This film itself has a story behind it for me. I had to roam around Koti to finish my micro project. We collected our items and gave it a soldering guy to solder our items. As he asked for a time of 3-5 hours, we thought why not a movie. So, we grabbed our tickets to Pati Patni aur Woh and we thought we are cruising along until after interval the soldering guy screwed everything up and we had to rush to the store to collect the material and so, I missed the 2nd half of the movie. The micro project had a happy ending after 2 days but then I waited until the OTT release of the movie to watch the other half of the film. So, is the film worth all the wait or is it that obstacle that wasted my money for the project? Let's find out.
Pati Patni aur Woh is a 2019 romantic comedy entertainer which is a remake of the 1979 film of the same film starring Karthik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, Ananya Pandey and Aparshakti Khurrana in lead roles directed by Mudassar Aziz. The story revolves Chintu Tyagi who gets married to Vedika but due to reasons he starts an affair with Tapasya Singh. What?Why?How? Will Chintu meet Vedika again. Find out in the movie.
Note that I did not watch the original 1979 film and so this will be a perspective of a new comer who just likes to watch good films. The story and screenplay is good and goes with good pace. The plot twists and situations come at just the right time and produce good entertainment. The best parts of the movie come from its comedy and the chemistry between Karthik Aaryan and Aparshakti Khurrana works quite well. The route they took in the climax is hilarious yet very true in its meaning and the pre-credit scene will leave you in splits.
The acting is a mixed bag. Karthik Aaryan becomes an imitator of Akshay Kumar in some scenes but manages it throughout the film with some charm and good dialogue delivery. Artificial hai, par accha hai. Ananya Pandey has come 2 steps ahead of SOTY-2 but still is 98 steps behind in her acting skills. She looks glamorous but her face is just empty in most of the scenes and a smile is just not enough to carry an emotion. The best performers come in the form of Aparshakti Khurrana as the good best friend Faheem Rizwi and Bhumi Pednekar as Vedika, the quintessential middle class wife who will go to any lengths. Aparshakthi Khurrana is such a natural talent. He just has this ease with which he lifts the film in the more bland sequences too(MORE ON THAT LATER). Bhumi Pednekar has the most complete performance for a leading female role. She gets to show off her beauty and have some good acting material as well and she delivered this role with cruise control. Sunny Singh gets a very brief appearance but manages to leave an impact. There is a cameo which actually got spoilt for me in the title credits which is mentionable. The family members of both sides have smaller roles but the actors portraying them are so experienced that they juice the hell lot of emotions from these scenes. The extras in the film(ONE-SHOT ACTORS) have the best LOL moments in the movie. I wish they get more chances in movies and TV.
The dialogues of the film need special mention. These dialogues have enough quirk and wit to them that at least they make you chuckle and at best they make you laugh out loud. The editing of the movie is very crisp. It keeps the pace of the film fast enough to ignore the negatives but is partially successful at it. The music is a big letdown. I hate remixes. It's the face of laziness and may even bring down the originality that exists in these music directors who make these songs. But, at least they gave Dilbara which is the best of the album. The Artwork and Cinematography perfectly capture the essence of Kanpur and Lucknow.
That's all with the acting and technical aspects but there is one negative point that I need to mention. This film is bland and predictable in parts. It looks like a culmination of ideas made for a hit film. The middle class hero, his good best friend, their bromance, some romance, loads of comedy, that Karthik Aaryan monologue and the checklist goes on. They work in the favour of the film but especially in its first half at one point becomes so bland that you can separate the cream(DIALOGUES) from the milk(ACTING-SCREENPLAY). If not for the witty and funny dialogue and good acting, this would have fallen flat. It's okay to make such films but maybe the film industries have gone ahead of this and the director has to play catch-up now.
Overall, Pati Patni aur Woh is a good enough entertainer with good acting and great dialogues. It becomes bland at parts but at other times will hook you. I would recommend this film for a timepass watch in Amazon prime video when you are utterly bored. It will refresh you for sure.
Note that I did not watch the original 1979 film and so this will be a perspective of a new comer who just likes to watch good films. The story and screenplay is good and goes with good pace. The plot twists and situations come at just the right time and produce good entertainment. The best parts of the movie come from its comedy and the chemistry between Karthik Aaryan and Aparshakti Khurrana works quite well. The route they took in the climax is hilarious yet very true in its meaning and the pre-credit scene will leave you in splits.
The acting is a mixed bag. Karthik Aaryan becomes an imitator of Akshay Kumar in some scenes but manages it throughout the film with some charm and good dialogue delivery. Artificial hai, par accha hai. Ananya Pandey has come 2 steps ahead of SOTY-2 but still is 98 steps behind in her acting skills. She looks glamorous but her face is just empty in most of the scenes and a smile is just not enough to carry an emotion. The best performers come in the form of Aparshakti Khurrana as the good best friend Faheem Rizwi and Bhumi Pednekar as Vedika, the quintessential middle class wife who will go to any lengths. Aparshakthi Khurrana is such a natural talent. He just has this ease with which he lifts the film in the more bland sequences too(MORE ON THAT LATER). Bhumi Pednekar has the most complete performance for a leading female role. She gets to show off her beauty and have some good acting material as well and she delivered this role with cruise control. Sunny Singh gets a very brief appearance but manages to leave an impact. There is a cameo which actually got spoilt for me in the title credits which is mentionable. The family members of both sides have smaller roles but the actors portraying them are so experienced that they juice the hell lot of emotions from these scenes. The extras in the film(ONE-SHOT ACTORS) have the best LOL moments in the movie. I wish they get more chances in movies and TV.
The dialogues of the film need special mention. These dialogues have enough quirk and wit to them that at least they make you chuckle and at best they make you laugh out loud. The editing of the movie is very crisp. It keeps the pace of the film fast enough to ignore the negatives but is partially successful at it. The music is a big letdown. I hate remixes. It's the face of laziness and may even bring down the originality that exists in these music directors who make these songs. But, at least they gave Dilbara which is the best of the album. The Artwork and Cinematography perfectly capture the essence of Kanpur and Lucknow.
That's all with the acting and technical aspects but there is one negative point that I need to mention. This film is bland and predictable in parts. It looks like a culmination of ideas made for a hit film. The middle class hero, his good best friend, their bromance, some romance, loads of comedy, that Karthik Aaryan monologue and the checklist goes on. They work in the favour of the film but especially in its first half at one point becomes so bland that you can separate the cream(DIALOGUES) from the milk(ACTING-SCREENPLAY). If not for the witty and funny dialogue and good acting, this would have fallen flat. It's okay to make such films but maybe the film industries have gone ahead of this and the director has to play catch-up now.
Overall, Pati Patni aur Woh is a good enough entertainer with good acting and great dialogues. It becomes bland at parts but at other times will hook you. I would recommend this film for a timepass watch in Amazon prime video when you are utterly bored. It will refresh you for sure.
iMDB Rating: 6/10
My Rating: 6/10
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