“Anshai Lal’s “Phillauri” could have been two films, except for the ghost that glides in and out of the two stories.
“Tree-dwelling spirit Shashi (Anushka Sharma) — dead for nearly 100 years — finds herself in the middle of a big, fat Indian wedding.
“The wedding in question is of Kanan (Suraj Sharma) and Anu (Mehreen Pirzada), childhood sweethearts about to enter into reluctant matrimony – at least as far as Kanan is concerned.
“He seems distinctly out of place at his ancestral home in Punjab when he returns from Canada and is besieged by overbearing relatives.
“A priest tells Kanan he’s “manglik” (suffering from an astrological anomaly thought to cause marital discord, among other things).
“The only way out for Kanan is to get married to a tree, and then to his fiancée.”
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