Wonder Women (2022 film)

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.

The trailer of the film was released on 3 November and started streaming on 18 November through SonyLIV.

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.

Cast

• Nadiya Moidu as Nandita
• Nithya Menen as Nora Joseph
• Parvathy Thiruvothu as Mini
• Padmapriya Janakiraman as Veni
• Sayanora Philip as Saya
• Archana Padmini as Gracy
• Amruta Subhash as Jaya
• Radha Gomaty as Veni's mother in law
• Nilambur Ayisha as Mini's grandmother
• Dr. Haris Saleem as Sanjay, Nora's partner
• Srikanth K. Vijayan as Bala, Veni's partner
• Praveen Premnath as Jojo, Saya's partner
• Ajayan Adat as Kannan, Gracy's partner
• Sandesh Kulkarni as Umesh, Jaya's partner
• Remya Sarvada Das as yoga instructor
• P. V. Aakash Mahesh as Adi
• Jamalayisha Bava as Adi's mother
• Vishakh Nair as Doctor
• Nadur Akash as Veni's father in law

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.

Reception

Critical reception

The film received mixed response from critics and audience.

Janani K of India Today stated that the film is an ode to sisterhood. Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in stated that the film is tribute to female solidarity. Anna M. M. Vetticad called the writing "superficial" and wrote, "Wonder Women also belongs to that category of films coming from Malayalam filmmakers who seem to believe that cosmopolitanism and coolth can be conveyed only by English and Hindi, never by Malayalam."

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