ADULTERY IN BED FOLLOWS LOSS OF FIDELITY IN HEAD

“Adultery is the application of democracy to love,” HL Mencken, the American scholar, said tongue in cheek. The democratic process is believed to begin with the proverbial 'seventh year itch'.

"ಬಿಸಿ ಬಿಸಿ" ('Bisi Bisi', which translates to: 'Hot Hot') is a 2004 Kannada film that has the shenanigans of a married man for its theme. The comedy flick was successful at the box office; it was remade into Hindi ('Prem Kaa Game).

Vijay (Ramesh Aravind) is leading a blissful, but boring life in a small town married to prim, proper Radha (Anu Prabhakar). A casual reunion with his school classmate, Prakash (Siddaraj Kalyankar) gets Vijay thinking about leading life in the fast lane. A timely transfer to fast-paced Bengaluru follows...oh, with a promotion to boot.

Switch scenes; and, thrill and titillation abound in Vijay's professional career, or rather office. Fate too favours fun and frolic; for, Radha goes to her maternal home, leaving Vijay alone at home for a few days. On top, a model, Sanju (Madhuri Bhattacharya) moves into his neighboring apartment– just what the doctor had ordered!

So, do Vijay's valour become the worse part of discretion? Does he succumb to the lures of sexy Siren, Sanju...and, his own carnal urges in overdrive?

That is the rest of the film...a laugh riot, despite its musty theme of lusty passion and indiscretion!

Director Ramanath Rugvedi has put onscreen a cute comedy about the fragility of familial relationships once familiarity sets in. The narration of the seven stages of wedlock is innovative and humouristic. There is philosophy engrained in the climax. Wish he had been subtler with the dramatisation of some scenes though, for the excessive melodrama is irritating.

Ramesh Aravind's screenplay is good. Rajendra Karanth's dialogues are witty; thankfully he has not relied on crass vulgarity or sexual innuendos for cheap laughs. The song and dance sequences added out of commercial compulsion are surely distracting. The flick is no technical masterpiece though. Milind Dharmasen's music is alright, but not standout.

Ramesh Aravind's acting is delectably good; Anu Prabhakar too is equally delightful in her role as a dutiful, beautiful wife. Madhuri Bhattacharya adds to the glam quotient; she has out-of-this-world oomph-factor. Achyuth Kumar, Siddaraj Kalyankar, Shankar Rao, lend support and add to the boisterous revelry...at times, it is overly slapsticky.

I rate this zingy and zesty comedy: 7.0 on 10!