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The belief that a marriage is not a rehabilitation centre for badly behaved men becomes stronger as you watch Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan’s unthreatening and tame romantic comedy ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’.
This cautionary tale of emotional infidelity in times of chronic marital monotony has its mix of golden and infuriatingly grating moments, just like any real-life marriage.
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The belief that a marriage is not a rehabilitation centre for badly behaved men becomes stronger as you watch Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan’s unthreatening and tame romantic comedy ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’.
This cautionary tale of emotional infidelity in times of chronic marital monotony has its mix of golden and infuriatingly grating moments, just like any real-life marriage.
#Bollywood #FilmReview #HotStars
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00:00The belief that a marriage is not a rehab center for badly behaved men is what springs to mind when you watch Pati Patni Aur Vo.
00:12It stars Karthik Aryan, Ananya Pandey and Bhoomi Padnekar.
00:16These are the actors who are happening right now and I have to say that it's their collective performances that make this very tame movie entertaining.
00:27If you know Karthik Aryan, he is the man who is this cheeky actor who is known for his lengthy monologues, his diatribe against women and his sexist dialogues.
00:37But what makes him adorable is that he is such a good actor that you almost forget that he is also a cad.
00:42In this movie too, he plays this husband who is philandering and is basically bored and is trapped in a not so happy marriage.
00:51I don't know if the marriage between him, he plays Chintu Tyagi, who marries because his parents tell him to do so, is married to a very fetching woman played by Bhoomi Padnekar.
01:04She plays Vedika Tripathi and she is so good as a wife, it's very difficult to know what is it between the couple that just does not work out.
01:12That's one of the letdowns of the movie where you feel Chintu Tyagi is almost like a man child who is going through a quarter life crisis of sorts.
01:20The reason to why he gets attracted to a much younger woman who comes into his office one fine day.
01:26He works in a very boring land department, a garment job, a 9 to 5, his life is not exactly exciting so he is bored by the monotony.
01:35So when a beautiful woman breezes into his office, he is tempted to cheat on his wife.
01:40Now the important thing here is, this is one of the tamest Bollywood comedies about extra marital affairs.
01:46They make it very clear from the outset that Chintu Tyagi, because we want the viewers to like him,
01:53that he never indulges in a physical affair or an intimate affair but is only doing an emotional affair.
01:59Now it's a very interesting term in this day and age of Tinder, is this wholly believable? Not so much.
02:04Regarding the performances, it's Kartik Aryan and Bhoomi Padnekar that really had my heart.
02:11Bhoomi Padnekar is so good as this feisty wife of his.
02:14You almost feel bad for her because you feel at some point that she has got the raw deal in life
02:20and Chintu Tyagi is not really the most suitable husband for her.
02:27And then there is Ananya Pandey. She is on call to look very unattainable but the problem is she looks very youthful.
02:34Although her acting is spot on, she is just 21 and she looks really young.
02:39It's almost like Kartik Aryan is having an affair with barely a woman.
02:45It's almost like somebody who has just passed out of college. It almost feels wrong.
02:49In terms of performances, I think it's Ananya Pandey who looks slightly cultish
02:54but who had my heart is actor Appar Shakti Khurana.
02:59He plays the best friend of Chintu Tyagi played by Kartik Aryan.
03:03The best part is that the chemistry between them is quite good
03:10and the best part is that Appar Shakti Khurana makes it a point to have some verbal sparring
03:15and keeps mansplaining to his friend about why he shouldn't be philandering
03:19and how he supports him with his transgressions.
03:22So it's quite interesting to see that friend dynamic.
03:25I think they had more chemistry than Chintu Tyagi and the actual lady that he is having an affair with.
03:30An emotional affair, let me add.
03:32It has its golden moments and some gratingly bad ones.
03:36So basically this movie is a mixed bag of sorts.
03:39If you just want a very breezy entertainer without investing too much of your heart or your brains into it
03:46perhaps this makes for a good one time watch.
03:49One of the letdowns of this movie is that the trailer seemed to have revealed all the details
03:53and the good bits of the movie. So there's very little content left apart from the trailer.
03:59It almost feels like an extended trailer of sorts
04:02and the pace is quite problematic.
04:04The first half moves at a very languid pace.
04:07You need to be very patient while the second half gains momentum
04:10and it's almost like when women take charge it's a lot more interesting.
04:15This movie is not very bold in terms of looking at why men cheat
04:20or why women fall for the wrong men.
04:22They've played it very safe and they've sanitized this to a point of boredom.
04:26But I've gone with 2.5 out of 5.
04:28If you're a fan of Kartik Aryan, Bhoomi Pednekar and Ananya Pandey
04:32and you want to see some light hearted fun
04:35then perhaps this is the movie for you this weekend.