Do You Wanna Partner Review: Tamannaah Bhatia, Diana Penty’s Startup Drama Has No Logic, Just Froth | Web-series News

Last Updated:September 12, 2025, 05:05 IST

Do You Wanna Partner follows Shikha and Anahita as they launch India’s first craft beer, face industry sexism and get entangled with chaotic, illogical startup antics.

Do You Wanna Partner Review: Tamannaah Bhatia, Diana Penty’s Startup Drama Has No Logic, Just Froth

Do You Wanna Partner Review: Produced by Dharmatic Entertainment and directed by Archit Kumar and Collin D’Cunha, Do You Wanna Partner promises froth but delivers frothiness of another kind. Shikha (Tamannaah Bhatia) dreams of carrying forward her late father Sanjoy’s (Indraneil Sengupta) unfinished legacy. Back in 1998 in Calcutta, Sanjoy had envisioned a craft beer brand, but his partner Vikram Walia (Neeraj Kabi) betrayed him, stole the trademark, and went on to build a liquor empire. Heartbroken, Sanjoy abandoned the dream and died young. Determined to set things right, Shikha quits her corporate job to launch her own brewery, Jugaaro, with best friend Anahita (Diana Penty).

As expected, the women face resistance in a male-dominated industry. But things take a bizarre turn when Anahita, hoarse from a hangover, is mistaken for a man on business calls. Sensing an advantage, she creates an alter ego — David Jones — and soon convinces the world that this fictional persona is the brand’s mysterious owner. To keep up appearances, they rope in Dylan Thomas (Jaaved Jaaferi), a rookie stage actor with short-term memory loss, to cosplay David. Meanwhile, feared NCR gangster Laila (Shweta Tiwari) swoops in, offering the duo and their brewer Bobby (Nakuul Mehta) a ₹2-crore loan after a brewery mishap, pulling them deeper into chaos.

What doesn’t work: The show throws in every startup cliché — eager partners, rapid rise, messy rivalries, buyout bids, and inevitable disagreements — but stitches them together with no coherence. Logic takes a backseat at every turn: marketing plans scribbled on a whiteboard go viral overnight; investors rain money without reason; and Dylan, with no digital footprint, suddenly emerges as a liquor baron doing interviews and reels in wigs. The writing collapses under its own absurdities.

Performances: If there’s a saving grace, it’s the cast. Tamannaah lends sincerity to Shikha’s idealism, even when the script abandons her. Diana Penty gives her all to Anahita, balancing friendship, romance and the bizarre David Jones alter ego. Rannvijay Singha is charming as Kabir, Shikha’s supportive boyfriend, but their relationship is undercooked and he’s largely wasted. Nakuul Mehta shines as Bobby, a single father and brewer. Shweta Tiwari is fiery as gangster Laila, commanding every frame she appears in. Jaaved Jaaferi, however, is squandered in a caricatured role, reduced to wigs and slapstick. Neeraj Kabi fares no better, flattened into a stock villain with little to no nuance.

Verdict: On paper, the idea of two women breaking into the male-dominated beer business feels refreshing. In execution, however, Do You Wanna Partner spirals into a string of implausible subplots that defy all reason. At eight episodes of 30-40 minutes each, it never really stops being inane — and by that very extension, it never stops being entertaining either. The chaos keeps you hooked, the cast keeps you invested, but logic? Don’t expect any  — because there’s none on tap here.

Shreyanka Mazumdar

Shreyanka Mazumdar is Chief Sub Editor of the entertainment team at News18. With an unbridled passion for all things Bollywood, she loves deep-diving into the glitz and glamour of the entertainment world, bring…Read More

Shreyanka Mazumdar is Chief Sub Editor of the entertainment team at News18. With an unbridled passion for all things Bollywood, she loves deep-diving into the glitz and glamour of the entertainment world, bring… Read More