This movie is not about wife-swapping. Yes, it forms a part of the narrative, but essentially that is not what the story is about. Instead it is a flip-flop of perspective where the question asked is – does what applies to the goose, apply to the gander? In other words when men stray or want to stray, and then come back, the usual line of action suggested is to mope a bit and then take them back. The excuse – You know how men are.
The film asks if it is equally acceptable to the husband if his wife strays. And if not, why not? In the wife swapping exercise, the character of Ranvir Shorey expects his wife, Konkona Sen to not have sex while he does. He is mystified in the morning when he sees that a close bond has formed between his wife and the other man and assumes she has slept with him.
The film also exposes a sort of hypocrisy in the male character who is ’’modern’’ enough to think of wife swapping but not modern enough to let go of the traditional Indian male’s view of his wife – the ’oh, she wouldn’t do anything even if she had a chance.’ The other characters of the film are just a catalyst to Ranvir Shorey’s juvenile plan starting from the US based friend who tells him about wife swapping, his office colleagues who bemoan their married existence to the other ’swinging’ couple themselves, played by Rajat Kapoor and Koel Purie. Purie is funny and completely balmy in the movie. Watch out for the airhostess scene.