Latest Bollywood Comedy Movie on Netflix: Wild Wild Punjab |

Latest Bollywood Comedy Movie on Netflix It was evident, even before Varun Sharma clambered onto the roof of a car and unfastened his fly, that Wild Wild Punjab was not meant to be taken seriously. But is it even that wild? This scene, a nod perhaps to Fukrey 3, is probably the looniest thing that happens in the film. The rest of Simarpreet Singh’s movie is oddly strained and docile, filled with ham-fisted hijinks and inane one-liners.

Khanna (Sharma) is reeling from a breakup as his girlfriend leaves him for greener pastures. His friends — Maan (Sunny Singh), Gaurav (Jassie Gill), and Honey (Manjot Singh) — plan to drag him out of his misery by gatecrashing his ex’s wedding. They embark on a road trip from Patiala to Pathankot, leading to manic misadventures across the Punjab countryside.

Latest Bollywood Comedy Movie on Netflix Wild Wild Punjab (Hindi)

Director: Simarpreet Singh
Cast: Varun Sharma, Sunny Singh, Jassie Gill, Manjot Singh, Patralekhaa, Ishita Raj Sharma
Run-time: 110 minutes
Storyline: Three friends help a fourth bounce back from a breakup by embarking on a road trip across Punjab

Throughout, writers Sandeep Jain and Harman Wadala, fleshing out a story by Luv Ranjan, rely on the lowest of cultural stereotypes. The Punjabis in Wild Wild Punjab come across as boisterous revelers with a finicky attachment to their wheels, making the state’s issues—drug abuse, suicide, gangsterism, illegal emigration—into puerile punchlines. Honey registers as a mustachioed caricature of a gold-hearted Sardar, his kindness triggered by a woman in distress calling him ‘Veer-ji’. There is an attempt to examine the dowry problem in Punjab, but it is overshadowed by lines like, “I’ll slap her…I don’t discriminate between boy and girl,” and everyone referring to Khanna’s ex as ‘veshya’ (real name: Vaishali).

Latest Bollywood Comedy Movie on Netflix

Varun Sharma’s character is slurry and inebriated for most of the runtime, making him barely distinguishable from his previous roles. Sunny Singh looks more relaxed compared to his performance in Adipurush. However, for a buddy comedy, the film never convincingly establishes the dynamics of the group. The film struggles to choreograph the comedic chaos it aspires to, with scenes like a chase involving a psychedelic truck, an SUV, a scooter, and a police van fizzling out without punch. Near the climax, a bottle of illegal pills is unloaded into chicken feed, yet nothing comes of this promising setup. This isn’t a Hangover movie, a fact that struck me as less a quip than a frank admission of defeat.

Detailed Overview

Attribute	Details
Name Of Movie	Wild Wild Punjab
Releasing Date	July 2024
Budget	Not disclosed
Review	1.5/5
Casting	Varun Sharma, Sunny Singh, Jassie Gill, Manjot Singh, Patralekhaa, Ishita Raj Sharma
Director	Simarpreet Singh
Writer	Sandeep Jain, Harman Wadala (Story by Luv Ranjan)
Producer	Not disclosed
Language	Hindi
Country of Origin	India

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Wild Wild Punjab is streaming on Netflix, but the film’s single-point agenda seems to turn Khanna’s massive pity party into a break-up tamasha. The film is a load of jaded tiresomeness, filled with stereotypes and unmemorable characters, leaving much to be desired in terms of refreshing and engaging comedy.