A week ago, Keerthy Suresh began spamming on her Instagram page with clicks of her holding a cup of hot chai combined with a catchy caption "Wearing my favourite #Tea-shirt" with a slogan Chai over Guy on her tee.
Still, scrolling through her feed with confusion? Let’s relax and settle down with a sip of tea to decode them.
All these posts were part of the virtual promotion she was doing for her latest Netflix release, "Miss India" (The movie's title stirred another mystery as too whether she won a Miss India title!) directed by Narendra Nath.
Keerthy Suresh is back with yet another OTT first release following the movie Penguin which released on Prime Video earlier this year.
Having received mixed reviews, fans were hoping for Keerthy Suresh to stage a comeback but it seems like Miss India was served cold mixed with some extra masala that definitely could have been avoided.
The plot centres around a young girl named Manasa Samyuktha played by Keerthy Suresh who aspires to brew her own chai business in the US.
Everyone around her steaming with a typical conservative mindset started to spam with the terms and conditions of being a woman and how business is not her cup of tea.
But Manasa Samyuktha (Tuned to mention her full name each time as she insists the same throughout the movie!) surpasses the society's expectations to make her stand clear “Coffee is not her cup of tea."
We witness Manasa's family riding on a sea of trouble during the initial phase of the movie, starting from her dad who fails to recognize his daughter owing to Alzheimer's (Keerthy Suresh's slim transformation makes the audience also feel in the same way!).
Her sister elopes and grandfather (Played by Rajendra Prasad) passes away in sleep peacefully. Such a streak of misfortunes is supposed to evoke a sense of grief but slow claps if you haven't dozed off to sleep. All these scenes are stitched together in a melodramatic way that seems too artificial to relate.
After completing her time-lapsed MBA degree from a college in San Francisco, (We don't even get to see her attending a single online class!) Manasa springs up with a sudden mission to deliver her grandfather's Ayurvedic chai recipe to coffee-loving Americans.
Her transition from a middle-class village girl to a villa in San Francisco is evident only through her stylish attires and slow-mo walks. Her mom continues to pester with the same cultural middle-class restrictions even after their shift in life to the US.
Manasa Samyuktha soon faces the heat from a rival businessman Kailash Shiva Kumar (Played by Jagapathi Babu) who feels that her growing chai brand is a threat to his already famous coffee chain.
Jagapathi Babu tries to sketch silly schemes to outwit Keerthy's chai empire which feels like a prank where you mix the labels of salt and sugar jars and end up spitting out a salty cup of tea.
SS Thaman’s background score spills some beats of his previous blockbuster album Ala Vainkuntapurramloo. Cinematography is a major relief, every frame looks exquisite with Keerthy Suresh showcasing her suave as a businesswoman.
The intention to pitch out a rags-to-riches story with a heroine in the lead seems like a refreshing idea but the result is just like a cup of tea spilt, wasted with a bland message at the end to make up for the mess.
Given a choice, it is better to miss out on watching Miss India or you might end up searching for a parace'tea'mol to cure your fatigue.
Written by - Deepan R
Edited by - Ivanova
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