Meenaxi Movie Review * Tabu, Raghuvir Yadav, Nadira Babbar and Introducing Kunnal Kapoor

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Credits
Producer/s:	Reima-Faiza Husain
Director:	M. F. Husain
Cast:	Tabu, Raghuvir Yadav, Nadira Babbar and Introducing Kunnal Kapoor
Music:	A. R. Rahman
Lyrics:	Rahat Indori, M. F. Husain (Noor-un-ala), Sukhvindra Singh (Chinnamma)

This is a film worth watching for its visuals. Santosh Sivan has captured the beautiful locales of Rajasthan, Jaisalmer, and Prague so brilliantly that it almost transforms the viewers to these locations. Tabu is looking breathtakingly beautiful. The choices of colours for her tastefully done clothes add to her sensual appeal. She is all woman; whether she is the regal Meenaxi of Jaisalmer, the mysterious ittarwali of Hyderabad or the orphaned Maria of Prague. As the beautiful woman of Jaisalmer, Tabu carries herself with a lot of poise and style. As the ittrawali, her Hyderabadi accent is a real treat. It gives the film its required light moments. Tabu as Maria, is a real surprise package. Not only is her look slightly westernized, but she also manages to speak with an accent that is so becoming of the character. She also looks very young with a little girl charm with this look. Having said all this, it might leave the average filmgoer wondering about the existence of three look-alikes in different cities. It is up to each one of the viewers to decipher the film their way.

Nawab (Raghvir Yadav), a popular novelist of Hyderabad, is suffering from the writer's block. It's almost five years since he has not produced something. He comes across Meenaxi (Tabu) at a qawwali as part of his sister's wedding ceremony. Meenaxi assumes different personae. Does this explain the three girls in three different cities? They are three different facets of the same woman. Meenaxi is brought to life by the power of the writer's pen. It is fun to enter the writer's world of imagination but it is frightening when one thinks of most people not being able to relate to the goings-on on screen. Tabu's love interest in the film, Kameshwar Mathur (newcomer Kunnal Kapoor), fits the role perfectly. A.R. Rahman's music is brilliant. The songs are well choreographed. There is a suggestion of eroticism (very tastefully done) in some of the songs.

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