TV Show Review | Tota Weds Maina: Humour portrayal could be subtle; Rated 2 Stars
SAB TV has the reputation of being the best comedy entertainment channel among the Hindi GECs with their slogan “Asli Mazaa SAB Ke Saath Hai”. The channel guarantees to be a complete family entertainment with Hindi comedy shows for all ages.
The channel has launched their latest comedy show ‘Tota Weds Maina’ . It was aired on 14th January 2013 in the 10.30 pm slot. It is a comeback show for Gaurav Gera best remembered as Nandu of "Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi.” He had been conspicuous by his absence from the small screen. Kavita Kaushik popularly known as ‘Chandramukhi Chautala’ was earlier seen in the most famous show F.I.R., where she played the role of a female protagonist inspector giving the character a humorous touch.
Tota Weds Maina is a romantic comedy about a mismatched couple who work hard at making their marriage work. It is the story of a shy and introvert Totaram Tiwari’s marriage with the bubbly and outgoing Maina and how they deal with their shortcomings and overcome their problems with humor.
Tota and Maina are as different as chalk and cheese. While Tota is simple, honest, sincere and loving, Maina is adventurous, bold and talkative. She believes that life is boring without any twists. In the process, Tota always finds himself at the receiving end of Maina's misadventures.
The much awaited comedy show did not seem to live upto its expectations. Being in the genre of slapstick comedy Tota Weds Maina goes slightly overboard in trying to impress audiences.
Performance wise though the protagonists are shown to be childlike, the grown ups too behave with much immaturity in their respective roles . Their garish sense of dressing and over-acting too seemed a bit tedious.
They seem to be living in an outdated time zone where modernity has taken a backseat against the backdrop of rural settings though Maina does make an effort to keep up with the times when she is seen speaking broken English and uses a cell phone to communicate.
The humour portrayed in the show could have been more subtle in nature and more realistic . There is definitely room for improvement and the loud and noisy scenes could do with some toning down .
The characters efforts to mix the English language in their Hindi dialogues did create some hilarious moments in an otherwise insipid comedy.
Not much can be said at the moment but we can only wait and watch how this strangely matched couple deal with matrimony and overcome the hurdles they face post marriage.
Adgully gives the show ‘Tota Weds Maina’ a rating of 2 out of 5 stars.