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Ginny Weds Sunny Movie Review - No One Cares

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Puneet Khanna invites us to a wedding which is better left unattended. 



To be honest, I didn't completely hate Ginny Weds Sunny. There are small bits - like comedy sketches - that are fun if not funny. One involves a meeting with Pawan ji's parents. After being rejected for the nth time, Sunny (Vikrant Massey) says someone else in his position would have turned into a poet on Facebook. I have seen stress-eating, Sunny does stress-cooking. A promise is made using the line "Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki" which is also the name of Babbar Subhash's 1984 film. Some cheesy lines - "aap se tum pe aaya hun, dheere dheere tujh takk pahuch jaaunga" and "tum itni cute ho ki mai picture nahi dekh raha" - work. What doesn't work is the rest of the film, and that is more than the watchable part. 

Sunny wants to open a restaurant. The only obstacle standing in front of this dream is marriage. His father, Pappi Sethi (Rajiv Gupta reprising the part of cool dad after Virgin Bhanupriya), will only agree to it after he gets a girl. Why? Because. Sunny's heart is enraptured after laying eyes on Ginny (Yami Gautam). Ginny is "way out of his league" especially considering Sunny is often made the butt of a joke. There is a piles joke in here. Get it? This is one of those times when the hero is pushed to be a stalker. And by none other than the members of the family! Ginny's mother, Shobha (Ayesha Raza Mishra), helps Sunny to set up "accidental encounters." When he messes up, Shobha "appears" to coax him into the next plan of action. The planned meetings bother Ginny, but she doesn't lose it. I commend her cool-headedness. The narrative is complicated by a love interest labelled as confusion. He and Ginny have broken up. That doesn't stop them from being friends as they try hiding the old flame.

Ginny Weds Sunny is two films. One tries to pick on the creepiness of our Hindi film heroes who turn psychotic and manipulative to impress the girl. The fact that here the parents initiate the trouble further highlights the self-righteous attitude of Indian parents. At one point, the girl is made to say sorry because her mother was right about her choice. Forget all the painful mess she brought on the daughter due to her blind faith. On top of that, a line is added, blaming the current generation of not listening to their elders. The other part, however, romanticizes on the mentioned aspects, takes a 180 turn, and falls into a dull, done-to-death rom-com (with neither rom nor com). The songs shove aside the differences as everyone dances in sync with each other. They belong to an album. 

Alas, the latter, uninteresting part takes over the former, leaving us with a bad hangover. Yes, the film is morally wrong, but morality can be damned if you end up with DDLJ or Raanjhanaa. Both had issues but also charm. Most importantly, you rooted for the characters. Ginny Weds Sunny has nothing to latch on. I didn't care who ended up with whom. But any smart person would guess the outcome with just a glance at the title. Why then endlessly stretch the reveal and bore the audience? It is just forgettable. How forgettable? I had forgotten the name of the film by the time it ended (or maybe before. I don't know. I don't care). 

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