Ginny Weds Sunny Review: Yami and Vikrant in an still from the movie (Image Courtesy: vikrantmassey87)
Discard: Yami Gautam, Vikrant Massey, Suhail Nayyar, Ayesha Raza, Rajeev Gupta, Menka Kurup, Mazel Vyas
Director: Puneet Khanna
Evaluation: 3 stars (out of 5)
A layer of surface gloss, a cloak of kindness, and a hint of gentle irreverence cling to Ginny Weds Sunny, an airy rom-com that just released on Netflix, like gossamer wrapper, making it an easy movie to watch. If only he hadn’t chosen to wade through the surface of the intricacies of new-age love, it could have turned into something infinitely more substantial than mildly entertaining entertainment. But in the little that it highlights, there is a considerable degree of competence.
The script (Navjot Gulati and Sumit Arora) is smart enough not to take itself too seriously, lead director Puneet Khanna gives the story of entanglements and affections easy flow, and the performances are in keeping with the fun spirit. of the company.
Indeed, there is not much not to like about Ginny Weds Sunny, with the exception of the contradictions that beset the main characters and the artificial climax which relies squarely on the change of heart of one girl – this happens after much emotional manipulation – and the act of altruism of another . If you believe the image that the film paints, some back-and-forth in heart matter is free from the risk of permanent damage.
The heroine, Ginny (Yami Gautam), an employee of the Delhi-NCR insurance company, is a tough, free-spirited girl who doesn’t sing or dance to the rebel in her. She believes she doesn’t need a man to be by her side all the time. When one of the guys in her life says he’ll give her the freedom to do whatever she wants after marriage, she dismisses the suggestion with the contempt she deserves.
Still, Ginny is disturbed that her constant chaperone and ex-boyfriend, the pampered transport company scion Nishant (Suhail Nayyar), is phobic about engagement. We’re told the two separated a year and a half ago, but the girl isn’t completely freeing herself from Nishant. This decision of hers goes against her claim that a man’s constant company is not essential.
Plus, when things are going well, Ginny has no qualms about ridiculing Sunny (Vikrant Massey), a neighborhood boy has a crush on her and is in desperate rush to get hitched up, to be “a marriage addict. “. This nickname, says the girl, is also valid for her mother Shobha Juneja (Ayesha Raza). But then, it’s not at all surprising – her mother is a professional matchmaker.
Ms. Juneja is certain that Sunny, the only son of hardware store owner Pappy Sethi (Rajeev Gupta), is the perfect partner for her daughter. She goes out of her way to help him woo Ginny without taking the latter in confidence – which obviously leaves the door ajar for major recriminations in the pre-climax sequences. And of course there is a family tragedy that Ginny was unable to experience – this is useful when the bonds between her and Sunny reach a tipping point and it becomes obligatory for her to melt. Ginny’s life alternates between her almost professional interactions with Nishant – most in her chic new Beemer – and her blossoming romance – or something like her – with Sunny, which takes place during autorickshaw and subway rides.
Sunny lives with her gentle-mannered father, mother Rita (Menka Kurup) and little sister Nimmi (Mazel Vyas), but wants to branch out and open a tandoori restaurant. Getting married is at the heart of his plans for the immediate future. Sunny has had a crush on Ginny since their school days, but deep in her mind is worry that she is out of her league. Hence the secret agreement with the girl’s matchmaker-mother.
The heroine’s ex-boyfriend, who continues to be part of her circle of friends, is a bunch of contradictions. So much so that it becomes synonymous with confusion. In fact, “Confusion” is the name under Ginny records the guy’s number in her phone.
For all her good intentions and general technical finesse – cinematographer Nuthan Nagaraj bathes the film in a cheerful glow – Ginny Weds Sunny is marred by some of the same confusion that defines Ginny’s relationship with the voluptuous Nishant. By the time he finally decides to officially propose to her, a lot of water has flowed under the bridge.
None of the main characters in the film, even the somewhat indifferent Nishant, are unpleasant. Nishant is torn with doubts, Sunny is clumsy, and worried and stiff parents know exactly when their wards should be left alone. It’s a nice, compact world where minor mistakes only lead to minor conflicts. They never turn into tangles that can’t be sorted out with a little tact.
The problem with such a world is that audiences can start predicting long before the movie hits its final third on how this is all going to end. In this measurement, Ginny Weds Sunny springs no disturbing surprises. What it does, however, is create a story that alternates between humor and the solemn without losing touch with its spiritual core.
Acting-wise, Vikrant Massey and Yami Gautam make a superb screen pair – the studied disgust of the former is the perfect foil to the cheeky dynamism of the latter. Suhail Nayyar, as the ex-boyfriend who takes his time to convey the message that his time is up, takes turns serious and arrogant without showing the tensions of repeated changes.
Nobody animates Ginny Weds Sunny as much as Rajeev Gupta (an actor so natural that he never seems to sweat) and Ayesha Raza (who is always at the top of her game, giving strength to the fierceness of the film).
There is nothing fancy, big or fat about the marriage the movie ends with, and that’s the main advantage of Ginny Weds Sunny. The fact that this isn’t the kind of artist that will sweep you away doesn’t compromise their ability to keep you interested in the fate of both protagonists until the very end, no matter how many missteps hamper the duo’s progress – and the film.
