Krishna and His Leela (2020)
This was more entertaining than I was expecting from the premise- a guy in his 20s trying to juggle between his romances. Yeah, nice Ranbir Kapoor reference. Howeverrr, I was pleasantly surprised? The movie felt more like an Indian version of (500) Days of Summer (2009), in that it tried to expose the man-child behaviour of the male protagonist instead of blaming the female protagonist(s) for... basically, the guy facing the consequences of his own actions. Also, another thing that I liked about the movie was that it didn't go over-the-top in its treatment of the millennials- you know what I'm talking about right? The KJo-ification of millennials, if you will: the whole notion that they're all commitment-phobic immoral assholes who just do what they want, without a flying fuck for other people and their feelings. Uh huh.
The characters in this movie, on the other hand, feel normal and familiar. I am so sure I have heard this convoluted tale of cheating before, and well, what can I say. Men need to be stopped. And slapped. (I did slap my ex boyfriend, so technically I have contributed to the smashing of patriarchy). There is however, a manic pixie dream girl, who was so typically the male fantasy of the "modern woman" that I ended up rolling my eyes whenever she appeared on screen or opened her mouth. The other gals, though, were fresh and real, and Sathya (Shraddha Srinath) had such solid #feminism moments, that honestly made up for the manic pixie dream girl. I also liked the mother (Jhansi) and the sister, Arya (Samyukta Hornad), and how they had no compunctions in calling their son/brother out for being a big-time jerk. Yaaasss kweeeens, slay!!
Another thing that I realised because of this movie is that personally, I find few things as entertaining as love triangles (or just one individual juggling multiple lovers/love interests) in movies, provided they are well-written, well-enacted, and most importantly, FUNNY. Krishna and His Leela certainly fits into all those categories, rightttt up till before its end. I am so not a fan of the ending, and I wish it could have been radically different, especially, the very last scene. Sigh.
In conclusion, I would just like to say that throughout most of the movie, I was severely annoyed by Siddu Jonnalagadda's acting (he plays Krishna), and thought I'll rant about it in this "review", but somewhere around the middle I realised that this is exactly how most boys of my generation act. I am talking about the facial expressions and body language by the way, not the morality, which is also very apt though. Genius? Or just a happy coincidence? Whatever it was, bonus points for truly capturing the essence of an entire generation. Whatta wow.
The characters in this movie, on the other hand, feel normal and familiar. I am so sure I have heard this convoluted tale of cheating before, and well, what can I say. Men need to be stopped. And slapped. (I did slap my ex boyfriend, so technically I have contributed to the smashing of patriarchy). There is however, a manic pixie dream girl, who was so typically the male fantasy of the "modern woman" that I ended up rolling my eyes whenever she appeared on screen or opened her mouth. The other gals, though, were fresh and real, and Sathya (Shraddha Srinath) had such solid #feminism moments, that honestly made up for the manic pixie dream girl. I also liked the mother (Jhansi) and the sister, Arya (Samyukta Hornad), and how they had no compunctions in calling their son/brother out for being a big-time jerk. Yaaasss kweeeens, slay!!
Another thing that I realised because of this movie is that personally, I find few things as entertaining as love triangles (or just one individual juggling multiple lovers/love interests) in movies, provided they are well-written, well-enacted, and most importantly, FUNNY. Krishna and His Leela certainly fits into all those categories, rightttt up till before its end. I am so not a fan of the ending, and I wish it could have been radically different, especially, the very last scene. Sigh.
In conclusion, I would just like to say that throughout most of the movie, I was severely annoyed by Siddu Jonnalagadda's acting (he plays Krishna), and thought I'll rant about it in this "review", but somewhere around the middle I realised that this is exactly how most boys of my generation act. I am talking about the facial expressions and body language by the way, not the morality, which is also very apt though. Genius? Or just a happy coincidence? Whatever it was, bonus points for truly capturing the essence of an entire generation. Whatta wow.
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