Datto never misses a Beat! Watch it again, just for her.

‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’  after four years opens with a counselling session about the main characters’ woeful marital life abroad leading to Manu being sent to mental asylum in a hilarious scene and Tanu returning to her hometown and kicking off her Bohemian ways.  Later, Tanu’s lookalike Datto enters Manu’s life and the hilarity ensues that should tickle you throughout and make you come again to watch the movie, so what if it’s only for Datto.

The movie is a sequel to the first version; however, it won’t stop the fun from watching the movie. Rather, it is double the fun. We have some extremely well woven eccentric characters to humour us more than our heart’s content and the unpredictability (except the climax) hooks you to the seat. The movie is fiercely paced, gripping with some riotous dialogues and brilliant performances.  The ever chatty bumpkin Pappi, played by Deepak Dobriyal is a comic marvel, Zeeshan Ayub as the oddball lawyer and other characters have their share of screen space and are given equal privilege in the movie.

Madhavan as a loner, husband on the verge of divorce, and escaping by marrying Datto, while, quietly pining for Tanu, always hesitant is decent in melancholic expressions, has less dialogues and yet gets your sympathy. Tanu, Kangana, reprising her role, is swashbuckling a diva with a heart of her own, who goes out to celebrate unapologetic and with a swagger  after incarcerating her husband in an asylum, is a treat to watch. Even at the end, she shows some glimpses of her mettle with her sheer presence.

BUT it is Datto, as a Haryanvi Jat athlete in DU, Kangana’s first ever double role is one of the best characters she played ever and which adds a feather to her pluck as an actor. Watch the movie once and twice over, only for Datto. She holds a string of your heart and just takes it all.  A brash Haryanvi Athelete, independent and a rebel, has some of the best dialogues and with her earthy appeal, innocence to die for, makes us all gooey and also stand for her bravado, her struggles and her tremendous sense of self. Jat Accent just in place, she strikes the punch and high fives with you every time she alights the screen.  In one of the scenes, where she gives it back to Tanu, seeing her for the first time is a scene to savour. The movie raises its bar and is another Milestone for Kangana Ranaut, who seems to have found the pot of gold, finally.