''Wonder Women'' is an Indian English-language film directed by
Anjali Menon
Anjali Menon is an Indian filmmaker and screenwriter who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Anjali has won international, national and state awards for her work and is best known for her feature films ''Manjadikuru,'' ''Kerala Cafe'' ( ...
for producers
Ronnie Screwvala and Ashi Dua Sara, starring
Nadiya Moidu,
Nithya Menen,
Parvathy Thiruvothu,
Padmapriya Janakiraman,
Sayanora Philip, Archana Padmini and Amruta Subhash in the lead roles. Though the film was made in English language, it has the touches of Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Marathi languages.
The trailer of the film was released on 3 November
and started streaming on 18 November through
SonyLIV.
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Plot
Five pregnant ladies come to stay at 'Sumana', a prenatal class conducted by Nandita (Nadiya Moidu). She calls them as ‘Real superheroes’ as they get ready to embrace motherhood. In their quest to know the new life, they discover their true identity and the answers to their deep-rooted problems.
Cast
* Nadiya Moidu as Nandita
* Nithya Menen as Nora Joseph
* Parvathy Thiruvothu as Mini
* Padmapriya Janakiraman as Veni
* Sayanora Philip as Saya
*Archana Padmini as Gracy
*Amruta Subhash
Amruta Subhash is an Indian actress who works in Marathi and Hindi films, television, and theatre. She is a graduate of the National School of Drama, New Delhi.
She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for the Marathi-langua ...
as Jaya
*Radha Gomathi as Veni's mother in law
*Nilambur Ayisha
Nilambur Ayisha is an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She started her career as a theater artist. Later she became a supporting actress in the Malayalam movies in late 1960s and 1970s. She has acted in more than 50 movies. She was the first ...
as Mini's grandmother
* Dr. Harris Saleem as Sanjay, Nora's partner
*Srikanth K. Vijayan as Bala, Veni's partner
*Praveen Premnath as Jojo, Saya's partner
*Ajayan Adat
Ajayan Adat born in Thrissur on December 31, 1987. He is working in film sector as recordist, Sync sound Recordist and Sound Designer mainly in South Indian cinema. He is based in Cochin. He is best known for his works in films like Soni (fi ...
as Kannan, Gracy's partner
*Sandesh Kulkarni as Umesh, Jaya's partner
*Remya Sarvada Das as yoga instructor
*P. V. Aakash Mahesh as Adi
*Jamalayisha Bava as Adi's mother
*Vishakh Nair as Doctor
*Nadur Akash as Veni's father in law
Production
The makers announced the film with a peculiar campaign where the star cast took to their social media handles with a picture of a positive pregnancy kit, followed by a conversational video reel, in character, where they spoke about various facets of pregnancy.[
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Reception
Critical reception
The film received mixed response from critics and audience. Janani K of India Today stated that the film is an ode to sisterhood. Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in stated that the film is tribute to female solidarity. Anna M. M. Vetticad
Anna Mercy Mathews Vetticad, commonly known as Anna M. M. Vetticad, is an Indian film critic and journalist. She has been in the field of journalism since 1994. Vetticad has also hosted her own interview show, ''Star Trek'', on Headlines Today ...
called the writing "superficial" and wrote, "''Wonder Women'' also belongs to that category of films coming from Malayalam filmmakers who seem to believe that cosmopolitanism and coolth can be conveyed only by English and Hindi, never by Malayalam."
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 23128938
2022 films
Indian drama films