What's It About: Let's get one thing....er, straight. Homosex-uality is finally out of the closet in our films. Well, sort of. Last year's Dostana had the leading men pretending to be gay. Now Straight has Pinu Patel (Vinay Pathak), a 30-plus virgin who starts believing he is gay, after a brief encounter with a man.

He runs a restaurant called Gaylord in London and the fact that he's more attracted to the charming stand-up comedian Kamlesh (Anuj Choudhry) rather than the pretty new accountant Renu (Gul Panag) in his eatery, doesn't really help Pinu's sexual confusion.

What's Good: Confusion of sexuality is a theme yet in its infancy in our films. Director Parvati Balagopalan keeps the going light-hearted and frothy. Seriously, being funny about sexual preferences doesn't come easily to our cinema. Straight just about manages it with dignity and charm.

The triangular relationship among Pinu, Renu and Kamlesh is punctuated by bouts of laughter. The camaraderie that grows between the male characters is specially likeable. Not just Pinu and Kamlesh, but Pinu and his London-born brother Rajat (Sid Makkar) who finally turns out to be what Pinu suspected himself of being.

While Vinay Pathak brings a characteristic candour and confusion to his character's personality. Gul Panag is camera-friendly.