Poster of the film Param Sundari

Param Sundari

Romance Drama Comedy Hindi


In Kerala's picturesque backwaters, a North Indian and South Indian find unexpected love. Their cultural differences spark a hilarious and chaotic romance, full of twists and turns.

Cast:Sidharth Malhotra, Janhvi Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Sanjay Kapoor, Inayat Verma, Renji Panicker
Director:Tushar Jalota
Writer:Gaurav Mishra, Aarsh Vora, Tushar Jalota
Editor:Manish Pradhan
Camera:Santhana Krishnan Ravichandran
FCG Score for the film Param Sundari

Guild Reviews

Image of scene from the film Param Sundari

Namaskaram To A Param Cliché

FCG Member Reviewer Bharathi Pradhan
Bharathi Pradhan | Lehren.com, Treasurer FCG
Fri, August 29 2025

A pamphlet from the Kerala Tourism department will mention

  • Elephants
  • Kalaripayattu
  • Boat races
  • Coconut trees
  • Lungis
  • Banana leaf meals
  • Mohini Attam

Why director Tushar Jalota needed co-writers Gaurav Mishra and Aarsh Vora to tell the story of billionaire baap ka beta Param Sachdev (Sidharth Malhotra) and Sundari (Janhvi Kapoor) is curious for it doesn’t go beyond the tourism pamphlets of the scenic state. Ah, yes, what the pamphlets miss and Jalota gets is that God’s own country is unwelcoming of guests, calls their shorts chaddis and insists on a lungi. It’s called fun, in Jalota language. In a shrinking world where barriers between the North and the South have come down, alongside tech talk like apps, AI and algorithms, Jalota flies the Punjabi munda to Kerala who gapes at its culture and its people like he’s in a different galaxy. Param has used a new app to find his soulmate and there she is doing the Mohini Attam in her home stay. Soon, Sundari must give him the mandatory dressing down on how Kerala is different from Tamil Nadu like he’s been living in a North Indian cave.

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