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| Straight
- Movie Review |
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| Straight
looses the chance to be bright
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| Review
by : Harish V |
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Starring:
Vinay
Pathak, Gul Panag, Ketaki Dave,
Anuj Chaudhary
Direction:
Parvati Balagopalan
Music:
Sagar Desai
Production:
iDream Productions, Sony Pictures |
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Straight
is Vinay Pathak, the Steve Carell
of Indian cinema's next film.
With Desimad's innovative net
marketing, he has made Straight
an interesting venture. Parvathi,
the one who taught us 'Rules'
of love tries to convince us
that Pinu Patel is Straight.
Will this love triangle work?
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Pinu Patel, soaked in Indian tradition,
owns a restaurant in London. He tries to
find an ideal partner for him. But Vinay's
bitter luck, a happy life always eludes
him. In comes Renu (Gul Panag) and Kamlesh
(Anuj Chaudary) as employees, and Pinu Patel's
restaurant changes for the good and so do
his life. Renu falls for Pinu and he reciprocates
the feelings. But the twist begins with
a lottery picked by Pinu and Kamlesh wins
the jackpot and out of joy Kamlesh kisses
Pinu. Though Kamlesh hardly notices it but
little did he know that this incident will
change Pinu's life. Now Pinu, tell us, are
you gay or are you straight?
With Dostana still fresh in memory, many
would compare it to Straight, apart from
the fact that the movie talks about gay
relationship, there are hardly any similarities.
Inspired from 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin',
but it doesn't stick to the original, which
is good, but it doesn't try to drive in
the uncharted terrains that is not. The
first half, with the help of a rapidly paced
screenplay, some imaginative transition
and editing, impresses you, but the second
half looses its grip after a while and tries
very hard to find your funny bone but hardly
comes even close to it. The climax is the
typical Bollywood romantic comedy setting.
Oh My God! Can it get more clichéd
than this?
Parvathi, direction-wise, was decent in
the first film and still continues to impress
us in bits and pieces. The very fact of
such a movie is tried by a lady is very
encouraging. Cinematography by Dev Verma
is bad, it does start good but many shots
are taken by a less powerful camera and
it doesn't feel nice to see such humbug
in a big production. Music is functional
but none stay with you. Nishant, the editor,
has done his job pretty good. Dialogues
are good and the place where Pinu's cousin
talks about gays and love is clinically
written.
Vinay Pathak suits the role of Pinu to a
T, even though it feels like a matured version
of Dasvidaniya character, Hope he gets much
deeper and different roles in the future.
Gul Panag is cute and does her role efficiently.
Anuj Choudary is decent for a first timer.
Siddharth Makkar tries a fake accent and
is a complete downer.
Overall, the movie is a confused comedy
which might get little patronage among the
multiplex audience and a long run is certainly
not on cards.
Verdict:
Gay - Straight - Movie – Confusion
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