Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, Ananya Pandey, Aparshakti Khurana;
Direction: Mudassar Aziz;
Rating: 3/5 Stars; :
The interesting thing about the reimagined "Pati Patni Aur Who" is its setting. Version 2019 is based in smalltown Kanpur, and it narrates the story of a middle- class couple in that city. In BR Chopra's 1978 Originals, the protagonists belonged to the middle - class too, but they lived in Bombay.
It seems pertinent how, 41 years on, this remake picks the plot's extramarital core from the megapolis and puts it right in the centre of smalltown India, which in learning to openly discuss sex, fidelity, virginity and marriage ( the idea is writtily underlined in the opening scenes, where the hero asks his prospective bride her hobbies and she replies; "Humein sex karna pasand hai").
At a time when remakes, reboots and recreations have become the norm, writer-director Mudassar Aziz's reorganising of a BR Chopra comedy classic to woo new -age viewers would seem like an ambitious idea. HIs credibility lies in the fact that his version holds its own.
Like its original , and despite acquiring a new- age irreverent edge,"Pati Patni Aur Who " 2019 Manages to stay funny without Losing out on decency, despite moving dangerously close to the domain of political incorrectness.
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