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The official trailer for ‘Param Sundari‘ deserves credit for not revealing too much of the plot… unless the twist is that there isn’t much of one. Directed by Tushar Jalota, the film stars Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor as the titular characters, Param and Sundari. From what the trailer reveals, Param appears to be a stereotypical North Indian boy who assumes all of South India is “Madrasi,” while Sundari hails from the serene backwaters of Kerala. The two fall in love and must navigate cultural differences, which seems to form the heart of the story.
Visually, the trailer is pleasant and the lead pair looks appealing, but the snippets we see are not particularly thrilling. ‘Param Sundari‘ comes across as a mix of Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Chennai Express’, Chetan Bhagat’s ‘2 States’, and the Netflix romantic comedy ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar’. The familiar setup might work if the execution brings freshness, but from the looks of the trailer, the film leans heavily on tried-and-tested tropes.
Sidharth Malhotra and Janhvi Kapoor share good on-screen chemistry, and Janhvi, draped in elegant sarees throughout the two-minute-forty-second trailer, is a visual scorer. The film will need more than just pretty frames to stand out in an already crowded rom-com space. Perhaps the narrative will surprise viewers with stronger character arcs or unexpected plot turns beyond the usual “North versus South” banter. Or not. Who knows!
‘Param Sundari‘ is scheduled to release on 29 August. Watch the trailer on YouTube, it’s also below.