15 October, 2012

English Vinglish – A simple, and good movie


English Vinglish is a simple movie, but screenplay, direction and good performances made it  a good movie.

Plot is about a typical Indian house wife (Shashi) who doesn't know English. She is a dutiful wife, a good mother, but everyone in the family takes her for granted. She is worried when her own family members make fun of her and hurt her without understanding. This being the starting point, story takes a different turn when the protagonist Shashi (Sri devi) has to go to USA alone without her family, to attend the wedding of her sister’s daughter. Shashi joins English classes in New York and rest of the story is about how she learns English and how her confidence improves after that.

Amitha Bachan is a surprise bonus! His character is only for a few minutes, but is good. Other characters in the movie like - people with whom Shashi attends classes, her sister’s daughter (Priya Anand) etc., are good. Sri devi does look older and lost her charishma, but she excelled in the role as expected. There are some sarcastic and good dialogues in the movie like
 If a man cooks, it’s an art and when a woman cooks it’s her duty 
Mujhe pyar ki jarrorath nahin, jaroorath hai thodi ijjath ki
Family is the only place where you get love and respect

Shashi’s character is an example of many Indian women who keep their ambitions and interests aside giving family a priority. We may remember our mother or sister while watching the movie, whom we take for granted in our daily lives. When they cook good for us or help us in taking good decisions, we might have missed appreciating them or we might have hurt their feelings un-knowingly. It may make you think about them at least for sometime. 

A simple speech that Shashi gives about marriage and family at the end of the movie is very well written. The way she makes her husband and children realize her importance without hurting them is good.
Moral of the movie is -

 ‘ If you love yourselves, your life with problems also looks good.’

So, start loving yourselves :)

Last, but not the least, my rating for the movie is 4/5.
Until next time,






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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:09 AM

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  2. no idea about all other blogs like wordpress.. but blogger.com has different settings that we can use for mobiles..if your blog is from blogger, you can set themes from 'template' option.. hope this helps

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  3. Very true! I just luv'd dis movie!!

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  4. its very good review , keep it up.
    i see this movie today(15th-Aug) in TV.
    If a man cooks, it's an art and when a woman cooks it's her duty.

    this one line make to me think how i am sitting on my mom & wife.

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  5. Thanks Ramki.. that dialogue makes me think about gender bias in our own families and upbringing in India.. Women fight for equality outside home, but it should start from home

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