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Starring: Vinay Pathak, Gul Panag, Siddharth Makkar,
Achla Sachdev, Daman Baggan, Ketaki Dave, Anuj Choudhary,
Rasik Dave
Director: Parvati Balagopalan
Straight is is a hilarious take on confused sexuality of
the central character Pinu Patel (Vinay Pathak). It
weaves a light hearted comic tale around a motley group
of Gujarati NRIs in London played by Ketki Dave, Rasik
Dave and others.
Last year it was Dostana, now it is Straight. The
subject of homosexuality is finally out of the closet in
our films.
Now
“Straight” has Vinay Pathak believing he is gay.
In the midst of central London, a successful Indian
restaurant called 'Gaylord' is run by Pinu Patel, a
Londoner of Indian origin. Pinu suffers from much
insecurity, his chief qualm in life is that he is a
virgin and has never experienced intimacy with a woman
as he is very shy and introverted. His closest friend
and ally is his foster brother Rajat (Siddhartha Makkar),
whose personality is stark opposite to his own. Rajat
has an air of casual, confidence about him and is a lead
singer of rock band. Rajat is very fond of Pinu, though
is often a source of annoyance to him as he finds Pinu
really funny.
One day, a young Indian fellow
called Kamlesh (Anuj Chaudari) comes to his restaurant
and asks for a job as a stand-up comedian.
Pinu seeks refuge in Rajat's
advice which is quite simple - have a physical
relationship with a woman!
On a
mission now, Pinu goes on rampage seeking available
women for a sexual rendezvous. However, it leads to him
suffering another string of comic situations, with each
act resulting in a goof up scenario.
Cast:
Pinu Patel - Vinay Pathak
Renu - Gul Panag
Rajat - Siddharth Makkar
Kamlesh - Anuj Choudhary
Achla Sachdev
Daman Baggan
Ketaki Dave
Rasik Dave
Parth Kanani
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On the same day, he hires a new cashier - Renu (Gul
Panag) a young artist from India. Renu has a passion for
creating caricatures and aspires to be a professional
cartoonist some day.
Life changes dramatically for Pinu as Gaylord begins to
transform... Renu works on the look of the place, makes
cheerful caricatures for customers, while Kamlesh, a
fabulous cook, has all the customers in splits with his
hilarious standup act. Soon things change for the better,
as the business peaks with the new comedy routine, the
delectable food and the chic look.
All seems to be going well, when suddenly a string of
unexpected events leave Pinu in a tizzy. He walks away
from the restaurant enveloped in a daze, suddenly he has a
new fear - he might be gay!
Straight is a funny tale about
Pinu, who looks for love amongst all the confusion in his
life to 'come out' as straight and find himself a love
story. It is a fine effort by Parvati Balagopalan, whose
film just about manages to being funny about sexual
preferences with dignity and charm.
Vinay Pathak’s character
brings frankness and confusion to his personality, Anuj
Chaudhri as the endearing intruder Kamlesh plays the
character sincerely and it is the charms and talent of Gul
Panag what really works for this film. Achla Sachdev has
still managed to keep herself beautiful and sexy. Ketaki
Dave is amusing. It is a straightforward film with crisp
narrative.
- Aniz Filmvala
Credits & Crew:
Director - Parvati Balagopalan
Producer - Charlotte Wontner, Shripal Morakhia
Executive Producers - Ashish Bhatnagar, Rohit Sharma
Additional Screenplay & Dialogues – Anahata Menon
Based on Original Story & Screenplay - Uttam Gada
Cinematography: Dev Verma
Editor - Nishant Radhakrishnan
Sound Designers - Parikshit Lalvani, Kunal Mehta
Original Background Score - Louiz Banks, Gino Banks
Music - Sagar Desai
Lyrics - Subrat Sinha
Line Producer - Rakesh Mehra
Production Designer - Meenal Agrawal
Costume Designers - Anuja Joshi, Priyadarshini Mujumdar
DI - Prasad EFX |
