Good Newwz is a sex comedy in the truest sense

‘Sperm’ ceased to be a dirty word in the Hindi cinema afterVicky Donor. Now in Karan Johar’s full-on sex comedy Good Newwz the word is given constant currency. Except that it’s pronounced  ‘spam’ by both Akshay and  Diljit.

I do hope there is an inside joke about that mispronunciation. This is a film that misspells ‘News’ in its title, mispronounces  ‘sperm’ and misrepresents everything to do with  In Vitro Fertilization(IVF) for the sake of laughter.

Laughter, it gets in abundance. The trailer proudly shows  off the comic timings  of  Akshay Kumar(his third release in 2019),  Kareena Kapoor Khan(her first attempt at  a full-fledged  comedy), Kiara Advani(who looks a bit  like  gatecrasher trying hard to join the party) and specially Diljit Dosanjh who is a hoot as  the wannabe  ‘cool’ dad. Whenever Dosanjh is on the screen in the trailer the narrative crackles with pleasure.

This guy can take a joke on himself.

In comparison, Akshay comes across as a bit jaded and trying too hard to be funny.  Overwork, perhaps,

The script seems to be an open book in the trailer. Before the trailer plays itself out we know that  Diljit’s ‘spam’ has been inadvertently injected into Kareena’s womb with hilarious consequences. The jokes are pointedly sexily risqué. In fact, the trailer opens with the doctor (Adil Hussain, trying hard to keep a straight face)  inquiring about Akshay and Kareena’s sex life.

Haha. Good Newwz is an interesting attempt to break the glass ceiling that divides the sex comedy and the mainstream comedy. What is wrong with  A-list actors talking about sex and sperms? Nothing, except that  Hindi cinema has been infuriatingly coy about matters below the waist. That’s about to change. Gone are the days when the sex comedy was the prerogative of Dada Kondke and Indra  Kumar.

Akshay and  Kareena can do it too. And let’s not forget Karan Johar has gone through the whole IVF rigmarole. He can afford to  joke about it