GOODBYE-The coming of age of both the children and the father as they bid farewell to their mom.

A beautiful take on nuclear family’s unpreparedness to face death with actors blending into the characters. A picture perfect movie without any drama spill overs if only if only Rashmika had spoken hindi in hindi rather than tamil or telegu.

 With a storyline weaved across the death of the mother of four children, none of whom is living with the parents, I almost expected overdramatization. Kudos to the scriptwriter and director, not one scene which could have been done away with! The actors each and everyone of them aptly sculpted the characters out for us alternating between meltdown and mellow down acting.

 The father of the family tries to reach all the kids when the mother passes away suddenly. He is unable to reach even one of them. Though the movie begins in a note of callous depiction of the present generation, the story proves how helpless and constricted the lives of this generation is .

 Rashmika is the extremely defensive feminist daughter who is actually burying her guilt and pain of not replying to her mother’s messages. She tries to drown them by shouting at anyone and everyone tyring to abide by the rituals to give “mukthi” to the mother’s soul. The NRI son appearing unfeeling and detached is in reality in a denial mode. When the pani poori “baiya” comes, he actually calls out to his mom. Nakul, on the other hand, was the son who could not be reached till the very end,  was closest to his mom. 

The humor is threaded throughout the movie, like the hypocritic neighbour “aunties” talking about the twenty thousand shoes or the new fridge. The well meaning but hilarious antics of the French daughter in law especially as she dresses up for the funeral is splitting. The PP uncle’s attention seeking gimmicks reminds all of us of that neighbouring “uncle” or “chacha” who has to run things under the garb of helping.

 GOOD TO GO?

 The movie on the whole is rain in the sunshine which brings a smile on our face while tears stream down our eyes. It leaves us with a profound message of not taking our parents for granted and giving them their due importance. So summing up, 

Should you be watching the movies? A big Yes. 

Whom should you be watching it with? Friends or family but definitely with parents. 

What would you be coming out with? A realization that no one, absolutely no one is to be taken for granted as death is inevitable.