Merry Christmas (2024) Hindi movie review : The most important thing to do while watching Sriram Raghavan's movie is to pay attention to minutest details. Only then you will be able to connect all the dots in the end. If Rabbit was important part in Andhadun then paper swans are important in this one. But one piece of advice, please don't go to see Merry Christmas with expectations of Andhadun, as both are different from each other. The best part of Merry Christmas is the unusual pairing of Vijay Sethupathi and Katrina Kaif. Yes, both perform so well in this movie as Albert and Maria that Merry Christmas works mainly because of their wonderful performance, apart from Sriram's brilliant screenplay and direction. The background score is pure magic to ears. Mumbai was Bombay that time, Sriram Raghavan takes audience back in time, so much detailing is done for those nostalgic days, including double deckers that were part of that bygone era. Albert who is mourning his mother's death, decides to go out and have a drink to cheer up himself. However, he meets Katrina, her small daughter and her Teddy in a restaurant by chance or is it not? Albert and Maria start brief conversation. They end up meeting in a Rigal theatre watching a classic movie. Then Albert ends up going to Maria's home and gets invited for a drink. They drink, dance to music together and burn the paper swans. Then Maria remembers she left her watch in the church. So, Albert agrees to accompany her to Church while her daughter is sleeping at home. When they return back they find Maria's husband dead with a gun in his hand. It appears to be suicide or was it murder? You need to see the movie to know more. It becomes more confusing when the same scene repeats as in a loop once again with Sanjay Kapoor. The only difference is that Albert sticks on to the scene once again. The plot might not be as complicated as Andhadun, but it is still really very good in its own way. I found one connection of this movie's climax with that of Jaane Jaan. Mainly with Jaideep Ahlawat's character in that movie and Vijay Sethupathi's character in this movie, ping me if you don't get it. It is a wonderful start for 2024 and this one will be in the list of best movies of this year. My rating is 10/10. Highly recommended.
I would like to see it one more time to appreciate its brilliance.
I would like to see it one more time to appreciate its brilliance.