FILM REVIEW: WILD WILD PUNJAB

Rajesh Khanna wants to commit suicide as his girl leaves him for her employer. His friends swarm in to comfort him, advising him to use this opportunity to teach her a lesson instead, so he can feel good about informing her he's moving on. For that, they must travel in Honey Singh's cherished car, Paro, to get to her wedding location in Pathankot. Additionally, the car journey won't be boring at all!

Whether a film is serious or comedic, a "road trip" involves experiences and problems of many shades. With Punjab being a "Wild, wild" state, this implies alcohol, women, drug cartels, and the law. Not to mention the deadline for the wedding that the friends plan to disrupt, the full surprises, and the shocks (for the characters)!

First arriving to a wedding celebration (of their own choosing!), Rajesh (Varun Sharma) and his three benevolent allies, Honey Singh (Manjot Singh), Maan Arora (Sunny Singh), and Gaurav Jain (Jassie Gill), sing, dance, and get wasted on free alcohol. The following morning, two of them have removed their outer garments—happily, at that—and Gaurav, who is already engaged to be married, has taken Radha (Patralekha Paul) as his bride.

In order to marry her boss, Vaishali broke up with her fiance, Rajesh Khanna. In order to tell Vaishali directly, "I'm over you," Rajesh chooses to crash her wedding.

According to Rajesh, Vaishali is a "bitch." Some guys have fared significantly worse than others when it comes to accepting that the women in their relationships have gone on. Given that Wild Wild Punjab is a whack-a-mole comedy, Rajesh and his buddies bear an equal share of the pain, which also affects the audience.

The Netflix film featuring Simarpreet Singh is the most recent breakup advice from Luv Ranjan. The screenplay for Wild Wild Punjab was written by Sandeep Jain and Harman Wadala, while Ranjan came up with the story idea.

In addition to making one question why Ranjan can't get over this subject—much like the moping guys in his own movies—Wild Wild Punjab makes one wonder at the lack of aggression displayed by Rajesh (Varun Sharma) and his friends Mayank (Sunny Singh), Gaurav (Jassie Gill), and Honey (Manjot Singh).

The foursome makes a great effort, but they are unable to produce the chaos that comes from enraged drinking and spontaneous thought. Along the way, they have an unintentional wedding, a foolish run-in with the law, and a perilous meeting with two drug dealers.

A character remarks, "This isn't The Hangover movie," and he is also correct. We're over these films, where every scene tries too hard to live up to the promised wildness of the title.

The males who are intoxicated have short attention spans and are totally over their heads. The potential of the side story about Radha (Patralekha), who marries the first intoxicated man after being rejected by her fiancé, is overlooked in favor of standard farce about mislabeled medications and bullets sticking in derrieres.

There are times when the humour is acute enough to cut through the manufactured pandemonium. The person who supplied the malfunctioning firearm ends up getting hit by the bullets from it. A character cries, "Time for a gun chase—turn on the music!" However, self-awareness fades quickly.

Varun Sharma exhibited more crazy behavior in earlier movies such as Fukrey 3 and Chhichhore. As the gullible Gaurav, played by Jassie Gill, who has an oppressive father (Gopal Datt), he is a waste. Manjot Singh's Honey is the most endearing character; she is well-groomed, illogically irritable, and deeply in love with her car.