My Perfectt Husband plot

Bharathi (Sathyaraj) is a college professor who makes his wife Sarasu (Seetha) believe that she is the only love he has ever had in his life, even as he exhibits flirtatious behaviour with his colleague Vimala (Reshma Pasupuleti). An alliance that Bharathi’s family looks for their son Vaseegaran (Rakshan) brings Bharathi’s lie to light. It so happens that the girl, Deepika (Varsha Bollamma), seen for Vaseegaran is daughter of Bharathi’s childhood lover, also named Bharathi (Rekha).

My Perfectt Husband review

My Perfectt Husband consists of eight episodes; after binge-watching five episodes, I took a break in between resuming it. It felt the roles never changed since the beginning, giving a realization that there is a great absence in character arcs. There is a typical bubbly girl, an angry housewife, a man who can lie through his teeth, and you get the drift.

We are shown that Bharathi is a flirtatious man, which shouldn’t be a bothersome characteristic, if we also made to look into the psyche of the man who takes life as it comes by. But when the makers hint at him enjoying the romantic attention Vimala gives out towards him, especially at a crucial time when his wife comes to know his former love, it really takes a hard time to empathise with the central character. An example of this would be, when Bharathi says that one can take as much leeway in telling many lies, provided you have a wife who believes in them. Cut to, at a family moment, the same character professes a perfect husband is one who does not lie to his wife.

The series revolves around the concept of first love, a feeling that is very much experienced by most of the people. It also touches upon the aftermath of it as well, and how many eventually get over it and move on to finding their long-term partners. There are intercut flashbacks to the days Bharathi and Bharathi fell in love, and the reasons for their separation. It does not help serve the narrative and why we should see them meet after all these years. Similarly, when Vaseegaran and Deepika fall in love eventually, and at one point want to sacrifice their love, you pretty much do not care what they do with their lives. Deepika is a typical bubbly, energetic, and outspoken girl, who lies about her knowledge in fishing while living in Kerala home surrounded by backwaters. We don’t really get much about her, neither about the romance between her and Vaseegaran. Sarasu who is shattered to know the truth about her husband, Vaseegaran’s younger brother who takes romance lightly, and Deepika’s underage sister seemingly to know her way through men, are either disturbing to take in and characters left unexplored.

My Perfectt Husband seemingly does not wish to explore its characters. They are skin-deep and relatable, that after a point, you do not see yourself rooting for them. The moment that also includes the Bharathis meeting, which is a potential high point in the story, also gets a plain and unenthusiastic execution.

My Perfectt Husband verdict

My Perfectt Husband is confused as a genre, and does not seem to have a clarity on what it wants to be. Is it a comedy, family drama, or on lost love? The cast performance too, does not help us in figuring it out. The series lacks a emotional offering, resulting in a lackluster show.

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