What happens when a young physiotherapist, bubbly and cheerful, empathetic, no-nonsense girl in colourful dresses enters a palatial house, where there is adherence to rules and regulations, table manners, formal wear, an overdose of peace and quiet and a sheet of dolour, guilt and grief on everybody's faces?
The clash of two opposites is bound to create an electrifying atmosphere and that is exactly what it does in the first half of the movie. Sonam plays the physiotherapist in the movie, who has been hired by the royal family to treat the king, who has been rendered immobile on account of a car accident ten years back, caused by a sports car he had gifted to his other son, who died in the accident. What makes Sonam's job complicated is the fact that the king is in a state of guilt and refuses to be treated. And she is not the sort of person, who would accept defeat, pack her bags and leave.
The movie revolves around how she manages to bring a fresh lease of life into the family, despite facing stiff resistance from the family. Fawad Khan plays the role of Vikram, the king's other son, who is extremely curt and doesn't have time for anything other than business discussions. The build up of the relationship between the two has been covered nicely.
Sonam plays her part well, although one may say that she has probably overdone it a bit. Kirron Kher plays Sonam's stereotypical Punjabi mom. She does her role well, although here too, one feels that her stereotypical role has been overdone. And so has the Bengaliness in Sonam's father been overdone with him pronouncing his wife's name as Mawnju (Manju) and his name as Prawteek.
Fawad, Ratna (Vikram's mother) and the guy playing the concierge services in the royal family (Ramsewak) do a great job.
On account of all these, the second half feels dragged and the movie could have been made crisper by cutting its length by about 15-20 minutes. Overall the movie is a feel good, sweet movie.
The clash of two opposites is bound to create an electrifying atmosphere and that is exactly what it does in the first half of the movie. Sonam plays the physiotherapist in the movie, who has been hired by the royal family to treat the king, who has been rendered immobile on account of a car accident ten years back, caused by a sports car he had gifted to his other son, who died in the accident. What makes Sonam's job complicated is the fact that the king is in a state of guilt and refuses to be treated. And she is not the sort of person, who would accept defeat, pack her bags and leave.
The movie revolves around how she manages to bring a fresh lease of life into the family, despite facing stiff resistance from the family. Fawad Khan plays the role of Vikram, the king's other son, who is extremely curt and doesn't have time for anything other than business discussions. The build up of the relationship between the two has been covered nicely.
Sonam plays her part well, although one may say that she has probably overdone it a bit. Kirron Kher plays Sonam's stereotypical Punjabi mom. She does her role well, although here too, one feels that her stereotypical role has been overdone. And so has the Bengaliness in Sonam's father been overdone with him pronouncing his wife's name as Mawnju (Manju) and his name as Prawteek.
Fawad, Ratna (Vikram's mother) and the guy playing the concierge services in the royal family (Ramsewak) do a great job.
On account of all these, the second half feels dragged and the movie could have been made crisper by cutting its length by about 15-20 minutes. Overall the movie is a feel good, sweet movie.
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