One Friday Night

FILM Review: One Friday Night streaming on Jio Cinema

Ek Friday night ki kahani hai . A cheating husband Ram ( Milind Soman) & his lover, Nirosha ( Vidhi Chitalia) plan a romantic rendezvous at the former's remote bungalow near Lonavala.

The wife who is a gynaecologist, Lata ( Raveena Tandon) is unaware of this and thinks he is in Nagpur for a business meeting. Ram suffers a freak accident in the midst of their romantic interlude and is badly injured. Unable to get any help in the stormy night, the exasperated Nirosha calls the Lata. Upon reaching the bungalow & understanding what is going on, Lata & Nirosha are left confronting each other in an interesting faceoff. After a while Lata leaves the two lovers and that's when the real fun starts!!

Raveena Tandon has given an excellent performance as a wife who is devastated by her husband's infidelity and yet has to take care of him as a doctor. Milind Soman is sadly wasted. Vidhi's role too had great potential ,but she is unfortunately shown to be too passive. A decent performance though.

Manish Gupta who has given us brilliant films like Rahasya and Section 375 should be commended for trying to steer away from the normal Bollywood cliches & trying something different. The remote villa & the rainy night have been used very effectively. However, the lack of dramatic moments and a somewhat insipid narrative slows the film down.

Though it is a short film of around 90 mins and might seem a bit slow , the unexpected twist in the end makes it worth the watch !!

Going with 2.5/5 for this one ... Adios🙂!!

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