Badrinath ki dulhaniya is rucksack full radioactive social issues handle cautiously with bedazzle dharma gloves.
sets are in small town Jhansi, Kota in rajhasthan.
where partriachy is a evident in day light the movie focus on Badrinath ( varun Dhwan) a sahukar’s son who persuit of a bride. he spot vaidehi ( Alia) in wedding and starts wooing her. But vaidehi bows down to social pressure and scumb to a marriage and Iv drip of dowry.Turns out mutant she small-town-girl with actual opnions and ambition and most importantly, a spine.
and her character is the backbone in story too. and she fierce and she is pushed down but gets back up. She protects her dreams and her once, doesnt get emotionally manipulated, her father heart condition be damned!
throught vaidehi movie checks all important boxes: gender issues, feminism & consent.
but story the story is treated stylistically.