This film 'Tanu weds Manu Returns' reaches to its climax when Datto replies Tanu's taunt in a Haryanvi manner when both confronts at the first time. There Tanu has to keep quite. Clearly, Tanu has got someone more tougher than her. Next morning she feels sorry for her behavior and asks for forgiveness and from there the film starts fulfilling the Indian audience's emotional need.
The director and the writer stretched the film, lengthening its plot and maneuvering it towards happy ending for the Indian audience using same melodramatic techniques of justifying Indian culture and proving marriage as sacrosanct.
Had the director ended the film with a successful marriage of Datto and Manu and of Tanu and Raja, the film would have better resolution and also he would have more chances of creating Tanu weds Manu's third part with the stretched plot.
Nevertheless the films ends up as a traditional marriage drama, which tries to boasts as a bold attempt on the questions of marriage but hesitates to show real boldness in resolving critical issues and takes an escapist route to please the audience.
Madhavan has nicely portrayed Manu as a confused NRI doctor. His character appears to create an arc, but remains as it is what we saw him at the beginning.
Similarly Tanu's character shows boldness, free spirited but later on she becomes emotional fool and acts in a very traditional way, leaving any possibility of changing her character and so failing to create a mature parson with a greater character arc.
Instead, Datto's character grows emotionally, becomes a more learned person going through the rapidly changing events (from her first meet with Manu, travel to Punjab and confronting Tanu) and the very same way Raja (Jimmy Shergil) grows up mature, leaving his ego, telling Tanu that he is a simple person and turning himself as a complete different person.
At the End the story does not remains of only Tanu and Manu but very subtly shifts its gaze towards Datto and Raja.
Overall, the film veils some critical issues by ending itself at a happy emotional tone, making it as a family entertainer, catering the needs of Indian audience.
But does it really end(?) because on the end credits we see Tanu again getting angry with Manu whereas Datto and Raja finds solace in each other.
The director and the writer stretched the film, lengthening its plot and maneuvering it towards happy ending for the Indian audience using same melodramatic techniques of justifying Indian culture and proving marriage as sacrosanct.
Had the director ended the film with a successful marriage of Datto and Manu and of Tanu and Raja, the film would have better resolution and also he would have more chances of creating Tanu weds Manu's third part with the stretched plot.
Nevertheless the films ends up as a traditional marriage drama, which tries to boasts as a bold attempt on the questions of marriage but hesitates to show real boldness in resolving critical issues and takes an escapist route to please the audience.
Madhavan has nicely portrayed Manu as a confused NRI doctor. His character appears to create an arc, but remains as it is what we saw him at the beginning.
Similarly Tanu's character shows boldness, free spirited but later on she becomes emotional fool and acts in a very traditional way, leaving any possibility of changing her character and so failing to create a mature parson with a greater character arc.
Instead, Datto's character grows emotionally, becomes a more learned person going through the rapidly changing events (from her first meet with Manu, travel to Punjab and confronting Tanu) and the very same way Raja (Jimmy Shergil) grows up mature, leaving his ego, telling Tanu that he is a simple person and turning himself as a complete different person.
At the End the story does not remains of only Tanu and Manu but very subtly shifts its gaze towards Datto and Raja.
Overall, the film veils some critical issues by ending itself at a happy emotional tone, making it as a family entertainer, catering the needs of Indian audience.
But does it really end(?) because on the end credits we see Tanu again getting angry with Manu whereas Datto and Raja finds solace in each other.
