Mythri Movie Makers, Ganesh Acharya Media & Entertainment and V2S Production & Entertainment’s Pintu Ki Pappi (UA) is an unusual story of a young man, Pintu (Shushant), who falls in love with different girls at different points time but they invariably get married to other guys. Soon, Pintu realises that the girls whom he kisses end up getting married to other guys. Hence Pintu and his maternal uncle (Ganesh Acharya) start a marriage bureau which guarantees parents marriage of their daughters. The modus operandi is that every prospective bride is kissed by Pintu so that her marriage is finalised soon. One day, Pappi’s (Jaanyaa Joshi) father (Murali Sharma) gets Pappi to the marriage bureau but Pintu refuses to kiss her as he falls in love with her. What happens thereafter? Do Pintu and Pappi get married to each other? If so, how? If not, what happens to the two of them?
Shiv Hare has written a story which is implausible. Had it been a crazy comedy, even the implausible story may have worked to an extent, but that’s not the case. The screenplay by Anadi Sufi and Shiv Hare, with additional screenplay by Dr. Shyamli Pandey, is full of anecdotes, only a handful of which are enjoyable. The unbelievable drama comes in the way of the enjoyment of the audience because every time a girl’s marriage is finalised, the question that crops up in the viewers’ minds is: how can this be possible? The culmination of the drama is also so convenient that the audience are left wondering why this ending didn’t come to anyone’s mind earlier. For the viewers to believe that a curse could have worked so effectively is also difficult. Anadi Sufi and Shiv Hare’s dialogues, with additional dialogues by Farhad Samji and Piyush Singh, are good at places only.
As Pintu, newcomer Shushant is fair as far as his acting is concerned. He looks quite good and dances well but needs to improve in acting and action. Debutante Jaanyaa Joshi looks nice and does a reasonable job as Pappi. Newfind Vidhi (as Pammi) does well in a role that gives her limited scope; she looks good. Ganesh Acharya is a bit over the top as Pintu’s maternal uncle. Vijay Raaz has his moments as Jimmy Dada. Murali Sharma is effective as Pappi’s father. Ali Asgar is adequate as the gay goon. Pyumori Mehta lends ordinary support as Pintu’s mother. Mukteshwar Ojha is dull as Pintu’s father. Pooja Banerjee (as Jamuna), Aditi Sanwal (as Aditi), Ria S. Soni (as Bindu), Sunil Pal (as the ice cream man), Ajay Jadhav (as the cleaning man), Urvashi Chauhan (as Dolly), Deepna (as Shaalu) and the rest pass muster.
Shiv Hare’s direction is just about ordinary. Music (by Nitin ‘Nitz’ Arora, Sonny K.C., Prasad S., Shafaat Ali, Sonal Pradhan, Ankit Sharma, Abhinav Thakur) is average. Lyrics (Raman Raghuvanshi, Nitin ‘Nitz’ Arora, Sonal Pradhan, Kumar Nigranth and Shiv Hare) are functional. Song picturisations (Sachin Poojary, Jayshree Kelkar, Tushar Shetty and Sanjeev Howladar) are alright. Prasad S.’s background music is okay. Ajay Pandey’s cinematography is of a fine standard. Action and stunt scenes (composed by Abbas Ali Moghul and Real Satish) are quite exciting. Amrish Patange and Dayanidhi Patturajan’s production designing is fair. Manoj Magar’s editing is suitably sharp.
On the whole, Pintu Ki Pappi stands bleak chances because of the implausible script and drama.
Released on 21-3-’25 at Inox (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru PVR Inox Pictures. Publicity & opening: weak. …….Also released all over. Opening was dull everywhere.