Santhosh Manchale (Diganth) is in an unhappy marriage, where his wife ill treats him despite him giving everything to that marriage. He is in debt, loses his promotion at work and still is afraid of his dominating wife. He is invited to his friend's bachelor party, which he attends by lying to his wife and there he meets Madhav aka Maddy (Yogi), the one friend he is afraid to meet. As he feared, the drunken bachelor party in Bengaluru leads him to wake up at a hotel in Bangkok along with Maddy and their retired P. T. teacher. What shocker Santhosh finds in Bangkok and further the mess the trio gets into forms rest of the story.
To be honest, even I am pretty surprised at finding the routine men with dominating wives, getting the life sucked out of them to be still funny. This is not a new story yet the writers know the limitations and within that, they have filled with as many laugh out loud moments they could. At 2hrs 25mins, the film is lengthy and it is mainly due to the slow narrative. I need to clarify that the slow narration doesn't hamper the funny moments as the actors get the timing right throughout. Yogi's entry happens 30mins into the film and until then the focus is on Diganth's story despite repetitive scenes, the jokes land well.
The second half does provide a twist and drags along a bit but with the entry Prakash Thuminad ensures hilarious moments. Then there is Achara Kirk as well. The entire third act definitely belongs to Balaji Manohar who simply owns the scenes. Sole complaint will be about the runtime as the films in this genre should have a runtime of 2hrs at max. The final act does provide the full blown mad cap fun and that is where the director won. There is a surprise cameo and a super surprise special appearance as well, as these gimmicks definitely work.
To be honest, even I am pretty surprised at finding the routine men with dominating wives, getting the life sucked out of them to be still funny. This is not a new story yet the writers know the limitations and within that, they have filled with as many laugh out loud moments they could. At 2hrs 25mins, the film is lengthy and it is mainly due to the slow narrative. I need to clarify that the slow narration doesn't hamper the funny moments as the actors get the timing right throughout. Yogi's entry happens 30mins into the film and until then the focus is on Diganth's story despite repetitive scenes, the jokes land well.
The second half does provide a twist and drags along a bit but with the entry Prakash Thuminad ensures hilarious moments. Then there is Achara Kirk as well. The entire third act definitely belongs to Balaji Manohar who simply owns the scenes. Sole complaint will be about the runtime as the films in this genre should have a runtime of 2hrs at max. The final act does provide the full blown mad cap fun and that is where the director won. There is a surprise cameo and a super surprise special appearance as well, as these gimmicks definitely work.
