Bollywood Movie for Rs.95
"2 States- The Story of My Marriage" is a novel by Chetan Bhagat about love, struggle and marriage of a Punjabi boy from Delhi and Tamilian girl (oops should I say Iyer?) from Mylapore, Madras (also called Chennai these days).
Act I: The Boy ('s family) and the Girl ('s family) Meet
The story begins in IIMA dining hall, where Krish (the boy) meets Ananya (the girl) and develops a crush instantaneously. On the other hand, Ananya finds him to be a "safe-zone guy", who is content with just friendship with girls (There can never be a safe-zone guy in this world. That is inhuman.) and deal of "friendship" is made. With time, additional benifits get added to the deal and it evolves into love. Behaving maturely, they decide to marry only with their parents consent. Their parents meet during the convocation ceremony but Northie-Southie incompatibility issues surface.
Act II: The Boy Impresses the Girl's Family
Having failed in their first attempt, Krish gets himself posted in Citibank, Madras. He has hilarious encounters with his boss, house-wife clients, apartment owner, cops in the beach, and prospective in-laws in their own house. The plot of a well educated, teetotaller, non-smoker, Cisco-employee, Bay Area resident, hero-in-mami's-eyes - Harish's proposal getting turned down by Ananya is sure to make you roll on the floor laughing. After initial stiff resistance, Krish manages to impress Ananya's parents by helping her father with a critical PowerPoint Presentation and her mother by securing a chance to showcase her musical talent. Meanwhile, he is stressed out at work and decides to return to Delhi. Before leaving, he takes Ananya, her brother and parents to a Restaurant and proposes to the entire family (I don't know about you, but I find this rather stupid) and they agree to their marriage plan.
Act III: The Girl Impresses the Boy's Family
I have not mentioned about the unpleasant relationship Krish shares with his father. They are not on talking terms and Krish decides that convincing his mother (Kavita) would suffice. He brings Ananya along with her while returning back to Delhi, without informing Kavita. Kavita is unhappy about Ananya's feminist attitude and her poor culinary skills does not help the cause. Kavita starts feeling insecure and sees any attempt by Krish to defend Ananya as a step to corner her. Krish realizes that his mother could be convinced only with her siblings' approval and arranges for Ananya to go to his cousin's wedding. At the wedding, Ananya manages to impress his uncle and aunts by smartly solving a dowry issue, thereby earning the nod from Kavita.
Act IV: The Actual Problem
As in most practical love stories, the problem is not with the individuals but it is with the two families getting along. Though they approve their child's choice of life-partner, the two families do not bond well during the Goa trip. Ananya decides that they need to break-up for everybody's good, thus throwing Krish into a depression. None of his desperate attempts to revive their relationship works and he resorts to working hard to keep his mind occupied. Alternate marriage plans are made for both and it seemed like the love story is over.
Act V: The Happy Ending
As a popular movie saying goes, "If the ending is not happy, the story isn't complete yet". Krish gets a call one early morning from Ananya and finds out that all issues have been sorted out by his father, who flew to Chennai personally. Krish is doubly elated as this settled the misunderstanding with his father in addition to winning his girl. The marriage is arranged in Chennai and the entire Punjabi family travels south to spice up the Tamil Style ceremony. The story ends on a romantic note; having crossed the finish line, they do it (again) for the sake of uniting the nation.
Though this is the story of countably infinite Indian movies, Chetan Bhagat manages to keep the reader interested, thanks to a refreshing treatment of the romance and hilariously naive observation of Madras and its culture. Characterization of Krish's father could have been worked out better. To sum up, I strongly recommend this for a in-flight or a Tirupati-temple-queue-time reading.
TJ
Act I: The Boy ('s family) and the Girl ('s family) Meet
The story begins in IIMA dining hall, where Krish (the boy) meets Ananya (the girl) and develops a crush instantaneously. On the other hand, Ananya finds him to be a "safe-zone guy", who is content with just friendship with girls (There can never be a safe-zone guy in this world. That is inhuman.) and deal of "friendship" is made. With time, additional benifits get added to the deal and it evolves into love. Behaving maturely, they decide to marry only with their parents consent. Their parents meet during the convocation ceremony but Northie-Southie incompatibility issues surface.
Act II: The Boy Impresses the Girl's Family
Having failed in their first attempt, Krish gets himself posted in Citibank, Madras. He has hilarious encounters with his boss, house-wife clients, apartment owner, cops in the beach, and prospective in-laws in their own house. The plot of a well educated, teetotaller, non-smoker, Cisco-employee, Bay Area resident, hero-in-mami's-eyes - Harish's proposal getting turned down by Ananya is sure to make you roll on the floor laughing. After initial stiff resistance, Krish manages to impress Ananya's parents by helping her father with a critical PowerPoint Presentation and her mother by securing a chance to showcase her musical talent. Meanwhile, he is stressed out at work and decides to return to Delhi. Before leaving, he takes Ananya, her brother and parents to a Restaurant and proposes to the entire family (I don't know about you, but I find this rather stupid) and they agree to their marriage plan.
Act III: The Girl Impresses the Boy's Family
I have not mentioned about the unpleasant relationship Krish shares with his father. They are not on talking terms and Krish decides that convincing his mother (Kavita) would suffice. He brings Ananya along with her while returning back to Delhi, without informing Kavita. Kavita is unhappy about Ananya's feminist attitude and her poor culinary skills does not help the cause. Kavita starts feeling insecure and sees any attempt by Krish to defend Ananya as a step to corner her. Krish realizes that his mother could be convinced only with her siblings' approval and arranges for Ananya to go to his cousin's wedding. At the wedding, Ananya manages to impress his uncle and aunts by smartly solving a dowry issue, thereby earning the nod from Kavita.
Act IV: The Actual Problem
As in most practical love stories, the problem is not with the individuals but it is with the two families getting along. Though they approve their child's choice of life-partner, the two families do not bond well during the Goa trip. Ananya decides that they need to break-up for everybody's good, thus throwing Krish into a depression. None of his desperate attempts to revive their relationship works and he resorts to working hard to keep his mind occupied. Alternate marriage plans are made for both and it seemed like the love story is over.
Act V: The Happy Ending
As a popular movie saying goes, "If the ending is not happy, the story isn't complete yet". Krish gets a call one early morning from Ananya and finds out that all issues have been sorted out by his father, who flew to Chennai personally. Krish is doubly elated as this settled the misunderstanding with his father in addition to winning his girl. The marriage is arranged in Chennai and the entire Punjabi family travels south to spice up the Tamil Style ceremony. The story ends on a romantic note; having crossed the finish line, they do it (again) for the sake of uniting the nation.
Though this is the story of countably infinite Indian movies, Chetan Bhagat manages to keep the reader interested, thanks to a refreshing treatment of the romance and hilariously naive observation of Madras and its culture. Characterization of Krish's father could have been worked out better. To sum up, I strongly recommend this for a in-flight or a Tirupati-temple-queue-time reading.
TJ
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