I was looking forward to watch Veere di wedding, hoping that finally there was going to be a movie about female comaradrie, more like yeh zindagi na milegi dobara (YZNMD)or dil chahata hai, unfortunately and much against the movie promotional messaging this turned out to be a chickflick and nothing more. The story starts with the coming together of 4 childhood friends- Avni(Sonam Kapoor), Kalindi (Kareena Kapoor Khan), Sakshi (Swara Bhaskar) and Meera (Shikha Talsania) for Kalindi's wedding. The plot is around the announcement, calling it off and then calling it back on wedding of Kalindi
The writing, screen play and the dialogues are really poor and make the plot super tedious. Oh yes there are some crass dialogues, and very bold outfits and profanity in the movie, but I really wished that this didnt seem so meaningless. I believe the centre theme/ message from the movie (from the voice over) is- do not be afraid to make mistakes in life, for from mistakes you learn and you grow. I wish the writers had some depth and some new-age thinking, it is all superficial writing and wannabe too cool to be script. All the four characters in the movie have some dating/relationship issue- one is commitment phobic, one is desparate to be married, one has a boring marriage, one is awaiting a divorce. Folks!! please think beyond Men! there is more to life of a modern Indian Woman- career, passion for hobbies, family, community service, etc. I did not even find any bonding between the four characters, who are so called best friends. I wish the writers took some inspiration from YZNMD. The movie is a glorified version of a masala movie, the songs have just been thrown in without proper placements and that itself shows a huge disconnection. The movie ends with 2 songs, without a break, very very poor edit and flow direction.
I have mentioned this in my earlier blogs but, has to be noted that I saw under 18, literally kids under 8 watching this movie too, and given that the rating was A, I wonder why the cinema theatres and parents do not take these ratings seriously in India?
Are you a fashionista? and would want to watch a whole movie for a fashion update, please go for this one. I am likely to attend a high school reunion in a few weeks and was hoping this movie will reminisce the good old days and excite me about coming together of friends, although timely, I just couldnt relate or connect to this one!
