Hairspray is a comedy filled musical kind of dramatic movie.The story is about Tracy Turnbland ,an overweight high schooler who is obsessed with the Corny Collins Show.he lives in Baltimore and everyday, she and her best friend Penny Pingleton run home to watch the show. One day a star on the Corny Collins Show abruptly leaves the show opening up a spot for hopeful dancers to audition for. Tracy and Penny jump on the opportunity to audition for the show. When Tracy makes it on the show, she angers her mother who didn't even like her watching the show to begin with. She also angers dancing queen Amber Von Tussle who plots to end Tracy's career. During this Tracy fights to get integration of black and white dancers on the show.
Adam Shankman directed this film.Bringing Down the House (2003), A Walk to Remember (2002), The Wedding Planner (2001) are also the movies by him.The main cast are
John Travolta plays Edna Turnblad
Nikki Blonsky plays Tracy Turnblad
Amanda Bynes plays Penny Pingleton
Christopher Walken plays Wilbur Turnblad
The story set at vintage times(1962) covers a lot of issues like racism, parenting, jealousy, teen life, accomplishment, happiness.If you like this film afterwatching it we recommend Hairspray (1998), Grease (1978) for viewing.
So the Kerala Box rating for this movie is 8.0 out of 10.0.