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  • 2.5/5

Tanu in the first movie seemed self-centered and selfish, and you think she's grown up a bit by the wedding at the end of the film. But then in the sequel, you see she is still just as selfish, but he's not been the best either in the four years that have passed between films. The opening scene is them arguing in a counselor's office, and where they take it next I won't spoiler because it was just so out there that it had me laughing out loud. There are many very funny moments in the sequel -- there's one line that I made the biggest sound in the theater -- Someone is commenting that the way Tanu is being "unfaithful" by hanging around with her old boy friends she is going in the path of Salman Khan.

So from the trailer I could not tell if Kangana was in disguise as the athlete short haired duplicate, or it really was a doppelganger. It's a doppelganger. And kudos to her for making them so completely different. The short haired Kusum is so strong willed and great, and frankly Madhuvan doesn't deserve her and stalks her in a creepy way that his friend tells him is creepy! It's all very convoluted, as only Bollywood can be, and there are some nice moments and some very funny set ups. But a friend at the same showing and I discussed how to make a sequel they had to create all this conflict for Tanu and Manu -- but they went SO FAR that they had a lot of trouble reeling it back in to a satisfying ending. I enjoyed a lot of the journey, but the resolution could have happened in a number of other ways that she and I discussed that I would have been a lot happier with. There is a character left heartbroken at the end, and we both wished there would have been something better of a resolution for that character, as there were options available with the other characters in the film.

The moral of the story is I guess supposed to be that you work through your problems, and that every marriage has its annoyances and arguments. Okay, that's valid to a point, but late in the movie, at Tanu's lowest pitiable point, she approaches Manu and he says something SO AWFUL to her, that I had a hard time getting emotionally to the ending presented to me.

If you haven't seen the first movie, most of the jokes won't be quite as delicious, and there are some very funny bits, but I left the theater without that warm glow I wanted and had from the first film.

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