Finally the Pati Patni Aur Woh Do is released today. Although this movie has been promoted as a "family-friendly" film that contains many humorous and confusing components, it has also tried to recreate the traditional "old school" Bollywood situational comedies. A talented cast (Ayushmann Khurrana, Wamiqa Gabbi, Rakul Preet Singh, and Sara Ali Khan) is featured in the film; however, there is no originality or adequate comedy (not enough laughs). Therefore, this can’t be called a "COMEDY". 

Storyline

In the film, Ayushmann Khurrana plays Prajapati, the regional forest officer and is living a happy and tranquil life with wife Wamiqa Gabbi (reporter at the local television station in Prayagraj) when he is assigned to work with Rakul Preet Singh, an old acquaintance from the department who provides background information about Prajapati's daily duties.

Gajraj Tiwari, the local MLA's son (Sunny, played by Sara Ali Khan) and his girlfriend, Chanchal, a story that Aparna covered leads into this storyline. Gajraj is opposed to his son dating a girl from another caste and has sent henchmen to harass Chanchal. To protect herself from Gajraj, she spends time with Prajapati, which creates some tension in his marriage.

The situation quickly turns into total confusion. Prajapati and Neelofar are involved romantically. However due largely in part due to events that occur throughout the night’s festivities, Neelofar will learn more about the truth behind Prajapati having an affair with someone older than she originally thought. Thus begins a time of uncertainty and mistrust; creating problems for both them personally and professionally: jeopardizing not only their marriage but possibly their social status as well.

Positive Points

The performance by Ayushmann Khurrana is very impressive, as he attempts to improve upon an awful script through his own natural humor. Wamiqa Gabbi has an extraordinary ability to convey emotions such as jealousy and/or frustration in her acting ability.

Rakul Preet Singh brings energy to the film and has good technical timing, while Ayesha Raza, who plays the bua, continues to give us genuinely hilarious moments every time she is on-screen.We are entertained for very small portions, primarily by a few lines or situational jokes, but they do provide us with some good entertainment.

Negative Points

The writing for this family-comedy was simply bad - it was too much like older films from India, with the misunderstandings created by old-fashioned drama and the comedy based on suspicion being very repetitive. It made many of the scenes in this film feel long and not really funny.

The acting from Sara Ali Khan was quite often over-the-top. The performances from Vijay Raaz and Tigmanshu Dhulia were also unfortunately unremarkable. The storyline regarding conflict within the Indian caste system is poorly written and underdeveloped. Even though the movie takes place in Prayagraj and Banaras, there is nothing about the two towns that gives an accurate representation of life there. 

Overall: While this film had a chance at being a humorous, family-oriented film; the miscommunication, outdated humour, weak character development through storytelling kept it from being a good movie. Although some performances were funny at times, but the film overall was average and not memorable.