Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2

Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Nushrat Bharucha, Sonalli Sehgall, Ishita Sharma, Omkar Kapoor, Sunny Singh,Rumana Molla
Rated: 6/10
The sequel follows the original to the T. At least in the subject line. Yes, it is all about girlfriend bashing. Yes it is entirely misogynist. And yes, there is no pretense whatsoever about the fact that director Luv Ranjan has had a raw deal in life where the opposite sex is concerned.
But the point here is not to make it a point about the film being virulently gender biased. That it was always supposed to be. The point here is whether all that politically incorrect positioning is fulfilling the ultimate purpose that of being hilarious, tickling your funny bone and making you come out in a happy mood if you are a man, and in an unhappy one if you are a woman who can’t take jokes on yourself.
Well, it is hilarious but the laughs come with an unfair amount of punctuations. The dialogues are overtly aggressive in their take on women. And that 9-minute monologue in which no aspect of girls being deceitful, flighty, vain, timid, selfish and what not is spared, is yet again the highlight of the film. But then that’s what was the high point of the original and that being the first time the Indian audience actually got to experience it, was much better.
Having said this, the film will make some noise before going down simply because there are many truths and many half truths about girlfriends that will make you laugh. If you can take it, you can see this one.
Of course, if it helps, director Ranjan has promised that the next one in this vein would be about boyfriend bashing. One is sure, he will then have much more to say and, well, laugh about. Because we know all men are....
Source: The Sunday Pioneer, October 18, 2015

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