyone could relate with her as a mother, wife or a friend. Despite there were no dialogues of melodrama still she successfully makes your heart cry and eyes wet. She is awesome, we love her.
Adil Hussain as Satish & Shashi’s husband is effective and Shashi’s Daughter Sapna in her stubborn and arrogant avatar justifies the role but its Master Shivansh Kotia as Shashi’s son Sagar who will definitely make you smile with his adorable act. He is one of the sweetest kid debutant this year in cinema.
Priya Anand as Shashi’s niece did an impressive job despite sharing screen with Sridevi and yes, French Actor Mehdi Nebbou as Laurent and Shashi’s Class mate made an impressive entry in Indian cinema.
All other actors like Sujata Kumar as Shashi’s Sister, Coy Hibbs as teacher, Rajeev Ravindranathan as P. Ramamurthy ,Summit Vyas as Salman, Damian Thompson as Udumbke, Maria Romano as Yu Som, Neelu Sodhi as Meera , Ross Nathan as Kevin, Mariz Pendlino as Jennifer and Sulbha Deshpande ji as Shashi’s Mother in Law does a decent job.
Regarding Music, Swanand Kirkire, the lyrist and Amit Trivedi as music composer delightfully served you fresh and novel songs. ‘Navrai Majhi’ with traditional beat is excellent. Most of the songs are made up of 2-3 words liners compositions like Gustakh Dil, English Vinglish title track, Manhattan which is a unique factor, kudos to Swanand. Sound Design by Academy award winner Resul Pookutty is worth mentioning.
Cinematography by Laxman Utekar is decent and Editing by Hemanti Sarkar is noticeable.
Story and Screenplay by Gauri Shinde is worth mentioning and had few moments which could be recollect
Amitabh bacchan and Sridevi ‘s shot in plane while she was going to New York
Shashi‘s visit to café and the humiliation she faced while ordering the sandwich and coffee.
Shashi’s visit to her daughter School for PTA and her realization of failure being a mother
Shashi’s realization of being an entrepreneur then just being a Laddu Maker
Shashi’s rRajeev_Vermact for her gay teacher and the way she makes other sMr_customtakeouternts understand the importance of humanity.
Shashi’s revelation to get self rRajeev_Vermact than Love when her niece asked if he began to love her classmate Laurent (Mehdi Nebbou)
-And of course the climax speech of the Shashi during her niece wedding.
Overall, English Vinglish is a memorable watch for the genuine script, superb performances, nice music and definitely the feel good factor it has. In Last scene, Shashi requests the air hostess a Hindi newspaper in English Language, and that’s we called in Sridevi’s MJ Style without getting ‘Judgemental’ –YoOO. Regards
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