‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns very real’

Kangana Ranaut and R Madhavan are reprising their quirky-sweet roles in romantic drama Tanu Weds Manu Returns which, the actress says, shows life post marriage.

“I hear so many love stories every year but no one wants to go into the tricky grounds of a marriage.What we all see is the happy ending and not what happens after marriage and what it takes to fall in love again.

“This film will convey that. It’s an urban, relatable issue and a beautiful love story. It can easily be a real life story,” Kangana said.

The film, directed by Aanand L Rai and slated to hit the screens on May 22, will see Kangana in a double role.

“I had a tough time with the Haryanvi dialect but I had a tutor on the set. The conflict was always between the two — Tanuja Trivedi and Datto. Datto is adorable, fearless and pure. On the other hand, Tanu is wild and a little bit selfish. Tanuja used to be the real heroine but Datto came into the scene and stole
the show.”

Kangana, who recently won the best actress National Award for her role in Queen, said her character as Tanu changed the way heroines were portrayed in Bollywood.

“The character of Tanu was flirtatious and she used to drink. This kind of girl in a Hindi movie is known as a vamp... Tanu, who is a rebel, has become a quintessential Bollywood heroine. We have to give credit to the director and the writer Himanshoo Sharma for that,” said Kangana, 28.

Madhavan said the movie was a true sequel as the story begins where the first film ended.

Rai said he had always wanted to bring Tanu and Manu back to life in a sequel.

“As a director you fall in love with your characters and you want to spend more time with them. It was a desire and I wanted to tell a story with the same characters and that’s how we did Tanu Weds Manu Returns,” Rai said. PTI