Straight - Ek Tedhi Medhi Love Story
Get ready to take on a funny ride with Paravati Balagopalan's 'STRAIGHT- Pinu Patel Ki Tedhi Medhi Love Story'. The film sees Vinay Pathak, Gul Panag, Anuj Choudhary, Sid Makkar, Achla Sachdev, Damandeep Singh Baggam, Ketki Dave, and Rasik Dave in the lead roles.
This flick is being produced under the banner of IDream Production and is all set to hit theatres by the first week of March, 2009. The story is about the confused sexuality of the central character Pinu Patel, played absolutely to the galleries by Vinay Pathak. Straight picks up from where 'Dostana' left and weaves a comic tale around a motely group of Gujrati NRIs in London.
In the midst of central London is a successful Indian restaurant called 'Gaylord' run by a Londoner of Indian origin called Pinu. A simple soul at heart, Pinu has many complexes - a special one being that he is a virgin and has experienced no intimacy with a woman. To top that, his biggest fear is to be laughed at by people. an ever-repeated phenomenon with him.
Pinu is quite an introvert and has no real friends.the closest he has ever gotten to a friendship is with his foster brother Rajat, who is quite a contrast to his own personality -A casual air about him, he is the lead singer of a rock band. Rajat is very fond of Pinu, though Pinu often is a source of annoyance to him as he finds Pinu really funny.
One day, a young Indian Kamlesh comes to his restaurant seeking a job as a stand-up comedian. Quite thrown off, Pinu initially refuses but finally lets him join as a cook, who also does a stand-up act in the evenings. On the same day, he hires a new cashier - Renu, a young arts student from India, who has a passion for caricatures. Life changes dramatically for Pinu as Gaylord begins to transform.
Renu works on the look of the place, makes cheerful caricatures for customers while Kamlesh is a fabulous cook with a great talent for making people laugh at his acts and soon the restaurant becomes a more happening place and the business is much better. But the greatest difference they bring to his life is friendship. There is a visible difference in Pinu's personality now as he lets himself hang out a bit with them.
One fine day, Pinu is thrown in to a daze as he walks away from the restaurant .he has discovered a totally new fear - that he might be Gay!!
Pinu seeks refuge on Rajat's advice which is quite simply - screw a woman!
On a mission now, Pinu goes on a rampage seeking available women for a sexual rendezvous. However, it leads to him suffering another string of tragicomic situations, ending up feeling humiliated.and laughed at! 'Straight!!' is a funny tale about Pinu, who struggles with himself, his fears and his complexes, to 'come out' as straight and find himself a love story.
So people come March 2009, get set to go on a fun ride with Pinu and his team.