Param Sundari Cast/Actors: Sidharth Malhotra, Janhvi Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Renji Panicker, Inayat Verma & Others
Param Sundari Movie Director: Tushar Jalota
Param Sundari Production House: Maddock Films
Param Sundari Movie Release Date: 29th August, 2025
Param Sundari Movie Available On: Theatrical Release and (likely to be released on Amazon Prime Video OTT Platform)
Param Sundari Released/Available In Languages: Hindi
Param Sundari Movie Runtime: 2h 16m
Param Sundari Critic Review:
A pamphlet from the Kerala Tourism department will mention
Elephants
Kalaripayattu
Boat races
Coconut trees
Lungis
Banana leaf meals
Mohini Attam
Why director Tushar Jalota needed co-writers Gaurav Mishra and Aarsh Vora to tell the story of billionaire baap ka beta Param Sachdev (Sidharth Malhotra) and Sundari (Janhvi Kapoor) is curious for it doesn’t go beyond the tourism pamphlets of the scenic state. Ah, yes, what the pamphlets miss and Jalota gets is that God’s own country is unwelcoming of guests, calls their shorts chaddis and insists on a lungi. It’s called fun, in Jalota language.
In a shrinking world where barriers between the North and the South have come down, alongside tech talk like apps, AI and algorithms, Jalota flies the Punjabi munda to Kerala who gapes at its culture and its people like he’s in a different galaxy. Param has used a new app to find his soulmate and there she is doing the Mohini Attam in her home stay. Soon, Sundari must give him the mandatory dressing down on how Kerala is different from Tamil Nadu like he’s been living in a North Indian cave.
Among the many indigestible sequences is the introduction of a boyfriend/fiancé for Sundari where she greets him with the ecstasy of a lover. But bafflingly looks lost and confused thereafter.
With BG songs for every situation, a score that beats you on the head to have fun and one decent ‘Pardesiya’ number that’s a lift from Rahman’s ‘Ye haseen vaadiyan’ from Roja, Romeo Param has to finally climb a coconut tree to reach his Juliet’s balcony.
Strewn with lines in Malayalam that are incomprehensible to the Hindi film audience, Janhvi Kapoor struggles with the language. Sidharth Malhotra looks like he’s in a land of aliens. But worn-out rain sequences have to step in to build some chemistry between them.
Param Sundari Watch Or Not?: Go back to Two States and pick up another pamphlet from Kerala Tourism for entertainment.
Param Sundari Review Score Rating: 1 out of 5 (i.e. 1/5)
Param Sundari Official Trailer:
Credits: Maddock Films
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