Mumbai: Bollywood much talked movie ‘Veere Di Wedding’ which stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania, has received an overwhelming response on the box office recently is being compared with ‘Sex and the City’ which was an American romantic comedy-drama television series launched in 1998.
Now, ‘Veere Di Wedding’ which gave a realistic description of female friendships of four friends dealing with their lives, love, marriage, and heartbreak isn’t unheard of concept.
But what makes ‘Veere Di Wedding’ a unique prospect is that there was the pack of performers that is led by four ladies who make their choices, stand by them and have the guts to live their life they want.
This movie recalls about American romantic comedy-drama television series ‘Sex and the City’ created by Darren Star and produced by HBO which was released on 1998 and of 94 episodes.
The show follows the lives of a group of four women-three in their mid-thirties and one in her forties-who, despite their different natures and ever-changing sex lives, remain inseparable and confide in each other.
Starring Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw), Kim Cattrall (as Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis (as Charlotte York), and Cynthia Nixon (as Miranda Hobbes).
There can obviously be instances common to both the universe, there are certain things and almost all the characters in ‘Veere Di Wedding’ that just give off a desi style of ‘Sex & The City’ vibe.
Although, the makers of ‘Veere Di Wedding’ may have tried to come up with an original idea, the striking similarities to ‘Sex & The City’ are just too hard to miss.
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Talking about the characters of ‘Veere Di Wedding’ was as much as same as the ‘Sex in the City’.
1. Like the fact that Avni is a lawyer, who values career more than marriage. Did someone say, Miranda?
2. Four lifelong friends jetting off to a foreign location to deal with a wedding-was that the plot of the first ‘Sex & The City’ movie or ‘Veere Di Wedding’?
3. Kalindi i.e. Kareena is basically Mr. Big in the movie. Commitment-phobic, rich, and confused about marriage.
4. Meera’s (Shikha Talsania) heartfelt confession on how being a mother is one hell of a job is strikingly similar to the honest, and drunken discussion that Miranda and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) have in the second ‘Sex & The City’ television series.
5. ‘VDW’ even have a gay couple to add to the mix – Kalindi’s Chachu (Uncle) and his boyfriend. Exactly like Anthony & Stanford from SATC.
6. Just like it is Miranda to the rescue, as the friends get stuck in Abu Dhabi; it is Avni to the rescue, even if it is Kalindi’s family she’s patching up or her fiance’s father she’s busting out of jail.
7. From planning a grand, over-the-top wedding to actually having a small scale, intimate, and simple wedding, all you need to do is swap Kalindi’s lehenga for Carrie’s dress, and you’re right in the middle of the SATC world.
8. The movie also makes an attempt to portray Sakshi i.e. Swara Bhaskar as Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), but while both the characters equally love masturbation, that’s where the similarity ends. Honestly, there can never be another Samantha.
