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 English Film review

Johnson Thomas

Colorful, radiant, Exotic India story

Film The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

ast: Judi Dench, Dev Patel, Bill Nighy, Richard Gere, Maggie Smith, David Strathairn, Penelope Wilton, Tamsin Greig

Director: John Madden

Rating: * * *

Running Time: 122 min.

 

Synopsis:

Sonny (Dev Patel) prepares to expand The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful while planning his impending wedding to Sunaina (Tena Desae) in this sequel that re-teams director John Madden and screenwriter Ol Parker.

 

Review

The film opens with Sonny(Dev Patel) and Muriel(Maggie Smith) in the USA, trying to interest some funders for their Exotic Marigold expansion plans. At the same time wedding preparations are on in full swing in Jaipur with Sonny’s fiancée Sunaina(Tena Desae) is holding fort at the hotel as well as managing the nitty-gritty’s of the nuptials and associated ceremonies.

The contented residents are all immersed in their own plans while they are equally excited about what looks like a big fat Indian wedding.

When Sunny gets back he is confronted by two new guests- Guy(Richard Gere) and Lavinia(Tamsin Grieg)  and just one available, ready room. Allowing his famous nose to do the talking, he extends the hospitality of the better room to Guy- imagining him to be the rep from the financier. Lavinia gets short-shrift but Muriel offers her another alternative. Meanwhile Doughlas(Bill Nighy) and Evelyn(Judi Dench) begin their new careers in Jaipur albeit with some serious stutters. Norman(Ronald  Pickup) and Carol(Diana Hardcastle) are busy testing each other’s love while Madge(Celia Imrie) is busy playing tick-tack-toe with two eligible suitors. to complicate matters further Sonny becomes insanely jealous over Sunaina’s brother’s friend Kushal, who is choreographing the wedding dances. neither does he want his Mummyji(Lilette Dubey) to get close to Guy.  So quite a few complications are in store and they all unravel and get sorted out towards the end.

 

This sequel , though unnecessary, manages to be ingratiating. It gives enough mileage to all the characters and handles them with love, care and affection. John Madden works again with screenwriter Ol Parker to make the film interesting and entertaining. The multiple sub-plots and twists do appear a trifle feeble but considering the people in the centre of it all, it ‘s also kind, sweet and open-hearted. nevertheless there a sense of contentedness when it’s all done with. India looks vibrant, exotic and inviting. Maggie Smith and Judi Dench are simply extraordinary. The others lend strong, able support to make the experience  close to fulfilling!

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