Honest Review of Maja Ma Movie : A social comedy on Prime Video by Madhuri Dixit

Maja Ma, which is presented on a colourful "social comedy" platter, is an odd concoction that is both antiquated and a little too optimistic. The worst American accents you've ever heard are just one reason why this tale of a woman who lived in secret until her fifties is a letdown to see.

The character played by Madhuri Dixit is a Gujarati mother of two who leads aartis, is the dance queen of her Vrindavan Society, and is a wonderful wife but for one thing. She reveals that she is a lesbian while yelling at her extremely liberal and demanding daughter (Shrishti Shrivastava). And the truth is disclosed in the laziest piece of writing and chain of events, not just to her immediate family but also to her neighbours and, most horrifyingly, her son's (Ritwik Bhowmick) future in-laws.

Sheeba Chaddha and Rajit Kapur, who are both incredibly watchable, play the NRI in-laws. But they are a curse to put up with right away here. They are the real villains of the story, albeit in caricature, with their false American accents, intolerable, overt snobbishness, and perpetual hard-on for customs and culture. Despite being kind, considerate, and loving, their daughter (Barkha Singh) nevertheless assaults your ears with her accent, which flits in and out of a scene as it pleases. Everything is a mess that might have been prevented quite easily.

Maja Ma wants to live in both the modern and traditional worlds, which is another confusing aspect. The woman is a secret lesbian, but for her to be taken seriously, she must be the ideal woman. Pallavi from Madhuri cooks, cleans, dances, and aids her husband in winning local elections before being given a "second chance." Then there is the entire section about lie detector testing, when they beat the homosexuality out of her by taking her to phoney babas. Jackhammer-like subtlety was used in every step. The family turns against her, but it can be won back just as easily with some dramatic dialogue, good fortune alone, and if all else fails, cancer.

Madhuri, who recently returned from the US herself, is primarily entertaining to watch in one of her few lead-starring roles. Madhuri is believable and likeable even when she is obsessing about keeping her secret, glaring at her daughter with anger and sometimes desperation, or conveying her utter anguish at not being able to participate in the neighborhood's aarti programme for the first time. Although she spends the most of the movie in "abhagan" area, the change of direction is therapeutic enough.

As Pallavi's ex-flame with the spiciest remarks for impolite NRIs, Simone Singh continues to receive praise for her outstanding portrayal.Simone feeds Sheeba a warm dish of honey right in her ear in a scene that almost makes you want to get up from your seat and congratulate Sheeba for finally getting rid of the annoying accent in a scene that obviously belongs in a different and better movie. When the sweet, pure Punjabi finally shines through, even Sheeba almost makes up for that accent.

The interminable scenes about unintentionally engorged penises, ridiculous dance routines for the glory of America, boasting about virgin families, and other generic, unfunny fillers, however, cannot be made up for by a little good Punjabi profanity. Maja Ma was the only thing Maja Ma needed to deliver its message about societal injustice, family ties, and modernity. He, who has instituted an complete trade along a spate of such videos would in shape correct in. But even that is aware of as life simply absurd is key. All over and above comes secondary. Let Maja Ma lie any other discipline of from what communal comedies intention certainly not employment without the ‘comedy’ bit.