Settled in London Pinu Patel (Vinay Pathak) is a flourishing restaurateur who runs an Indian restaurant. But the 30-crossed simple at heart bloke is still a virgin. His foster brother Rajat (Sid Makkar), however is a complete opposite of him and is a confident and overenthusiastic young man. A wannabe stand up comic artist (Anuj) lands up at Pinu’s restaurant hoping for a job but Pinu hires him instead as a cook who can also do a stand up comic act to entertain the hotel customers. Also, the very same day Pinu hires Renu (Gul) as his hotel’s cashier. These two new recruits change things for the better for Pinu as his business starts soaring. The three now become very good friends and start hanging out together. But certain situations then lead to make Pinu believe that he may actually be having Gay leanings. His foster brother Rajat advises him to have a sexual play with hot woman but all one thing leads to another and the chaos it all leads to forms the rest of the movie where Pinu has to struggle finding the woman of his dreams as well as come clean on his sexuality.

The wafer thin plot of the movie appears stretched after a point of time. Agreed the movie generates a few laughs here and there but what irritates you in the feeling of repetition that Vinay Pathak has begun to make while watching him on screen these days. It’s the same act he has been putting up in his recent movies such as Dasvidaniya and Oh My God the basic good at heart simpleton with a heart of gold who is always misunderstood by others. The film’s production values are of high standards and the locales of London have been captured very well too.

Parvati Balgopalan who gave us the pleasant romantic comedy Rules-Pyar Ka Superhit Formula in her second outing does an honest job. She efficiently handles the comic parts and kept the narrative engaging. The lively soundtrack of the film adds fun to the proceedings.

Like mentioned above, Vinay though puts in a genuine effort, disappoints as there is no novelty in his act. The only new thing well he manages to smooch Gul Panag. Gul looks extremely hot and puts in a high-quality performance. Newcomer Anuj Choudhary is likeable. Siddharth Makkar is good as well. Real life couple Rasik and Ketki Dave, together perhaps for the first time in a Hindi film, is fun to watch.

Straight is not one more Dostana but it is an enjoyable film.