It doesn’t help that the characters are poorly sketched and the comedy is jejune. Shivani’s earnest lecture about her right to be whoever she wants to be barely sinks in. It appears at times that Pati Patni Aur Panga is a movie of roughly 140 minutes chopped up into six episodes. There simply isn’t enough time to register the importance of the subject or Shivani’s feelings. In other places, humour has been a reliable weapon to allay anxieties over queerness, but not this time round. Written and directed by Abir Sengupta, the MX Player series aims to simplify the discrimination faced by trans people for the creatures living under a rock. The matter ends up in court, where Shivani gets to give a speech about feminism and LGBTQ rights. When she reminds him about what he should have remembered anyway, he has a meltdown. Belatedly, he realises that Shivani’s past is a blank. Coerced by his mother (Alka Amin), Romu rushes to the altar. Romu was so busy drooling over Shivani during their ridiculously short courtship that he did not register the fact when she told him about her sex change operation. How about a trans twist to shake up things? In the web series Pati Patni Aur Panga, Romu (Naveen Kasturia) wants to divorce his wife Shivani (Adah Sharma) – not because she has been cheating on him with a “Woh” but because she is the “Woh”. The “Pati Patni Aur Woh” formula is done to death. In Gujarat, love marriages may need parental consent, state to examine suggestion.Badminton: PV Sindhu’s season is at a crossroads with a new coach, tight schedule and a rough patch.Rush Hour podcast: Railway policeman kills three Muslims on train, then hails Modi and Yogi.2023 Booker Prize longlist: Here are the 13 books, one of them by an author of Indian origin.A new book reveals why Sonia Gandhi gave up her claim on Prime Ministership after the UPA’s victory.‘Who am I? What’s my purpose?: Actor Zeenat Aman asks philosophical questions in a new advertisement.‘If you don’t take off your clothes, we will kill you’: Kuki women paraded naked in Manipur.Railway policeman goes on a killing spree on train, then hails Modi and Yogi: What we know so far.Watch: How dogs and humans reacted to man walking on all fours dressed in a realistic dog costume.Watch: Singers Pink and Brandi Carlile’s duet of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ in honour of Sinead O’Connor. Communal violence in Haryana kills five: What we know so far.Patna High Court upholds Bihar caste survey.The plaintiff demands that the trailer, show, posters and anything promoting the show be taken down immediately. The legal notice lists a number of problematic dialogues and scenes that are showcased in the series. Read Also | 'High Time The Truth Came Out': Govinda After Krushna Abhishek's 'defamatory' Comments "The show must be taken down immediately": demands plaintiff The above points are not the only points that are mentioned in the legal notice. That the show further ridicules, trivializes and humorizes the lived experiences of all women, including and especially transwomen, who face violence, abuse, discrimination and oppression on a daily basis.The trailer and all episodes of the show perpetuate and propagate the social stigma, stereotypes, and humiliations faced by queer and transgender persons. The trailer as well as all episodes of the show are blatantly transphobic, misogynistic, malicious, factually incorrect, and derogatory and defamatory against queer and transgender persons, and all members of the LGBTQIA community.
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