The film will make you sad
She's a lonely girl in search of her father. She is also a firang who comes to Mumbai to search for her dad. The film definitely sounds appealing when it begins. But then you realise that it's a thesis report of sick minds which comes with a manufacturer's warranty to make you feel morose. There are some films that should be strictly released for the festival audience. One doesn't know how Anurag Kashyap decided that this film will be enjoyed by people celebrating Eid or Ganesh Chaturthi. If you wonder what Anurag has produced in this festive time, here is a small recap of the story which should be enough for you to gauge what the film is about.
The film is about a father who rapes his 13-year-old daughter and impregnates her. The girl commits suicide later. The father visits a massage parlour everyday knowing fully well that it is the other daughter (searching for him in the city) who gives him a hand-job everyday. He is his daughter's most loyal customer. The daughter's (Kalki) boyfriend is a drug addict who chains himself to the window in order to prevent himself from taking drugs. He urinates in his own clothes and also screams and shouts at Kalki to open his chains so that he can urinate and then does his 'job' through the window. Kalki, on her part, works in a massage parlour where she gives a hand-job to seventy-year-olds as well as teenagers (one can never guess the age). Also, there is a don working in the scrap yard who enjoys torturing other people and wants to get a hand-job from Kalki. In between the hand-jobs and drug abuse, there is also the story.
Naseeruddin Shah is praiseworthy and so is Gulshan Devaiya who plays the don with a sorrowful past. Kalki's acting is not worthy of any praise, her eyes simply don't speak. She still needs to figure out how she can exercise her facial muscles.
Anurag and Kalki document a sick mind and its effect on the family which ideally we don't need during a time when we are celebrating the arrival of Ganesha in our homes. The problem is: with Bodyguard occupying most of the slots in multiplexes, some might be forced to watch this owing to a lack of choice. The moment you do that, be sure that your festive mood will be spoilt and you will be left wondering why you even wanted to see the film.
Don't watch the movie unless you are one of those arty types who enjoy film festivals movies. If you are looking for entertainment, this one's definitely not for you.
She's a lonely girl in search of her father. She is also a firang who comes to Mumbai to search for her dad. The film definitely sounds appealing when it begins. But then you realise that it's a thesis report of sick minds which comes with a manufacturer's warranty to make you feel morose. There are some films that should be strictly released for the festival audience. One doesn't know how Anurag Kashyap decided that this film will be enjoyed by people celebrating Eid or Ganesh Chaturthi. If you wonder what Anurag has produced in this festive time, here is a small recap of the story which should be enough for you to gauge what the film is about.
The film is about a father who rapes his 13-year-old daughter and impregnates her. The girl commits suicide later. The father visits a massage parlour everyday knowing fully well that it is the other daughter (searching for him in the city) who gives him a hand-job everyday. He is his daughter's most loyal customer. The daughter's (Kalki) boyfriend is a drug addict who chains himself to the window in order to prevent himself from taking drugs. He urinates in his own clothes and also screams and shouts at Kalki to open his chains so that he can urinate and then does his 'job' through the window. Kalki, on her part, works in a massage parlour where she gives a hand-job to seventy-year-olds as well as teenagers (one can never guess the age). Also, there is a don working in the scrap yard who enjoys torturing other people and wants to get a hand-job from Kalki. In between the hand-jobs and drug abuse, there is also the story.
Naseeruddin Shah is praiseworthy and so is Gulshan Devaiya who plays the don with a sorrowful past. Kalki's acting is not worthy of any praise, her eyes simply don't speak. She still needs to figure out how she can exercise her facial muscles.
Anurag and Kalki document a sick mind and its effect on the family which ideally we don't need during a time when we are celebrating the arrival of Ganesha in our homes. The problem is: with Bodyguard occupying most of the slots in multiplexes, some might be forced to watch this owing to a lack of choice. The moment you do that, be sure that your festive mood will be spoilt and you will be left wondering why you even wanted to see the film.
Don't watch the movie unless you are one of those arty types who enjoy film festivals movies. If you are looking for entertainment, this one's definitely not for you.
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