> Main Meri Patni Aur Woh

Director: Chandan Arora
Starring Rajpal Yadav, Rituparna Ghosh, Kay Kay
Year of release: October 2005

'Main Meri Patni Aur Woh' talks about a small town resident's sense of insecurity. The director Chandan Arora establishes it without beating about the bush, he put more stress on substance than stars. He spins off an interesting family drama laced with abundant humour and manages to get the maximum out of his brilliant cast.

The film's plot revolves around an odd couple, Mithilesh Shukla (Rajpal) and his much taller, more attractive wife, Veena (Rituparna). Like a typically average middle class man, Mithilesh does not like being towered over by Veena. In fact, he is annoyed by people being overtly attentive to Veena every day, and desperately seeks a solution from Lord Shiva, whom he pacifies with a daily dose of milk and bananas.
Mithilesh's troubled heart gets some solace as he stops doing business with the local milkman and vegetable vendor. But his peace is short-lived. His world seems threatened again with the arrival of a neighbour Akash (Kay Kay) whom Veena knows from childhood. Old friendship gets a fresh lease of life, much to Mithilesh's discomfiture.
Software expert Akash smokes cigarettes, swigs whiskey on the rocks, strums a guitar and is the centre of attention anywhere. Let alone Mithilesh, the world knows Veena was meant for Akash and vice versa. Mithilesh is helpless, rather, helplessly sad. As he and Akash get together over whiskey on the rocks, Mithilesh wonders if their marriage too will soon be on the rocks. Will the couple lead a happy married life or not fors the rest of the story.
Music isn't much to talk about. Its hardly the film's strong point.
Both Rajpal Yadav and Rituparna Sengupta have given brilliant performances. Rajpal yadav can easily get into the skin of a character with effortless ease. Rituparna Sengupta impresses by underplaying her role and leaving room for Rajpal to play the protagonist. Kay Kay puts in another great show (it has become quite a habit with him) in perfect obeisance to his director.

But overall the film fails to really impress. Though funny sometimes, its not in the league of hungama and other comedy hits.