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One word to describe ‘Hi Nanna’ would be -‘wholesome’. I wish I could show you the smile on my face when I finished the movie. It was the purest ear to ear smile I’ve had since a long time. I had a series of not so good movies prior to watching hi Nanna. I watched requiem for dream which was an unimpressive movie although it is highly rated. It was like I noticed the great camera techniques and filmmaking but still couldn’t care less about it. The issue was it never got me connected with it.
So like I said I was sucker for a good movie that day and wanted something that could save my week. For me I need atleast one good movie to think about every week and hadn’t got one this week so I was a little restless. ‘Hi Nanna’ was very warm, fun, romantic, and sends such wholesome vibes.
The movie is about Viraj, a celebrated fashion photographer and a single dad, whose life is all about his six-year-old daughter Mahi, who is battling cystic fibrosis. Viraj and Mahi’s grandfather live together and take care of all the things Mahi needs. The question about Mahi’s mother always remains a mystery to us and Mahi herself. She often insists her father to recount on her mother’s story. But Viraj always somehow manages to push the topic away for as long as possible. But nevertheless, he finds himself in a situation where Mahi won’t take no for an answer, so he agrees to tell the story if Mahi comes first in her class in her next test. After being upset when her father does not stand by his word, Mahi runs away from home with her dog Pluto. Mahi takes assistance of her new friend, Yashna, a woman who saves Mahi from getting hit by a vehicle and they both convince Viraj to tell the mother’s story. The movie goes on to have some unexpected twists along with some wholesome moments.
I hate to admit it but I’m kind of a sucker for a good romantic movie. I need to have the chemistry really good along with the plot. And this one fulfilled all the things I needed. It has been a few days since I’ve watched a movie that I really enjoyed. I mean this was a decently long movie -about 2 hours 40 minutes. And honestly I did not even realise when the movie got over. I know good movies which were overall good but there were parts where I could feel the length of the movie. But for ‘Hi Papa’ I was so involved and attached to everyone that it made that time so enjoyable.
Especially the characters- there is beauty in each one of them but what stands out the most is their interrelations with each other. I don’t think many movies give that much importance to this. But you could feel the love between the Viraj and Mahi, Viraj and his wife and even the connection between Viraj and his friend. The characters were beautifully interrelated their connections were genuine. I don’t even remember the last movie I watched that had such tight connections between them and most importantly natural ones. And that is what pulls you into the movie because these relations are so fun to watch.
Nani (Viraj), Mrunal thakur, Kiara Khanna(Mahi), Jayaram (Mahi’s Grandfather) and even Priyadarshi Pulikondar(Viraj’s friend). They have excellent maturity while delivering dialogues and along with this also have the talent to bring the comic element in the film. Nani is really natural in his acting. There is nothing melodramatic and infact there is beauty in his delicate subtlety. Even the way he transforms his character from a poor romantic guy to a responsible father was really amazing to watch.
There were a few scenes (I mean really few though) where I was like- “this was not necessary”. But it covers it up by keeping us emotionally connected to it and compels us to somehow ignore them.
Perhaps at least for a few days if any of my friends come up to me and say I just want a good movie that I could relax and enjoy. Then ‘Hi Nanna’ would surely be among the first ones I would consider.
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