Wonder Women (2022 film)

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Wonder Women
Directed by Anjali Menon
Screenplay byAnjali Menon
Produced by Ronnie Screwvala
Ashi Dua Sara
Starring Nadiya Moidu
Nithya Menen
Padmapriya Janakiraman
Parvathy Thiruvothu
Sayanora Philip
Archana Padmini
Amruta Subhash
Cinematography Manesh Madhavan
Edited by Praveen Prabhakar
Music by Govind Vasantha
Production
companies
RSVP
Flying Unicorn Entertainment
Little Films Productions
Distributed by SonyLIV
Release date
18 November 2022
Running time
80 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish

Wonder Women is a 2022 Indian English-language film directed by Anjali Menon and produced by 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. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The trailer of the film was released on 3 November [4] [5] and started streaming on 18 November through SonyLIV. [6] [7]

Premise

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.

"The film is about ordinary women who journey together and it is only when they stand up for each other that they become 'Wonder Women' . Pregnancy is a lens through which the story of empathy and sisterhood is told. The intent is not to glorify pregnancy or motherhood but to look at how much empowerment is needed in these areas and how much women can do to help one another. Human rights in childbirth and reproductive freedoms are far more important than the attention it receives.“ says Anjali Menon [8]

Cast

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. [4] [9] [10]

Reception

Critical reception

Janani K of India Today stated that the film is an ode to sisterhood. [11] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in stated that the film is tribute to female solidarity. "'Wonder Women'review: A feel-good tribute to female solidarity". 18 November 2022. Shubham Kulkarni of "Koimoi" stated that Wonder Women comes with its own set of flaws but nothing really fades the heart it owns. "'Wonder Women Movie Review: Anjali Menon Gives Women A Cape As They Make Vulnerability Their Superpower'". "'Wonder Women movie review: A sneak peak into the roller coaster ride that is pregnancy'". "Fine actors in a movie preoccupied with cheerfulness". Film Companion.

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