Pati Patni Aur Woh Do is on Netflix.
Dashing forest officer Prajapati Pandey (Ayushmann Khurrana) is happily married to ambitious journalist Aparna Trivedi-Pandey (Wamiqa Gabbi), but their relationship descends into a comedy of errors when a friend comes knocking on his door for help.
Directed by Mudassar Aziz (‘Happy Bhaag Jayegi’, ‘Khel Khel Mein’), the 2026 comedy ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh Do’ stars Sara Ali Khan as Chanchal Kumari, the unexpected troublemaker in Prajapati’s peaceful married life. Chanchal is in love with the son of a powerful politician (Tigmanshu Dhulia), and when a photograph of the pair leaks online, the furious neta sets out to track down his son’s mysterious girlfriend. Prajapati’s solution is simple: pretend to be Chanchal’s boyfriend until the heat dies down. Unfortunately, the plan keeps getting comically complicated, especially after Chanchal’s best friend, Nilofer (Rakul Preet Singh), becomes convinced the two are secretly having an affair.
Set between Prayagraj and Varanasi, ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh Do’ is primarily about whether Prajapati can get away with helping Chanchal without getting in trouble himself. The film is passably funny for large stretches, even if its momentum is frequently interrupted by forgettable song-and-dance numbers and a handful of stale, cringe-worthy raunchy jokes.
For instance, there’s a scene where a female colleague joins Prajapati in his car, drops something, and bends down to pick it up, prompting an onlooker to assume the two are up to something scandalous. It’s the sort of gag we’ve seen countless times in Bollywood, Hollywood, and just about every other “-wood” film industry around the world. On the other hand, the film cleverly uses classic Bollywood tracks in the background, the song choices often making scenes funnier than the jokes themselves.
Wamiqa Gabbi delivers the strongest performance in Pati Patni Aur Woh Do. She is effortlessly confident as Aparna, a journalist determined to launch her own news channel, without turning the character to a clichéd comedic trope. Sara Ali Khan, meanwhile, goes in the opposite direction, overplaying Chanchal Kumari to the point where she becomes more irritating than amusing. The contrast between the two actresses is striking: Wamiqa finds humor through restraint (an improvement from her performance in the comedy ‘Bhool Chuk Maaf’), while Sara opts for loudness which doesn’t work.
Rakul Preet Singh’s Nilofer lands somewhere in the middle. She’s entertaining enough as Chanchal’s protective friend. The same can be said for Ayushmann Khurrana, who delivers a serviceable performance without being particularly memorable. The writers throw in a few fun Easter eggs across ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh Do’ referencing his earlier films, including a joke about whether he’s a gynecologist, a clear nod to Doctor G. There’s also a silly sequence in which he speaks like a woman, instantly reminding fans of his ‘Dream Girl‘ films.
Vijay Raaz steals several scenes as Inspector Dharamveer, a U.P. cop obsessed with playing moral police by harassing young couples in parks, public spaces, and even seedy hotels. His character is an amusing jab at the state’s Anti-Romeo squads, infamous for targeting unmarried couples, especially around Valentine’s Day, often seeming more interested in extorting money than protecting public morality.
‘Pati Patni Aur Woh Do’ is very much a typical Bollywood comedy, packed with convenient coincidences, like four characters somehow ending up at the same under-construction building in another city, or Chanchal’s bua and Aparna’s mother randomly meeting and striking up a conversation in the same saree shop. That said, I’d give the creators brownie points for consistently weaving Prajapati’s job as a forest officer into the story, even if some of those situations are a tad ridiculous.
Even though ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh Do’ isn’t exactly a riotous laugh-fest, it’s a perfectly decent one-time watch, especially for viewers who are already fans of the primary cast.
Watch Pati Patni Aur Woh Do on Netflix.
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