Mere Husband Ki Biwi
- Director
- Mudassar Aziz
- Studio
- Pooja Entertainment
- Release Date
- 21 February 2025
- Running Time
- 142 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- India
- Budget
- ₹12.73 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹12.73 Cr
Cast
Review
Mere Husband Ki Biwi arrives with a premise that could have worked in more capable hands, but director Mudassar Aziz squanders what should have been a playful romantic comedy on a foundation of lazy writing and juvenile humor. The film's central love triangle setup holds inherent potential, yet the execution defaults to predictable narrative beats and cheap gags rather than exploring any genuine wit or originality. What's most frustrating is how the film fails to utilize its three leads—Arjun Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar, and Rakul Preet Singh each bring natural charm and screen presence, offering occasional moments that hint at what could have been. Their efforts, however, prove insufficient against such undernourished material, and the supporting cast feels reduced to delivering one-liners rather than inhabiting real characters.
The fundamental issue isn't that Mere Husband Ki Biwi swings too boldly and misses; it's that it barely swings at all. The narrative opts for safety over creativity, padding its runtime with melodrama and potty humor that feels beneath everyone involved. While the film avoids genuine offensiveness, it exists in a creative void—neither entertaining enough to engage audiences nor sharp enough to offer any meaningful perspective on its subject matter. In an industry already crowded with formulaic fare, this entry doesn't even achieve the baseline entertainment value necessary to justify its theatrical presence.
Rating: 2.5/10
Storyline
So basically, this guy Ankur is a real estate guy who's been pretty messed up ever since his divorce from his college sweetheart Prabhleen five years ago. He's stuck in this cycle where he can't seem to make any relationship work because he's still dealing with all that baggage. His best friend convinces him to give love another shot, and he meets this woman named Antara who he actually knew back in college. Things seem to be going pretty well between them, and he finally opens up to her about what went wrong in his marriage.
It turns out Ankur's marriage with Prabhleen fell apart because they had completely different priorities and lifestyles. She was super focused on her journalism career while he was all about the glamorous lifestyle, and his family didn't really accept her either. Their schedules never matched up, they fought constantly, and honestly, he treated her pretty badly throughout their relationship. Eventually, they called it quits, and Ankur thought he was moving forward.
Then things get really weird when Ankur finds out that Prabhleen's been in an accident and has lost all her memories of the past five years. So she doesn't remember any of the awful stuff that happened between them, and she's still totally in love with him. Meanwhile, he's already proposed to Antara, which creates this whole messy love triangle situation. Oh, and plot twist — Prabhleen and Antara apparently have some serious history with each other that gets revealed through flashbacks.
