<p>Puja is the star of an adult hotline. She is sharp, sensible, sympathetic and everything a lovelorn man picks up his phone in the night for. She is also male.</p>.<p>Ayushmann Khurrana is all hanky-panky as he sweet-talks men (and women) with his husky whispers at a seedy call centre. His versatile vocal cords fetch him Rs 70,000 a month, a profitable leap from playing Radha or Sita at local festival committee programmes. He has the gift of the gab and the voice too (and boy, what a voice!).</p>.<p>‘Dream Girl’ weaves its phone magic, but the tricks get jaded with every second ring. Khurrana is a hoot, so is his turbaned friend (Manjot Singh). The two mouth some of the best one-liners of the year. Yet, predictability mars the film, and all that one is left with is some funny call logs.</p>.<p>A traffic cop (Vijay Raaz) wants to unleash his inner shayar; a volatile millennial itches to spice up his love life; a thrice-jilted woman seeks a girl shoulder to cry on; and a widower (a superlative Annu Kapoor as Khurrana’s up-for-anything dad) doesn’t mind some passion in old age... All of them hook up with Khurrana’s Puja on the phone.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Nushrat Bharucha parades her entire finery as she falls head over heels (a distracting pair of heels) for our nice bloke.</p>.<p>Ayushmann gives a standout performance with gender-bending glee. And that’s about it.</p>
<p>Puja is the star of an adult hotline. She is sharp, sensible, sympathetic and everything a lovelorn man picks up his phone in the night for. She is also male.</p>.<p>Ayushmann Khurrana is all hanky-panky as he sweet-talks men (and women) with his husky whispers at a seedy call centre. His versatile vocal cords fetch him Rs 70,000 a month, a profitable leap from playing Radha or Sita at local festival committee programmes. He has the gift of the gab and the voice too (and boy, what a voice!).</p>.<p>‘Dream Girl’ weaves its phone magic, but the tricks get jaded with every second ring. Khurrana is a hoot, so is his turbaned friend (Manjot Singh). The two mouth some of the best one-liners of the year. Yet, predictability mars the film, and all that one is left with is some funny call logs.</p>.<p>A traffic cop (Vijay Raaz) wants to unleash his inner shayar; a volatile millennial itches to spice up his love life; a thrice-jilted woman seeks a girl shoulder to cry on; and a widower (a superlative Annu Kapoor as Khurrana’s up-for-anything dad) doesn’t mind some passion in old age... All of them hook up with Khurrana’s Puja on the phone.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Nushrat Bharucha parades her entire finery as she falls head over heels (a distracting pair of heels) for our nice bloke.</p>.<p>Ayushmann gives a standout performance with gender-bending glee. And that’s about it.</p>