Film: Thank You For Coming

Cast: Bhumi Pednekar, Shehnaaz Gill, Kisha Kapila, Shibani Bedi, Karan Kundrra and Dolly Singh

Directed by: Karan Boolani

Available: In theatres

Rating: 2.5 Moons

Director Karan Boolani's Thank You For Coming can be easily defined as a sex-comedy film. But there is no graphic sex, or a europhic orgasm shown! The Rhea Kapoor production stars Bhumi Pednekar in the lead and  Shehnaaz Gill, Kusha Kapila, Shibani Bedi and Dolly Singh are part of her girl gang.

The story revolves around Kanika Kapoor (Bhumi), a Delhi girl in her thirties who is not just messy from inside but from outside too. Living in her own world trying to blend with reality, she has been bullied in her childhood for a string of reasons, and makes efforts to be 'cool' in today's society. Being raised by a single mother, Bhumi has two best friends Pallavi and Tina played by Dolly and Shibani respectively that are always by her side.

Although the conversations about sex for her are common as her mother is a gynecologist, Kanika finds it a trouble to realize that she never experienced orgasm until someone finally finds her 'G-Spot' at her engagement party. But there is a twist. She doesn't recall who gave her the ultimate pleasure!

Anil Kapoor, Karan Kundrra, Sushant Divgikar, Pradhuman Singh and Gautmik are the men in Kanika's life from which she has to find out who did the pleasurable deed to her.

In retrospect, Thank You For Coming does remind one of Veere Di Wedding with its beautiful bonding between the girls gang but this film differs as Bhumi is shouldering the major weight of the topics covered. Shehnaaz's '5 scenes appearance' hillare one-liners were needed more. Shibani's character is the best of the lot but has no definition. Dolly acts well in whatever material is drafted for her. Kusha's is wasted as the quintessential bitch in 3 scenes. But it's Bhumi's film, and nowhere her performance is 'thandi' however it's neither a 'thaa'.

In the guys department, it's the ageing in reverse, Anil shines! Praduyam holds the fort as Jeevan, and Sushant shines in Pari song, but they are nothing to be written home about.

Kudos to the makers to bring such a taboo discussion to the big screens but at some point it’s just too much of sex! The screenplay could have been packed with more funny dialogues with some extra screen space to the girl gang. That said, TYFC has its heart and intent in the right place. However the film does give pleasure with smashing patriarchy and stereotypes, it somehow misses giving the ultimate pleasure to the audience.