First things first. I think Sunny Leone is awesome, I don’t judge her at all. In fact, she is on her way to become Shah Rukh Khan. Her interviews are way better than her acting.
One Night Stand has poor acting, and is ineptly visualised and executed. Sadly, even the sex scenes are insipid and over-the-top. Despite the name and the poster, One Night Stand is not about Sunny’s sexcapades. The film revolves around a most despicable fellow, one Urvil (Tanuj Virwani) – an all-star event manager, serial philanderer and clumsy jogger. Urvil spends a night with Celina (Sunny) in Phuket to win a bet. But unlike his usual affairs, Celina stays with him and he keeps fantasising about her, even when he is with his wife. When he runs into Celina back home in Pune, he becomes obsessed with her. Both Urvil and Celina lied during their Phuket dalliance, but he only blames the women in his life for his ever mounting problems.
Sunny Leone struggles to emote while Tanuj Virwani contorts his face constantly. The smaller characters in the film are even worse. The music is supremely forgettable. The only silver lining is the film’s theme. Urvil’s male entitlement and hypocrisy could have been a mirror held up to many of us. But the script fails itself, especially towards the end. Instead of letting the story unfold through its characters, we hear a long moralising sermon from Celine.
Just for the theme, this film gets 1.5 QUINTS out of 5. Stick to watching Sunny Leone interviews – they are far more intelligent and entertaining.
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