SAUNKAN SAUNKNE
Cert 12A
155 mins
BBFC advice: Contains domestic abuse
Before he died last year, a 76-year-old head of an Indian religious sect had 38 wives, 89 children and 36 grandchildren.
Apparently, that was a modern-day record and begs the question - how did he have the time?
Most of us will be incredulous at his stamina and have only enough love - and occasionally enough patience - for one spouse.
But Amarjit Singh Saron's successful Punjabi comedy asks what it would be like to have just two - who also happen to be sisters.
It stars Ammy Virk as a happy-go-lucky farmer with a beautiful wife (Sargun Mehta) with whom he had been in a loving marriage for several years.
However, the fly in their ointment is that they only have a one per cent chance of having a child.
Thus, as she becomes broody, she seeks ways of resolving the situation and alights, in cahoots with her mother-in-law (Nirmal Rishi), on the prospect of finding her hubby a second wife.
This is certainly not as easy as it initially sounds until she looks towards her own family and the unlikely target of her younger, rather feisty sister (Nimrat Khaira).
There is little surprise that the proposed marriage arrangements cause many more ructions than were imagined not least between the previously close siblings.
I enjoyed Saunkan Saunkne it has an unusual and interesting concept which provokes plenty of fun.
Virk is engaging as the impish but put-upon farmer and I particularly fell for Mehta as the wife who is trying to do the right thing while trying to suppress her emotions.
Inevitably, she cannot keep a lid on them and an enjoyable if not laugh-out-loud farce ensues.
Reasons to watch: Unusual and funny premise
Reasons to avoid: A tad repetitive
Laughs: Three
Jumps: None
Vomit: Yes
Nudity: None
Overall rating: 7/10
Did you know? Polygamy became illegal in India in 1956, uniformly for all of its citizens except for Muslims, who are permitted to have four wives and for Hindus in Goa and along the western coast where bigamy is legal.
The final word. Sargun Mehta: "Right from the time I heard the story, I had been after the writer for this film. Then I took it up as a producer, and today the film is doing wonders. I love that people are loving the film. I think it takes a long time to build your trust in the audience." Telly Chakkar
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