Hello Meera – Quick Movie Review

Meera is a busy bride. Her wedding celebrations are starting in a day, and she is still running around making last-minute purchases and going for rounds to the tailor. Just when she starts to drive her car back home, she receives a call from the police informing her that she is the primary suspect in her ex-boyfriend’s suicide case. Will she make it to her wedding, or will she be arrested in what she claims is a clearly fabricated case by a jilted ex with powerful connections?

Directed by Kakarla Srinivasu and written by Hiranmaye Kalyan, the 2023 movie “Hello Meera” stars Gargeyi Yellapragada as the titular protagonist. What sets this film apart from most other thrillers is the experimental decision to shoot the majority of the film during a car ride. Throughout almost 90% of the 90-minute runtime, Meera is driving her car and engaging in constant conversations with a multitude of people through her Bluetooth speakers.

Unfortunately, neither the plot nor Meera’s personality is compelling enough to carry the weight of the entire movie. To be fair, Gargeyi Yellapragada delivers an earnest performance, but the script isn’t foolproof and just watching her talk to people on the phone gets boring/annoying. Add to that – Meera has inconsistent personality traits. She is shown to be a confident, independent woman who earns a comfortable salary, drives a nice car, and has chosen a love marriage. However, strangely enough, she fails to be transparent about her problematic ex-boyfriend with her current boyfriend turned fiancé. While such secrecy might have made sense in the context of an arranged marriage, it feels unnecessary in Meera’s case. The climax turned out to be a little too convenient and unrealistic—so much so that it led me to wonder if someone would reveal it all as an incredibly elaborate psychological prank played on the protagonist. Now that would’ve been a good twist! But nope.

“Hello Meera” could potentially serve as a lesson for younger individuals to be more transparent about their lives with their prospective partners. While it’s not necessary to share every detail about one’s past, if someone has had an ex-partner whom they label as “psycho” to the police, it’s an important detail worth mentioning to your future spouse—unless, of course, the crazy ex is deceased. Well, or unless you are confident that your skeletons won’t come tumbling out of your closet to haunt you later on.

You can stream the film on Prime Video.

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