The film Meenakshi Sundareshwara begins with the voice of a man who gradually reveals that he is speaking about his own marriage. He then goes on to tell us about the Meenakshi Sundareshwara temple, summoning Shiv and Parvati and telling us about the shrine's legend.
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He will also reveal how heavenly interventions made his marriage both feasible and unique. That's meant to be the couple's cutest characteristic! That their names together represent the most sacred temple.
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Our hero, Sundareshwar, has the personality of a house fly. He is still looking for work since he does not want to join his family's saree company. However, on the arranged marriage market, he appears to have a good chance. We're shown Meenakshi is altering the framed Rajinikanth posters in her room to fit her personality.
If not supernatural intervention, then at the very least a nice neighbour may have strolled in and advised the young eaters to please get a life first.
However, Meenakshi and Sundareshwar together spell divine, and both appear uncommonly content to spend their lives as husband and wife based on the assumption that since the names sound same, they must be compatible.
From the outset, their love affair is difficult. They tie the knot. Husband receives a call for a job interview and must depart on their "subah raat" for another city. That's all right. Sad events occur, but the events that follow and the characters' reactions to them are so confusing that it's difficult to take them and their storyline seriously!
Sundareshwar has a habit of claiming that he dislikes movies since they put him to sleep. By this moment, we're all Sundareshwar, and a good sleep doesn't seem so bad.
The most aggravating part about Meenakshi Sundareshwar is that we keep expecting something to happen, but it never happens.The discomfort is heightened by director Vivek Soni's and writer Aarsh Vora's effort to create complexities where none exist and build bizarre moments that have no relevance.
Like a CEO of a software business who has imposed a daily word restriction of 1000 words for himself. As a result, his alarm goes off every time he talks, warning him that words are few. Our patience, as well! Meenakshi, who is alone in a cab and is joyful and chirpy and smiling, begs the driver to stop the car because she feels like dancing.
She then jumps down and begins frantically dancing in the centre of the road, lighted only by the car's headlights and a bewildered driver gazing. We're no longer interested in the film since it's presumably trying to make a point about how different these two individuals are.
Thalaiva signifies "God," therefore "Rajini's" other involvement is forced just to attain a denouement. For this we are happy. Abhimanyu Dassani and Sanya Malhotra have no chemistry and seem so uncomfortable, unsure and unconvincing that it nearly feels like they're stepping in for someone else. It's a complete snoozer.