''Main Aur Mr. Riight'' () is a 2014 Indian romantic drama directed by Adeeb Rais. The film stars
Barun Sobti
Barun Sobti ( ; born 21 August 1984) is an Indian actor, known for his roles in television series '' Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon'' (2011–2012) and '' Asur'' (2020–present).
He started his acting career in 2009 with Star Plus show '' Shraddh ...
and Shenaz Treasurywala as the lead pair. ''Main Aur Mr. Riight'' tells the story of a single girl in search of her Mr. Right. The film was released on 12 December 2014.
Plot
Alia Raj is a popular casting director in Mumbai, who believes she has the perfect life, perfect friends, and perfect personality, and therefore needs the perfect guy, Mr. Right. All of her friends are in committed relationships, dating, engaged and married, and are constantly trying to match make for her. Sick of her friends trying to control her life, Alia decides to take things into her hands. Here enters Sukhwinder Singh, born in Punjab and raised in Delhi, is an aspiring actor who has not gotten his break in movies yet. Alia pays Sukhi to play the role of a guy named Vridhaan Dalmia, her version of Mr. Right, to get her friends off her back. Sukhi, who is the complete opposite of Alia, takes time into getting into the role, but eventually wins the heart of all of Alia's friends and even becomes friends with Alia. Alia's friend Abhay, who is dating the gold digger Diya, reveals he has feelings for Alia, and Alia decides to choose Abhay. Sukhi, who has developed feelings for Alia gets depressed and goes away. The rest of the story is about how Alia discovers her feelings for Sukhi and realizes that Mr. Right is not always who you think it is supposed to be.
Cast
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Barun Sobti
Barun Sobti ( ; born 21 August 1984) is an Indian actor, known for his roles in television series '' Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon'' (2011–2012) and '' Asur'' (2020–present).
He started his acting career in 2009 with Star Plus show '' Shraddh ...
as Sukhwinder Singh aka Sukhi/Vridhaan Dalmia
* Shenaz Treasurywala as Aliya Raj
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Shubhra Gupta
Shubhra Gupta is an Indian film critic, writer and columnist for ''The Indian Express'' from New Delhi, India. She received the Ramnath Goenka Award for Best Writing on Cinema in 2012. She was a member of the Central Board of Film Certificatio ...
of
The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Limited, Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, ...
gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, writing "Varun Sobti gets the hungry-actor look right, but the smiley Shenaz Treasurywala needed to be deeper"The Hindu wrote "A livewire, Shehnaz has finally got a film to showcase her talent and she doesn’t disappoint as the prim and proper girl who feels she is sorted but is actually not. She fumbles when the character demands more depth but is consistently fun to watch. Barun is not bad either but they have been saddled with a material that has long lost its bite. Even the tribute to Anil Kapoor-Amrtia Singh starrer "Pya Bina Chain Kahan Re" ( Saheb) fail to generate goose bumps. It only makes you miss an era when even tripe was stirred well." Paloma Sharma of
Rediff.com
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gave the film half star out of 5, writing "Barun Sobti fares better than his costars in the acting department. Main aur Mr Riight is a tad too pretentiously philosophical to be taken seriously."
Bollywood Hungama
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gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5, writing "On the whole, MAIN AUR MR. RIIGHT can be avoided without any regrets.