Review of movie 5 Weddings

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Rating:2/5

Lured by the prospect of taking over as the editor of an American magazine, journalist Shania Dhaliwal (Nargis Fakhri) travels from California to India in order to cover five Indian weddings. Clearly, Shania did not spend too much time on pre-production or research because the five Punjabi weddings – which, as per brief, should be neither slumdog nor millionaire - do not captivate her imagination as much as the hijras that dance at weddings do.

This sidebar editorial ruffles the feathers of local law enforcement. It is not clear why they should mind, or why Shania is assigned a liaison officer. Officer Harbhajan Singh (Rajkummar Rao) is put on duty to chaperone this American journalist and report any suspicious activity. The only thing really suspicious is the brown paper wrapped package she is carrying around. Except it is not contraband, but memorabilia her American mother (Bo Derek) has sent for Shania’s estranged Punjabi father.