Cast: Diganth, Anushka Ranjan and Rishi Kapoor
Director: Binod Pradhan
Broadly speaking romantic-comedies can be divided into two categories—good and bad. A good romantic- comedy enthralls , engages and entertains the audience. While, on the other hand, a bad one simply leaves those in attendance confused and unsatisfied.
Unfortunately ‘Wedding Pullav’ which arrived in theatres this Friday is the textbook definition of the second category.
Directed by Binod Pradhan, ‘Wedding Pullav’ revolves the confusion that takes place when two close friends end up realising that they are in love right before settling down with their respective life partners. Even at a very superficial level, the basic narrative comes across as highly uninspired, unimaginative and of course mundane.
This problem is magnified even further courtesy some lazy and half-baked writing. The screenplay, which has been written by Pooja Verma, is cliched and extremely predictable. In fact, at no point does it offer anything even remotely fresh or different.
Moreover, the screenplay fails to give any of the characters a proper backstory. As such, all the characters come across as mere caricatures. To make matters worse, there is way too much emphasis on ‘telling’ rather than ‘showing’. This makes it impossible for the viewers to be even remotely interested in the onscreen proceedings.
Almost all the scenes have a ‘seen it before’ feel about them. This in turn ends up diluting their impact and that too in a major way. In fact, ‘Wedding Pullav’ is one of those disasters that fails to offer anything memorable as far as the narrative is concerned.
Coming to performances, Diganth tries his level best to put on a lively act. However, the 31-year-old is letdown by the lacklusture screenplay. Anushka Ranjan delivers what can only be described as as wooden performance. The same unfortunately must also be said about Sonalli Seghall. She maintains a blank expression throughout the film . In fact, at some points it appears that she is merely going through the motions.
As far as the supporting cast is concerned, veteran actors Satish Kaushik and Parmeet Sethi are wasted. They get no scope to showcase their acting prowess. Similarly, Rishi Kapoor and Karan Grover to end up getting quite a raw deal.
However, some credit must be given to ‘Chintuji’ for enacting his bit with absolutely sincerity.
The music, which has been composed by Salim Sulaiman, is decent. The title track is the pick of the lot. The same sadly can’t be said about the editing. The film’s opening sequence as well as its climax feel like a stretch. They could have been shortened.
The cinematography is pretty okay. The limited use of frontal close up shots in the emotional sequences has sort of concealed the weaknesses of the actors concerned.
To cut a long story short, ‘Wedding Pullav’ is a stale and boring attempt at storytelling. Stay away from it at all costs.
Rating: 0.5/5
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