The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Cast: Judi Dench, Dev Patel, Maggie Smith(Donnelly), Bill Nighy(Douglas), Celia Imrie(Jean), Tina Desai(Sunaina), Lillete Dubey, Richard Gere and Tamsin Greig ( Beach)
Director: John Madden
Genre: Comedy, Drama


This is a PLEASANT watch. Not every week do you have pleasant movies coming up. If you want to have the flavor of different countries and accents, with a fine blend of Indian charm, this movie is sure not to disappoint you :)



You may look forward to:

• A simple story of an ambitious young man trying to establish himself in the hotel business, which involves a lot of people already established from its first part, and their lives running in parallel, at the backdrop of a shaadi and related events.All the three aspects of this movie does blend in beautifully while every character has equal screen presence to share their moments. Its the individual roles and their characteristics which makes up the movie a pleasurable watch. And John Madden does a good job at it!
• Dev Patel, 2 movies in the same month, back to back. This guy surely is busy in Hollywood. He steals the first scene of the movie. His character is of someone who is very chirpy if things are going his way or very impulsive if it doesn't. With amazing set of dialogue deliveries and ample screen presence, he has a major role in the movie
• Judi Dench and Maggie Smith are the old members of this series. While 'Evelyn' is emotionally confused but otherwise ambitious, 'Ms. Donnelly' continues to be grumpy and wise :)
• Bill Nighy and Celia Imrie, again have very distinct characteristics of their own. While 'Douglas' is always sentimental about one woman, 'Jean' has a playful image when it comes to men, age no bar :D
• Richard Gere and Lillete Dubey,  make for a special couple of the movie. Surprisingly, they do share amazing chemistry
• Tina Desai and Tamsin Greig, are two new ladies, one of which is trying her best to contribute to 'Sonny' and working towards her memorable wedding, while the other is mostly under wraps

What you can sleep over:

There were still certain other characters who were overshadowed, who could not really come up very well during the entire duration of the movie

The dampeners you should be aware of:

None which may appear bothering.



My Rating: 3/5