Thank You for Coming

Thank You For Coming review :

She's been looking for a frog to turn in to prince charming since her teens. At thirty plus of age, she's still not earned her orgasm. And that is after dating and mating with atleast half a dozen males, one of which is apna Anil Kapoor as a romantic shaayar twice her age.

Meet Kanika Kapoor (Bhumi Pednekar), whose life apparently revolves around satisfying her Gspot. Frustrated and unsuccessful at it, she finally agrees to settle with a richie rich goodie good dude (Pradhuman Singh), who is as straight as Bharat Bhushan of yore. Oh Bore!!

Finally, our Kanika aka Kannu experiences her first orgasm after a deep drunken party but unfortunately, doesn't remember whom she slept with. Was it her fiancé or the elderly shaayar or her bestie's curly burly hubby or someone else? Who gave her the satisfaction of a lifetime??!!!

The film's second half is dedicated to finding who the gentleman was... as Kannu goes about questioning her suspects, "Kya tumne?". It actually reminded me of Akshay Kumar asking similar thing to a dozen girls in Heyy Babyy (2007). But guys, that was a Sajid Khan trash and hence, utterly excusable!! Here, the proceedings get thoroughly monotonous and boring after the interval...

Bhumi Pednekar is an efficient actor and can rise above the script, given a good hand (pun unintended). But darlings, expecting her to shoulder an entire movie on her own, especially this one based on such a flimsy premise is taking things too far. About the rest of the cast, the less said the better.

Thank You For Coming tries to drive a point that seventy percent women in this world don't experience orgasm in their entire lives. Dunno how true or false it is!! If it is indeed true, the movie treats it so frivolously that it fails to register in any manner.

The climax offers a solution of "self help" as means to attain the ultimate sexual pleasure. "Aapla Haath Jagannath", it preaches unabashedly. But wasn't that the name of a blockbuster Dada Kondke movie of the '70s. Hmm, no further comment!!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

"Thank You for Coming" is a disappointing attempt at a sex comedy film. The movie's premise of five women navigating life, sex, and love had potential, but it falls flat due to poor writing and acting. The inclusion of social media content creators as leads did not add any value to the film, as their performances lacked depth and authenticity. The humor often felt forced and failed to deliver the witty and intelligent comedy one might expect from this genre. Overall, "Thank You for Coming" misses the mark and fails to leave a lasting impression, making it a forgettable and lackluster addition to the genre.

Hats-off to the producers rhea and ekta kapoor to boldly go where hindi cinema has not gone before. The female orgasm.

As the film states 70 per cent of indian women go through life without experiencing the ultimate bliss she's born for. Still, dutifully she carries on giving birth to generations.

Onanism is considered taboo. Even in the 21st century there are absurd restrictions both social and religious that dehumanise masturbation for the male, quacks who call themselves doctors cash in on these ridiculous restrictions. It's blasphemy to think the superior half aka the female can indulge in self-pleasure.

Not anymore. Thank you for coming takes it up boldly. Looses steam in between but heats up in the climax. Karan baloni was given a script vicky donor worthy, unfortunately the result is not a masterpiece but a mediocre film.

It could have gone places but drags and drags. Bhumi is turning out to be a revelation. Playing kanika kapoor without a hitch. The remaining cast is also kind of okay. Anil kapoor is wasted.

The recent omg ii according to yours truly, the best film of 2023 had an apt ally in the making alas, thank you for coming, lost steam.

Are they saying men would never be able to give pleasure to women, so women should learn to pleasure themselves? Or are they saying women who don't climax are 'defective pieces' - since they used this narrative repeatedly in the movie? Why not use this opportunity for actually providing sex education to our dear men?

Kusha's and Dolly's role is not mention-worthy. Bhumi has done a good job. And Shehnaz was good as well. I really like the music with some groove-worthy songs. I don't understand why Anil Kapoor was hired for such a subpar role.

And ofcourse, one extra star since my all time favorite song is a part of the soundtrack. Dil dhoondta hai fir wohi, fursat ke raat din..

The movie is difficult to sit through because of a jumbled up, skewed and erratic narrative. It is one big cringe fest. Its target is the urban elitist audience who also may not like it. The mixed up, clueless and dumb 30 plus heroine( Bhumi Pednekar) feels that the world is collapsing around her because she has not experienced orgasm. Even her mother and grandmother are of no help here.(Towards the end however her mother asks her to practice " self help" to solve her problem).

The movie's director presents a skewed view of the storyline and the movie falls flat inspite of best efforts. The acting is loud, unduly boisterous and irritating. There is a crude stereotyping of Punjabi families. They have been reduced to caricatures. There is an excess of parties, after parties, drinking, dancing etc. The movie shows a misplaced perspective of women's liberation. A few scenes appear sleazy and cheap. All actors have overacted without exception including Bhumi who is clearly miscast. And what was Anil Kapoor doing in this movie ? Though the production values are good the songs and dances are too loud and garish. The climax in the school auditorium was atrocious and ridiculous to say the least.

We have no problems with movies on subjects considered taboo but they need to be handled with care and sensitivity. The message of the movie should take into account broad societal norms.