Bangalore Naatkal (2016)

Anjali Menon's Bangalore Days was overlong with a plot filled with cliches — a marriage where the man is unable to forget his past love and accept his wife (a sort-of Mouna Ragam with the roles reversed), an impulsive, aimless individual learning to enjoy life after falling in love with a girl who is a motivational figure, a goofball character whose 'romance' is used largely for laughs, and even a climax that involves stopping a character from going abroad! And yet, the film worked and connected with its audience, because it played out more as a wish-fulfillment fantasy, invoking nostalgia (co…