Straight Review

Star Cast: Vinay Pathak, Gul Panag, Siddharth Makkar, Anuj Choudhary and Rasik Dave and Ketki Dave;
Director: Parvati Balgopalan
Rating: 3/5
Date Seen: 21/03/2009

Saw this movie yesterday. I was amazed by the trailer that’s why I went to see the movie but it was a disaster.
Pinu Patel ( Vinay Pathak ), a restaurateur in London, is cruelly over-aged to be a virgin. His only shot at marriage misfired when his traditional Indian bride-to-be eloped with her lover on the wedding day, further plunging the introvert Pinu into a complex about his personality, or the lack of it. The three characters [Vinay Pathak, Gul Panag and Anuj Chaudhary] keep talking randomly, without coming to the main issue. Besides, the talk, most of the times, is absolutely tasteless. There's a flicker of hope in the second hour. A few sequences are interestingly handled. So the film ends up dragging, the narrative staggers and the less-than-impressive songs loosen the pace even further.
Straight is not another Dostana but what could have been an enjoyable fare gets a little drab because of Pathak . Straight could have been so much funnier.