Bollywood never learns — and Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari is the latest evidence. The movie is a debacle in slow motion, crawling to a sad 30 crore in five days despite a lengthy Dussehra holiday. Starring Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor in another forgettable endeavor, this film is not only bad — it's insultingly boring, a throwback to an age when cute faces and storied names were confused with talent. That age passed, and this box office embarrassment is its funeral pyre.
Janhvi Kapoor maintains her spate of disappointments with wooden expressions, no screen presence, and no emotional depth whatsoever. No amount of PR contortion can conceal the reality — this is a second-chance career the audience never sought. Varun Dhawan does not fare any better, trapped in a cycle of rehashed roles and cringe-worthy cuteness. Watching them together is like watching two CGI-generated avatars tread through the motions of what used to be a "Bollywood love story." Flat, forced, and forgettable.
But the actual guilty parties are the producers — those that approved this creatively barren trash and had the audacity to present it as holiday entertainment. How presumptuous to believe that the audience would be fooled by this stale, tasteless combination of old romance, shallow humor, and chemical sentiment. It's not merely an awful movie — it's a tone-deaf, indifferent, and painfully pathetic money grab. And it tanked just as it should have.
And then look at Kantara Chapter 1 — a movie that wasn't given a silver platter, but fought its way through grit, honesty, and storytelling with tremendous impact. With more than 300 crore in five days, it not only won — it annihilated the Bollywood way of star-movie garbage. No nepotism, no polished PR campaign, no city-bred attitude — just genuine, earthy cinema made with passion. Kantara is not a movie; it's a declaration: create something tangible, or stand aside.
Ultimately, Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari not only flopped — it got exposed. Exposed by fans fed up with accepting nepotism in HD. Exposed by Kantara, a movie that demonstrates heart always wins over hype. The word is clear, loud, and unkind: Bollywood's slick packaging can no longer disguise the stinky content within. Time's up.