Welcome to another weekly review by yours truly. As promised I picked something upbeat. In fact, the beats from this oldie but goldie are still rattling in my head. The film is none other than I Have Found It or its original name Kandukondain Kandukondain. I first saw the film when I was a kid. I didn’t understand the story, but the melody was so catchy that I never forgot it. I believe the Bollywood movie is an adaptation of Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility. Funnily enough, I’ve not gotten around to reading that either. Lol. Shame really because if I Have Found It is anything to go by, I better do myself a favor and read it. Even so, I Have Found It is pretty good on its own. That being said, Let’s get it!!!!

Set in the magical land of India, three sisters and their mother find themselves homeless after the passing of their elderly grandfather.
Sowmya, bless her heart, wants to get married, but is stigmatized because of her deceased fiance’s suicide. A series of unfortunate events keep happening that have nothing to do with her directly, but because people are superstitious no one is willing to marry her. Meenakshi, next in the birthing order, has her head stuck in the clouds when it comes to love and is waiting on her knight in shining armor to whisker her away.

The case of the overbearing mother strikes again, believing her daughter to be truly cursed, the mother unwittingly torments her daughter, Sowmya, with unkind words. Despite her best efforts, Sowmya succumbs to the untruths and internalizes the rumors as loverboy Manohar rises to fame and shows his true colors. My question is why did he say those mean words behind her back? He can’t say he doesn’t know about the ‘curse’ with her useless mother constantly running her mouth. He claimed to love her but said such hurtful words knowing her situation. Further, when things weren’t going his way, it felt like he was taking his frustrations out on her. Was that gaslighting or am I just being too sensitative? Honesty, I don’t think I would marry a man like him. I’m all for marriage, but sometimes it’s better to be alone.

I remember a time when I believed everything I saw on TV. I would watch shows like Family Matters and question why my family dynamic wasn’t like that. To me, Meenakshi seems to be sheltered? Deluded? Is that the word I’m looking for? Her naivete is on par with Fantine from Les Miserable. Like the world of books has built her framework of what relationships should be. How deep did her and Srikanth’s relationship go? Were they intimate? Is it inappropriate to ask? Lol. Anypoops, she wept as if she gave him everything. Maybe I’m wrong.

Is it alright that Meenakshi married the older gentleman? Will she tire of
Captain Bala and eventually seek out someone younger? Of course, she would be trash to do that now that she’s married, but I wonder if that wasn’t the reason he was ever so helpful in finding her another suitor. What’s a good age to get married? When is it too late? For women, the physical clock is rigged against them, and for men not so. But other than that who put a time limit on marriage?

The father before he died kept saying will, as in his last will and testament. My question is why did he wait until he was bedridden and unable to speak before his change of heart. The foolish son he so treasured hadn’t visited in ten years, but the one child he despised enough to cut out of the will stood by him. I applaud those ladies for not stooping as low as the widow to kick her out. Most likely she would have returned to her father’s house, but she deserved nothing. But I guess all money ain’t good money. Shame that the father’s legacy went to strangers, but he brought it on himself.

The music was better than I remembered, but I’m not suprised. A. R. Rahman was the composer and his music is usually good no?

Anypoops, I give the movie a fresh rose out of Mirai’s private garden.