DIKKILONA – MOVIE REVIEW (SPOILER ALERT)
It has been such a long time I watched a comedy movie so Dikkilona starring Santhanam was a good break. However, I couldn’t help noticing how the director has used to movie to push male chauvinism and criticized women at every opportunity obtained. Don’t read further if you are looking forward to watch the movie and don’t want to know details of the movie – warning given.
The movie starts with Santhanam – an electrician getting an opportunity to travel back in time to fix his life. He decided to stop his marriage to Priyanka – reason being Priyanka has been disrespectful to his mother after a huge cat fight regarding domestic chores. At this point, EB Mani (Santhanam’s character) feels that Priyanka was a wrong choice as she doesn’t support his ambitions and picks fight with his mum. So, he stops his marriage to Priyanka and proposes to another girl – Meghna on the wedding day itself. Thus, life changes for EB Mani or so he thought.
Back to present – EB Mani now faces divorce with Meghna (the girl whom he thought will be a perfect partner). Reason being – Meghna is a daddy’s princess, has boy bestie and spends time producing sexy Tik Tok videos. So, Mani again goes back in time to – get married to Priyanka (yes the same girl he jilted initially). Finally, he managed to get a wife who will tolerate his attitude, support his ambitions and will never leave him.
What pissed me off about this movie? Another story where an Indian guy gets to have his cake and eat it too. He gets to be fickle minded – going back in time twice to choose Priyanka- Meghna – back to Priyanka when the relationship doesn’t work out . No, he doesn’t have any obligations to stay in one relationship with any of the girl and make it work – I mean that only applies to Indian girls right? He gets to choose wife based on who works the best for his ambitions as a hockey player. God forbid an Indian girl to do the same thing in a movie - you will see Indian men criticizing her for wavering between two men. Also, EB Mani gets to insult Priyanka’s father (his father in law) and scold Meghna’s father for raising a daddy’s princess. But, when Priyanka scolded her mother in law (EB Mani’s mother) for picking fight with her over domestic chores not done well – he decided Priyanka was a bad match.
Again, it also emphasizes how mother- in –law still expects daughter –in –law to do domestic chores to perfection despite the DIL coming home, tired from work. Nothing about Indian culture changed even in the future – same old MIL, same old son who listens to the mother and same old Indian men who gets to choose a girl who fits their fantasy. Also EB Mani has no problem having sex with Priyanka way before marriage – because that’s so future and very Indian culture. But God forbid Meghna having a boy bestie – because now that is kalacharam kedu. The irony is so obvious and reflects on the mentality that Indian men have towards women, marriage and life overall.
You can watch the movie for the comedy but details above are very cringe inducing.
My rate – 2.5/ 5.0#RAVEN
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