Mauji (Dhawan) and Mamta (Sharma) will become partners in their own enterprise which involves sewing machines and design wizardry and indomitable will, is something we know right when the film opens. Mamta and Mauji have been married for quite some time, but there is hardly any chemistry between them, leave aside biology. Most of the time, Mamta is either fetching water from outside the house or is making tea for her father-in-law, played by Raghuvir Yadav. On the other hand, Mauji is busy playing the lapdog to his employers, the Bansals, who own a shop in the heart of a big city.

Writer-director , Sharat Katariya, hasn’t named the places, it’s evident he is talking about Delhi and Ghaziabad. This could be any city’s story though. Sui Dhaaga has been conceived well. It tries to include what’s been left by the mainstream filmmaking for years. In my opinion, its biggest success is the simplicity of idea. It’s not exactly a success if it doesn’t reach to the bottom. Sharat Katariya (Dum Laga Ke Haisha) reveals a refreshing adroitness once again at creating the milieu of a small town that sits on the edge of modernity but cannot break free from its traditional values. Sui Dhaaga is set in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh. The characters that populate this landscape are largely believable. So notwithstanding the occasional wobbles that the film has to reckon with, it sails through in one piece. Varun Dhawan surprises with his willingness to take risks. Who would have thought he could play a docile character with such ease? He weaves his suits and charm with equal finesse. Anushka gets into the skin of a housewife who sheds her docility and takes on the role of a driving force for a diffident partner.She holds her own and never lets anyone snatch her spotlight.

Sui Dhaaga is set in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh. The characters that populate this landscape are largely believable. So notwithstanding the occasional wobbles that the film has to reckon with, it sails through in one piece. Small-town town couple wins big, pushing aside wily, wicked, unscrupulous townies and greedy rivals: the film’s single-point agenda is drenched in both sweetness and earnestness. The only trouble with the film is its total predictability: you know what’s coming miles before the characters do.