Straight (2009/II)

Director:

Parvati Balagopalan

Writers:

Anahata (additional screenplay & dialogue)
Uttam Gada (dialogue & screenplay)

Release Date:

20 March 2009 (India)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Pinu Patel ki Tedhi Medhi Love Story

Cast

Daman Baggan
Damandeep Singh Baggan	...	Pakwaan Singh
Anuj Chaudhary	...	Kamlesh
Anuj Choudhry	...	Kamles
Ketki Dave	...	Kaki
Rasik Dave	...	Kaka
Sandeep Garcha	...	Mrs. Renu
Lucy Hassan	...	Mili
Siddharth Makkar	...	Rajat
Gul Panag	...	Renu
Vinay Pathak	...	Pinu Patel
Bijal Raj	...	Priyanka
Achla Sachdeva	...	Rashmi
Achala Sachdev

Runtime:

India:110 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

India:A

Company:

iDream Productions

Watch It Once

What can be said about this? Well! For one thing is that it is almost on the same line as "Dostana" as it deals with a similar theme and it is also a good comedy which deals with one man who seems to think that he is gay when he hires a man and a female to work in his famous restaurant after being rejected.

Starring Vinay Pathak, Gul Panag, Ketki Dave, Rasik Dave, Siddharth Makkar, Anuj Choudhary and Achla Sachdev, written by Anahata and is based on the story by Uttam Gada and is directed by Parvati Balagopalan.

We last saw Vinay Pathak as Shahrukh Khan's friend and stylist in "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi," but here he has performed rather well in the role of a main character and has gone on to show his versatility, supported by Ketki Dave, who, many will remember from Balaji TV series, "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi's" "Daksha" and who also made a brief appearance as Saif Ali Khan's mother in "Kal Ho Naa Ho." And what can possibly go wrong with such two comic actors, who are well supported by the others and in particular Achla Sachdev and Siddharth Makkar and Anuj Choudhary, who have also performed well! This did and was bound to lead to some hilarious scenes, which many may consider as of "adult" nature but on the whole they are decent and clean. But with Rasik Dave and Gul Panag, I felt could have done more, as they seemed to be put onto one side of the movie, but it could have made it a bit more interesting if this had not been the case.

Parvati Balagopalan, the director, has handled this comedy and the subject well. But on the whole, this movie is worth watching once but some may think it appropriate not to do so with their kids.