Plot
Sunny is all set to propose to his girlfriend Ananya, who’s studying in Italy. Confident she’ll say yes, he even dresses up as Baahubali—her favorite character. But things don’t go as planned. Ananya turns him down, explaining that what they had was never a real relationship, just a situationship. To make matters worse, she reveals she’s already engaged to Vikram, the man her mother has chosen for her.
Heartbroken, Sunny starts digging into Vikram’s life and discovers that he’s a billionaire who recently broke up with his childhood sweetheart Tulsi Kumari, a school teacher. Vikram’s mother never approved of Tulsi because her parents have divorced, and though Tulsi deeply loved him, she was dumped by Vikram due to family pressure.
When Sunny learns this, he decides to meet Tulsi. Seeing her pain, he encourages her to fight for her love. After some hesitation, Tulsi agrees, and the two head to Udaipur where Vikram and Ananya’s wedding is set to take place.
At a pre-wedding event, Sunny and Tulsi pretend to be a couple, sparking jealousy and confusion. This stirs up buried emotions—Ananya starts feeling guilty about leaving Sunny, while Vikram begins to realise what Tulsi truly means to him. Still, Vikram’s family mocks Tulsi, but Sunny stands firmly by her side and helps her out, earning Tulsi’s praise.
Amidst the wedding chaos, Vikram suffers an allergic reaction, and it is Tulsi who rushes to his aid, showing she still cares. That night Ananya has a fight with her mother, extremely angry that she was always expected to get married and not pursue her true passions. Vikram, who realizes he still loves Tulsi, leaves his hotel room, where he runs into Ananya and the two agree to not get married. Vikram tells his family and his elder brother slaps him but he doesn’t care and runs. Ananya finds Sunny and confesses but Sunny confesses his feelings for Tulsi and both accept that too much has changed.
When Sunny finds Tulsi, he sees her getting proposed to by Vikram and he leaves her, believing she’s going to say yes. He runs into a crying Ananya and the two acts as if they love each other and are leaving Udaipur, with Sunny confronting Vikram’s brother and mother for continuously mistreating Tulsi and now Ananya. The next morning, Tulsi chases Sunny down when he leaving with Ananya on what was supposed to be the wedding day and the two hug, agreeing to remain friends. One month later, Sunny goes to visit Tulsi but sees her hugging Vikram, who’s holding some sort of a wedding card.
Two months later, Sunny mourns for what could have been with Tulsi, spending his days moping, yearning for Tulsi and spending time with his family at their jewelery business. Ananya attends a friend’s wedding function and some of the staff mention working at a Vikram Singh’s farmhouse, seemingly confirming that he and Tulsi are getting married. She rushes and tells Sunny, encouraging him to follow his love.
He dashes to the wedding venue, where Vikram finds him and the two comedically fight, with Vikram finally confronting Sunny for trying to ruin both of his weddings. They’re found by Vikram’s family and his bride, Dimple, who now believes Sunny is in love with Vikram. Vikram reveals that after Sunny left while Vikram was proposing, Tulsi rejected him, stating that she was in love with Sunny and that he showed her that she deserved someone who always defended her, not someone who dumped her because of his family. The two agreed to become friends and Tulsi was heartbroken after misunderstanding that Ananya and Sunny got back together. Tulsi had hugged him after Vikram told her that he was going to get married to Dimple.
Encouraged by Vikram, Dimple, and Vikram’s family, Sunny decides to go to the school Tulsi’s working at and the two kiss. The school is holding a function and when the principal confronts them for kissing in front of the children, comedy ensues when Tulsi angrily whispers to him that she’s actually going to lose her job, Sunny decides to go all out and carries her out of the field, kissing her forehead.
Reception
Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 27% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.3/10. [26]
Yatamanyu Narain of News18 rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The film leaves you with laughter in your chest, warmth in your heart, and the faint aftertaste of nostalgia. It is cinema that does not shy away from its filminess, and perhaps that is its greatest gift, an unabashed celebration of love, heartbreak, and the chaos in between." [27] Ganesh Aaglave of Firstpost rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "On the whole, Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari is a fun entertainer filled with humour, heart and romance." [28]
Bollywood Hungama rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "On the whole, SUNNY SANSKARI KI TULSI KUMARI is a fun-filled entertainer aimed at the youth and families." [29] Dhaval Roy of The Times Of India rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "At its core, Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari delivers what it promises: a glitzy, colourful rom-com packed with humour, charm, and entertaining performances." [30]
Tushar Joshi of India Today rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Shashank Khaitan’s USP has always been witty dialogues, light humour, and true-blue romance. With 'Sunny Sanskari...', he revisits his comfort zone while attempting to experiment. At times, he soars; at others, he stumbles. The result is a film that entertains, charms, and frustrates—sometimes all at once." [31] Rishabh Suri of Hindustan Times rated the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Overall, what Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari suffers from is not a lack of ambition but a lack of clarity. It wants to be a romance and a family drama all at once, yet it never commits fully to any of these tracks. For a story about fighting for love, SSKTK doesn't make you fall in love with it." [32]
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The title gives away the ending of the film. How Sunny and Tulsi make their way into each other's orbit and heart adds up to a winding, perplexing and eventually comforting love story that would have been a whole lot more enjoyable, and infinitely funnier, had it shed some of its flab." [33] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote, "In too many places, the spectacle is allowed to overpower the screenplay, which is too busy whipping up hit-film-referencing dialogues and situations to bother about creating real feeling." [34]
