Main: Mithilesh Shukla aka Chote Babu - Played by Rajpal Yadav
Meri Patni: Veena - Played by Rituparna Sengupta
Woh: Akash – Played by Kay Kay Menon
Mithilesh: The university library is my temple and I’m the Pujari there! I adore books and love literature. I was a bachelor at well past my prime. Well, I had my own reasons for not tying the knot. Then one fine day my mother took out her usual ronaa-dhonaa…and my uncle started to push like anything….the pressure became too much and I had to relent. I went along with my uncle to meet a girl named Veena. Even before seeing her I was convinced that she would reject me. I mean…..I’m not handsome….not tall enough….not very smart. Not a guy in whom a girl would see her Prince.
Then I met Veena. And I was very sure that she would reject me. She was so beautiful that I couldn’t stop looking at her. Then we talked and I found her simple and open. She is well read and intelligent. It was a pleasure talking with her. God! I couldn’t stop smiling. I badly wanted to marry her. But, then I know my limits. She deserved a better man.
Veena: I’m a practical girl who has gone through the ladki-dekhna-ceremony for a few times. They will come and see me and say that they liked me. Nobody cared to ask how I felt! Then, this guy with a disarming smile came to see me - Mithilesh. He was such a simple person. He really listened to all that I had to say. Then he said that he really liked me and asked…..you know what?! He asked me to be his friend! Well, I think that’s what had me bowled over. I was in love with this bhola-bhala librarian!
At last Mithilesh and Veena get married and the problems start pouring in on Mithilesh. His wife is very beautiful and it was only natural that every guy – be it his best friend or the milkman – pays a compliment or two. This coupled with his inferiority complex makes life a hell for Mithilesh. But, he somehow manages his “competitors”. But the ultimate bad luck strikes in the form of Akash – Veena’s childhood friend….her chummy-buddy. Akash is everything that Mithilesh aspires to be. Every occasion proves to him that Akash is better suited to Veena than himself. In the end he brakes down utterly.
Well guys….the story of Main Meri Patni Aur Woh is very simple and it doesn’t require much imagination to guess the plot. But, it is the treatment that steals show. The good old, small town of Lucknow is in the background. The city is captured in its day-to-day life mode. The characters are sketched as realistic as possible. The casting is wonderful. It will be ridiculous if I start commenting on Rajpal Yaadav and Kay Kay. Let me just say that they are among my awesome-actors-list. This is the first time I’m watching Rituparna Sengupta. An actress of mettle with a haunting beauty!
I have seen this story before in a great Malayalam movie – Vadakkunokkiyantram. But I won’t say that the story is stolen, because the concept has a universal appeal. Mithilesh can be anyone among us. If you like a slow pace and are not particularly looking for larger-than-life heroes, see this movie. For a change, this will have you walking with a human being and sharing his emotional ups and downs. You will smile and cry with Mithilesh. You may want to yell at him at some point but still think that he was only human.
This movie is like its protagonist – unassuming. Watch it and get struck with the charm of simplicity!
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