HoneymoonTravels...

Lots been written about the movie... and I guess it is a trifle late in the day to write a review... so let me write why I like the movie... and defend the most common grouses levelled against it. Needless to say, grouses that I find justified as well, will not be addressed.No one has faulted Reema Kagti on her ability to script the movie... it is her way of telling a story that they don't agree with. It's been often pointed out how after the first forty minutes or so she seems to be losing her grip on the story... and introduces the super-hero element as a face-saver... that is where I beg to differ... to me it seemed every character was given a lot of thought and was there with a purpose.The Bong couple for example... like the Gujju or the Punjabi couple they were caricatures of what one from a particular ethnicity is assumed to be (that does not mean that my submission is that Bongs are far from how Kay Kay was portrayed... just that even though they may be prudish, deep down, take their hang-ups from them, and they ARE nice people)... but as the movie culminates you notice that their conjugal relationship has undergone a learning curve.Ranveer Shourey – once again, brilliant as the oh-so-Gujjubhai-that-we-all-have-met-in-Bombay is wonderful... but again, a caricature from his Seelpa call, to his aake hisaab karta hoon, that he threatens Shilpa’s family with.Ameesha Patel... the less said about the better. My suspicion is that she did not have to act too much.But the point that I am trying to make is that, if you look at each couple behind closed doors, you realise honeymoons do not necessarily need to be the perfect period that they are portrayed as... in fact, in most cases, this is the time when the two people face each other with their insecurities, issues and confessions.And that is where the superhero act of Abhay and Minnisshha (is that one extra ‘h’? But then, who’s perfect) come in... I’d like to believe this is a way of saying that for one to be ridiculously perfect and absolutely compatible, one would have to be superhuman. But look at what they lose out on in the bargain – these two characters do not develop at all... they go nowhere from where they were in the beginning of the story.The ending is adorable too... everyone seems to learn to live with their lives – may be not at peace with it’s shortcomings, but aware of them, and determined to smile through them...Nice.