Plan A Plan B is a rom-com that skims the surface of matters of the heart as men and women, whether entering into matrimony or opting out of it, negotiate the sharp bends on the way. The film potters around without much of a roadmap. The result is a flimsy affair that leaves far too much to the actors to salvage.
Streaming on Netflix, Plan A Plan B, directed by Shashanka Ghosh (Khoobsurat, Veere Di Wedding) and written by Rajat Aroraa (Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, The Dirty Picture), presents an uninspired take on the cliched opposites-attracted-to-each-other theme and delivers a facile tale that revolves around a matchmaker/marriage counsellor/psychologist who plies her trade out of a shared workspace that also houses the office of an uptight divorce lawyer.
No prizes for guessing, Nirali Vora (Tamannaah Bhatia) and Kaustubh 'Kosty' Chougule (Riteish Deshmukh) have no love lost for each other. The two have been unlucky in their respective relationships and the past rubs off on how they deal with their obsessions and mental blocks.
Plan A Plan B swings between the vacuous to the odious in search of a sweet spot. All it manages to hit is the bottom of the barrel. The film volunteers a lot of information about the two principal characters and yet does not get us invested in their fate.
While the amiable Nirali thrives on bringing people together and saving marriages that are on the brink of collapse, the latter, an attorney who specialises in divorce and child custody cases, derives pleasure from helping couples part ways for good. No point fixing what's broke, he insists.