Movie Review #Akira

Just watched the Movie Akira today, a good 2 weeks post its release. Had heard mixed reviews about the movie, but looking at the trailers of the movie, I had made up my mind to watch this movie. The movie begins from the backdrop of the city Jodhpur . A dutiful teacher, tries to imbibe values of courage & self righteousness among his students & daughter. Set against the poignant backdrop of "acid attacks" against women in the city & how all these incidents move the young Akira & her father, who decides to get her trained in self defence & how young Akira stands up against the Goons in her very childhood. In the ensuing scuffle, she badly injures the goons & hence is send to a Child remand home


Cut to her adulthood & she is forced to move to Mumbai with her brothers family. She decides to stay in a College Hostel . How she gets embroiled & entangled in a controversy involving a "HandyCam" that was supposed to be used to blackmail, ACP Rane (Played by Anurag Kashyap) & how Akira fights back to prove her innocence & save her life against the Corrupt & debauch policemen who are out to destroy her, forms the crux of the Story


Performances
Sonakshi Sinha, has taken a big risk,playing such an action oriented character. But for me & her fans, the risk pretty much pays off. Sonakshi has delivered one of the most restrained, subtle & underrated performances in such an action packed movie . The traumatised childhood in remand home, the pain & frustration of losing her 3 academic years & the resolve to stand against anything wrong, has been potrayed by Sonakshi in a very simple & lucid manner . She has managed to avoid histrionics & draw greatly from her innermost emotions & goes well beyond the surface of such a strong character. The action sequences have an innate grace about them & you feel a strong woman , an ordinary mortal girl fighting for her life & her right & not a Super girl or a superwoman. That's where I would laud Sonakshi, for the fact that Akira, has been potrayed as an ordinary girl with her set of fears & challenges & not as a Superwoman, which very easily could have been the case, had the characterisation not been kept tight


Anurag Kashyap as ACP Raane, is highly convincing as the menacing, mean & unscrupulous Cop, who abuses & misuses his power, with such pride & confidence. Kashyap has acted in movies earlier as well ( Tigmashu Dhulias Shagird, saw him playing an UP Don, Raja Bhaiya) & one wonders, why doesn't he don the actors hat more often . Bollywood could well have a rustic, mean, hungry & devilish, character actor readily available


Konkona Sen Sharma, as an Honest & Upright Cop, who is on a Parallel Investigation case, which has its tracks linked with Akiras & ACP Raanes case. Konkona is good as usual, & delivers yet another effortless & smooth performance




All in All, Akira, is a movie that leaves you with some questions ... The scene in the movie where Acid attack victims are seen consoling each other, another scene, in which the acid attack victim returns home & sees her disfigured face & her once beautiful photograph, is heart wrenching.. I just checked some statistics & found that majority of acid attack cases involved spurned lovers for reasons of revenge & giving a punishment to the girl for refusing... What a shameful society we are turning out to be . Maximum cases in 2014 have been reported from UP (again a very typical Patriarchal society with Male chauvinism as the order of life) ...Not sure how swift our state & central governments will move on this issue, but the movie definitely raises a point, that Women need to take their safety in their own hands & stand up to fight for their right, even if it means use of force & violence

The Lost Stars # Pavan Malhotra

Pavan Malhotra : Not many people would know the name, but a lot of cinebuffs are sure to have seen this popular and intense face of the rugged and handsome looking actor Pavan Malhotra

Malhotra has been a Delhi Theater Veteran and has acted in several Bollywood movies . He broke on the screen with the Famous Teleserial "Nukkad" .His 1st break in Bollywood came with the movie " Saleem langdey pe mat ro" which won the National award.His 2nd movie, Baag Bahadur , also won the National award for the Best film

Malhotra has been very chosy about the kind of work that he does.His 1st big commercial success , si to speak, was with Anurag kashyaps controversial and critically acclaimed " Black Friday". This is the role which made the Industry take notice of this immensely talented actor.He has also acted in movies like Jab we Met, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag & Don 2 , and held his own against a big star cast

He has started in the recently released Akshay Kumar starter " Rustum" ...Never been the type of actor who goes out aggressively pitching for work...

Malhotras journey in Bollywood has been a  long and arduous one. One of the very fine Gentleman actors of bollywood

Amjad khans best work

Driving on my way back fron office, the radio channel belted out an old song from the movie Qurbani, "Laila oh Laila" and I remembered the 1st time I watched the movie as a teenager..While on one hand you had the super sexy Zeenat Amaan, however one couldn't take his eyes off Amjad khan dressed as a drummer......

Qurbani was Amjad khan at his comical best..His funny act in the Laila song or his scenes with Feroz khan, we're great stuff..

I am just trying to recap some of Amjad khans best work according to me...

The Menacing Gabbar singh ot Sholay....It took great screen presence and confidence to get yourself noticed amidst big stars  of the era, Bachchan, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini & Jaya Bahaduri..Gabbars potrayal still remains a benchmark for enacting dacoit roles

The Father in Lawaaris : Lawaaris, to my mind was as much Bachchans movie as it was Amzad khans..Khan displayed great on screen maturity and sensibility in depicting probably the most nuanced role of his life..In my opinion, Lawaaris was Khans best work


Yaraana : The sacrificing friend act was amother of gem on khans cap..One of the Mega hits of the day, Yaraana established Amjad khan as an actor of mettle


Satte Pe Satta / Parvarish / Kalia & Dilaawar of Muqaddar ka Sikander were movies where Amjad had stellar performances and held his own against the Super star Bachchan..Pran Sikand had slotted himself in character actor roles, to match the heroics of Bachchan , no lesser villian could have stood up to the challenge as effectively as Khan did

Movie Review #Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)

Kapoor & Sons since 1921 is a Family story par excellence. A family like mine or yours that could be as dysfunctional from inside as it looks normal from inside. It touches upon very normal issues in a very sensitive and heart warming manner.Like the issue of financial crunches and what it can do to the peace and harmony of the family.The resultant stress, dejection and frustration of just managing to make ends meet and how it can affect the family..The issue of sibling rivalry and Parents preferential treatment to one of the kids, though a commonly observed issue, but the sensitivity with which it is potrayed in the movie, really makes it noteworthy. .The lack of trust between family members, the life of a Empty nester senior couple, who are going  through issues of their own, lends a certain maturity to the movie.Then there is the grand old man, who's lived life and now at the twilight of his life, all he wants, is to spend happy days with his family and pamper his libido

The movie boasts of an ensemble star cast and each of them was just right for the role they potrayes.

Veteran actress Ratna Pathak Shah, displayed an amazing range of emoting and histrionics with her character moving from a harrowed and always bickering and nagging mother to a more stern, mature and bereaved woman who has come to cope with a big loss, husbands Infidelty, revelation of  son being gay and losing the trust of the other son..One wonders if bollywood has crated the modern day , practical and no non sense woman slot  & Ratna Pathak just fits into that perfectly.We have had crying mothers, sad mothers, sacrificing mothers, even chilled out mothers ( Kirron Kher fits here) but the modern day practical mom slot , has to be Ratna Pathaks, as her personality does full justice to that..Remember her famous Sarabhai series from Televison 

Rajat Kapoor is simply outstanding, or rather as usual in every role he takes up.Playing the role of a father, struggling to keep his finances up, and stuck between a nagging wife and an over enthusiastic father, Rajat Kapoor, just does the Friendly Dad, A failed businessman and a frustrated husband act to the "T"

The Grand old man, Rishi Kapoor, who plays the Family patriarch, is the man to watch out for..Kapoor, just seals it by delivering probably the best performance of his otherwise commercially successful career...Here Kapoor travels to a territory,  he has never done before and played crazily with his looks..As the ugly old man, Kapoor has shed all fears, inhibitions and restrains of an actor from an illustrious family. ..He has payed to the character, as dirty as an old man of 90 could get..

I will not be surprise if Rishi Kapoor is winning all the supporting actor awards this year for his work..

Fawad.khan and Sidhartha Malhotra do full justice to their part.The tension between the siblings is really well captured and kudos to the screenplay for that..The lack of trust and understanding between the siblings, yet that unsaid thin line of respect is very well documented. Alia batt,  has a small but significant part as Sidhartha Malhotras love interest. She is a natural in screen 

All in all, Kapoor and sons is a brilliant movie with vet fine perforomances. .Rishi Kapoor will kill you with his one liners..The Highlight of the movie for me are the 2 scenes

One is where we have the family reunion followed by the Antakshri and the 2nd scene is one when Rishi Kapoor is shown having a joint with his 2 grandsons and reminiscing on good old times..

The King of Romance : Rajesh Khanna

Long before Shahrukh Khan was Trying to recreate the magic of romance in movies and making blockbuster Masala movies which had a strong central love story at its core , with action, drama, comedy all thrown in, much before that, there was a Man who created perhaps the golden era of romance , the man who could express love with just a flutter of his eyes,The man would was hailed as the 1st superstar of Bollywood, The phenomenon,  Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna, came in at a time, when Heroes were always shown as creatures who were God's favourites for directing all his wrath with all the might. .The choicest of troubles and frustrations were reserved by the almighty for his chosen ones,The  hindi film Hero , Before Rajesh Khanna..

They were shown as poor, helpless, tortured souls who cudnt do a thing about their miserable lIves until God had mercy and course corrected 

But then came Rajesh Khanna ...The man who made people sing, swoon and dance..The man who made people forget all their miseries with splendid music and his equally splendid efforts..Rajesh khanna represented the best of both the world's,  a blend of old traditional  values and and the modern yet cautious approach to life, a welcome combination....People found a balm in Rajesh khanna and his music...The way he could romance the prettiest of heroines just by a simple flutter of his eyes , his soft spoken mannerisms, a voice with great restrain,  eyes which packed in huge mystique,  a man who looked like he was born to love and spread love and not change the world or trying to create a new world order

Rajesh khanna just wanted to love,  sing and romance and not worry about bigger world issues...

The King of romance, a man born to love on screen...

The famous henchmen in bollywood

In this post, I will try and bring to you the most famous henchmen of bollywood.The men who were so loyal to the villian, that the heroes would literally give aways their arms to get such loyal friends or followers.Hailing all the henchmen and the side kicks of villians

1 .Mac Mohan

If ever there were to be a category of a superstar in henchmen, Mac Mohan would definitely be the man.The most famous henchman in bollywood, Macmohan had played the loyal follower to many a great villians.Made immortal on screen for his role as Samba from the Cult movie " Sholay".


2 Shetty

Father of Famous Bollywood director ,Rohit shetty..Shetty as he was popularly known , was one of the most menacing henchmen in the 1970s and 1980s..A well built and bulky man, mean and menacing looks with a shiny clean shaven head..Shetty is known for the epic fight scene from movie Trishul

3 Sudhir

A very popular villian back in 1970s and 1980s, Sudhir was a popular sidekick of many villians..He was famous as the eternal rapist, a position envied by his illustrious costar, Ranjeet. Sudhir also played brother to Amitabh Bachchan in the classic movie, Satte Pe Satta.He had a very peculiar nasal tone of talking


4 Sharad Saxena

By far, the most successful henchman turned a proficient character actor, Sharad Saxena has played the henchman in a number of movies...Saxena hit big time with the Aamir khan starrer, Ghulaam, where he played the main lead.Saxena has successfully transitioned into a mainstream character artist in big banner movies with top line stars. He has worked in movies like Baghbaan, Saathiya,Krish

5 Bob Christo

Bob Christo..Man oh Man...I have always wondered why Bob Christo chose Mumbai to be his home and stayed on here to play a sidekick in so many movies..Any movie made in the late 70s and 80s, especially with any involvement of Foreigners, had to have Bob Christo..He has acted in numerous movies ad the "Hindi speaking foreigner henchman" ....Mr India, Qurbaani, Allah rakha, Mard are just some of the memorable movies of Christo

6. Yusuf Khan

No don't confuse this with Yusuf Sahaab.This Yusuf Khan is a famous bollywood henchmen, most popular for his onscreen potrayal of Zibisco in Manmohan desai starrer "Amar Akbar Anthony"..He also had a small but important part in film "Naseeb"..easily one the most handsome and chic henchmen of the Hindi film Industry

7.Mahesh Anand



Tall, muscular , moustached , long locks of hair, a string husky voice, Mahesh Anand can be easily mistaken for a bollywood Hero for his impressive and towering personality.Known for his work as a kick add henchman, Mahesh has acted in numerous movies in the 90s in big banner films.Some of his notable works include Vishwaatma, Vinod Khanna starrer Zurm, sanjay Dutt starrer Kurukshetra

8. Dalip Tahilani

One of the most suave and chic side kicks of the villian, Dilip Tahilani has matured now into a seasoned character artiste , but he started his career as a henchman for the main bad guy ..Tahilani has played such roles notably in films like Jaanbaaz, Tridev.Tahilani hit the big time with the SRK starrer "Baazigar" playing the menacing Madam Chopra

Top movies of Amitabh Bachchan

In this post, I would like to mention some of the movies that metamorphised Amitabh Bachchan from the timid Doctor, he played in Anand 1971 to the "Angry young man of 1970s and 1980s", an image that was built by Saleem Javed. Rajesh khannas slip from superstardom from the period 1969 to 1972, created space for the next superstar Hindi cinema was waiting for..While Khanna represented the eternal and conventional lover boy, Bachchan took the role of the dejected and frustrated angry young man, who wanted to be in control of life and society..Here's looking at some of the films in ABs career in the Phase 1 (1973 to 1990)

Zanjeer : 1) directed by Prakash Mehra,this movie marked the beginning of the phenomenon called Amitabh Bachchan..Amitabh, with his brooding intense eyes displayed so much restraint and angst, pitted again the brilliant Ajit...Ajit changed the game as far as villainy was concerned, making it too sophisticated and chic..Zanjeer was the film that made "The Amitabh Bachchan"

2. Trishul
If there is a movie you need to watch for the power of screenplay and dialogue delivery, then Trishul has to be a moview that you must watch.The confrontation scenes between Sanjeev Kumar & AB, for me is one if the epic scenes of Hindi films.
AB delivers the mean and menacing Angry man with great Panache...The hit dialogue for me

" Main aapse 5 Lakh ka saudaa karne aaya hun aur meri jeb mein 5 phutti kaudi bhi nahi hai"

3. Deewar
Boy o Boy o Boy..how do you even start describing this movie is something thats baffling..Clearly a masterpiece for many artistes..AB, Saleem - Javed, Yash Chopra..The character of AB was lost sketched on the Famous Underworld Don Haji Mastani,  showing rise from the docks of Mumbai..Dewear clearly established ABs prowess I'm playing the Angry Young man,who is ready to take on the system to find his way

"Hum jahaan Khadey ho jaate hain line wahin se shuru ho jaati hai"
 Or his scene with Iftekhar, Daawar Saab,  "Main aaj bhi phaikey huye paisey nahi uthaata"

Or the legendary scene between AB & Shashi Kapoor just below the bridge "Mere pass Maa hai"

4.Sholay
One of the all time great movies of our era, Sholaywas another jewel in ABs crowned cap..Although Amjad khan, Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar had stronger roles, but the role of Jai as the Brooding , intense, no no sense guy cudnt have been delivered by any other actor of the time

The scene where he goes to Basantis mausi to ask for her hand in marriage for Dharmendra is one of the best plain faced comic scene ever..Have a look:

5. Lawaaris
Another Prakash Mehra directed movie, AB had the audience in spellbound with his action and intense perormance..This is the movie where AB hummed probably the most successful song from his playback collection..."Mere Anganey mein" ...

6.Namak Halaal
For me,this is the movie that established ABs versatility..This would also turn out to be a movie that started a great trend that defined the Comedian in bollywood..AB just took to a fish like water playing an out and out entertaining role in  a mal halaal

Who can forget his Scene for the Job interview with Ranjit,where he proudly declares English as a very Funny language..watch out

7.Amar Akbar Anthony

Typical Manmohan desai Masala movie...Amitabh playing Anthony Gonsalvez was a treat to watch..The movie had another of Amitabhs innovative scenes,  that of a drunkard...where he curses himself after a fight

8. Naseeb : Another mega blockbuster and a magnum opus from Manmohan desais banner, Naseeb was like a casting directors dream come true with the biggest legends of Hindi films sharing screen space
AB,Shatrughan Sinha, Rishi Kapoor, Hema MalinI, Reena Roy, Pran,Amrish Puri, Amjad khan, Kader Khan, Shakti Kapoor,  Prem Chopra, Jeevan....One hell of a star studded cast..Never before and never after has a screen boasted of such starr power..Add to that, the famous song of Naseeb, where Manmohan desai had pulled huge number of stars for a special guest appearence for him, and all of the big stars obliged..Have a look at that song

I must mention here that Amitabh was smart enough to sense that multi starrer were the norm of the day and also it made economic sense for Producers as they were assured of a minimum opening and business revenue with multi starters and scripts were made accordingly. AB also worked in a lot of 2 Hero projects which were immensely successful also.Some of the notable ones are

 Kala Pathar & Dostana with Shatrughan Sinha
Parvarish,Hera Pheri, Muqaddar ka Sikander with Vinod Khanna
Chupke Chupke, Ram Balram with Dharmendra
Satte Pe Satta with 6 other actors
Some of the other notable solo hits were Coolie, Mard, Yaarana

Probably ABs last hit in his 1st phase was Shehanshah and Khud gawaah,  post which he was away from bollywood before engineering a phoenix like rise in phase 2 of his career

In the next post, I will touch upon the Phase 2 of ABs Career post "kaun banega Crorepati"

The Laugh riot: Movies that made us LOL!!!!

In this post, I am trying to pen down my all time favourite comedy movies of Bollywood ,  the movies that made us laugh like crazy 

1. Half Ticket

This Madhubala/Kishore Kumar/ Pan starter movie is a laugh riot from the word go..Just imagine, the maverick Kishore Kumar who runs away from his house and tries to flee to far off city on a Half Ticket,  hence behaving like a mentally retarded kid who falls in love with Madhubala and at the same time us running away from Pran. ..There is a cracker of a dialogue in the movie, when Madhubala enquires from Kishore Kumar. ..." Kya tum paagal ho" and Kishore Kumar retotrs :: "Nahi Nahi main paagal nahin hun, meraa dimaag kharaab hai"

2. Padosan

Padosan has to be in the list of the greatest laugh riots of Hindi film Industry..Produced by the legendary Mehmood, Padosan is a cult movie for any actor trying to learn nuances of comic timing in acting..Generations to come, can never forget the epic and hilarious "Song fight between Mehmood and Sunil Dutt / Kishore Kumar.Padosan is an institution in itself to learn the art of comedy in movie making

3. Chupke Chupke 

Railway train and Railway station have never been decoded in any Hindi movie before like they were in Chupke Chupke....The way Dharmendra describes them in Chaste Hindi as "Bhak Bhak Laupat Gamini"...takes your heart away...Hrishikesh Mukherjee at his best, but of all the people Dharmendra was at his funniest best.......This was Dharamjis movie all the way...Professor Parimal  Tripathi was a supercool character 

4. Jaane bhi Do Yaaron 

The Mahabharat scene will have you in splits every time you watch it..Hindi Cinemas greatest performers were sharing stage...Naseerudin Shah, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapoor, Stalwarts like Ravi Vaswani,  Neena gupta added great support.Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron is Hindi Cinemas 1st political satire in the real sense

5. Peecha Karo

Not many people would have seen this, as the movie was not a great commercial success..I would rate this movie as a master of great Slapstick and loud comedy, but done with great panache..The inimitable Faruq Sheikh, Ravi Vaswani,  Satish Shah and Amjad khan.. A true laugh riot from scene 1

6.Biwi o Biwi

Oh My god...I can see this movie, for another umpteen no of times..Again this movie was not commercially a very big hit, but one cracker of a movie...The Great Sanjeev Kumar was at his Hilarious best, like only he can..Rajinder Nath and the Hero who was made for comedy but did all the wrong roles...Randhir Kapoor, Raj Kapoors elder son.You will hill on to your stomach atleast once watching this one

7. Andaz Apna Apna 

This one needs no introduction for sure..Raj Kumar Santoshis mega starrer,although wasn't a commercial success post it's release, but remembered for its fresh approach to slap stick and loud humour

8. Aankhein 

Govinda and Kader Khan, both in double role..While this was an action movie with great humour, this finds a mention in the list purely because of Govinda outstanding work in some of the scenes in the 1st half

9. Khosla ka Ghosla 

Some of the dialogues and One liners from this movie have already become part of common folk lore and lingo...Like Anupam khers advice to his elder son Bunty. ..."Hold the drink"

Aur the Name ChiraunjiLal Khosla"... a cult movie for our test and generation 

10. Bheja Fry 

Brilliant dialogues and engrossing screenplay, not to forget, the sheer chemistry of the performers....Bheja Fry belongs to Vinay pathak Completely,as the lovable and affable music afficionado, Bharat Bhushan...A sheer masterpiece of a movie.....Shot in one location and between 2 characters mainly, one hell of a laugh riot 

The list is not exhaustive and be all...shall keep updating..Till then, keep laughing 

Akshay Khanna

Akshay Khanna

Talking about Akshay khanna may sound a bit unusual, but if I have to pick an actor who is most underrated for his talent, it has to be Akshay khanna

He made his debut with the unimpressive Himalayaputra in 1997.The movie didn't exactly set the box office on fire, hence denying khanna junior a quick chance at stardom, something that his illustrious father, Vinod khanna, enjoyed.Infact Vinod khanna was being touted as the next big superstar, a spot left vacant by Rajesh khannas slip into the backdrop..Add to the fact, that amit abhishek bachchan was never the media's darling in his hey days..Hence Vinod Khanna was the poster boy for media as the 2nd superstar, add to the fact that he was a dashing debonair..Probably the most handsome celluloid actor ever to grace Bollywood

Back to Akshay khanna, while the period from mid 90s.The onwards was about action hero's and gymnasium beefed up bodies were the nor of the day, Akshay khanna didn't fit the action hero mould so well...His 1st commercial success came in the form of Subhash ghai directed Taal...Akshay khannas performance earned him many accolades..I personally feel, that the sincerity and honesty required to pot ray the character of Manav,  couldn't  have been created by any other actor of the time...The scene where he tells his father Amrish Puri and Anil Kapoor,  that they will only get his lover to him

"Agar mere dil mein ishwar hai, agar mere pyaar Sachaa hai, to aap khud, Maansi ko mere pass bhejenge" ..

To my mind it's a scene which actually shows Khannas ability to deliver restrained performances,even in scenes which require great melodrama and histrionics

His next big success was "Dil Chahta hai"...where he plays the character of a painter who falls for an older woman..Dil Chahta hai is clearly a landmark performance in Khannas career, one which makes him stand out as a capable performer and a natural  performer

He also did a string of comedy movies with Priyadarshan, a lot of which were not commercially successful films, but great entertainers where Akshay khannas work always stood out

Akshay also did a movie called Gandhi My Father, where he played Mahatma Gandhi estranged Son.
This has been Akshays most memorable work till date..

Khanna has also acted in several movies with the director duo Abbas Must an. .His negative role in Race was well appreciated and he played the villain with great elan and aplomb...

One of the most spontaneous,  relaxed and natural actors on screen, Akshay Khanna

Movie Review #Titli

Finally was able to watch the much talked about Titli & i dont still realise one thing, why the f....k havent film makers realised, noticed & harnessed the full potential of a powerhouse performer called Ranvir Shorey. Titli may be about the Protagonist, played by the brilliant debutant, Shashank Arora but for me, it is an out & out Ranvir Shorey movie

The movie is set in the Dark Underbelly of the "Other Delhi". The Delhi which stays opposite ,adjacent or near by to the best & gliterring shopping mall, or 30 steps behind the swanky scy scrapers of Connaught Place or may be right behind the swanky 7 star hotels. Titli is about one such family of the "Other Delhi" . A family struggling to make ends meet, a family which is not poor, as in they cant afford to eat 2 square meals, but a family which can barely manage hand to mouth existence. The family is part of the Car stealing nexus that operates in Delhi,which consists of a well oiled network of Ganglords & Police. Ranvir Shorey, plays the eldest of the 3 tbrothers, who is struggling to carry the entire burden of the family on his shoulders, as a result ends us screwing his marriage, due to his frequent violent & aggressive behavior . A man who is burdened with family expectations. The Father played by Lalit, gels into the character of a useless, good for nothing father, who has so keenly being watching his sons tread the dirty path of crime & who is very comfortable in his skin as a shameless father, who doesnt want to stop anything from happening or even try & change the things

Titli - Potrayed brillianty by the Debutant Shashank Arora, has a dream of running away from the hell of this life. To temporarily, arrest the Familys issues & with the intent of having a woman as a partner in the business of Car stealing, The family get Titli married off to Neelu, a young woman , who has a complicated life of her own, with a steaming affair with a married Builder, however is forced by her parents to stay away from the married builder & instead force her to marry Titli

The Complex web of deceit, selfish motives, human relationships, frustrations of living a disgraceful life & the interplay of all these emotions forms the backdrop of this complex & dark movie

Some really fine performances by the star cast . Shashank Arora & Shivani , the debutant actors, who play Titi & Neelu, give a brilliant, restrained & underplayed performance for their highly complex characters. Lalit Behl, as the shamless father, is simply brilliant.Amit sial, is impressive as the middle brother Bawla, who is not married & manages to fend off his physical needs by having a gay relationship with a locality kid

 Ranvir Shorey, is the pick of the actors, for his brilliant performance - To me, this is Shoreys best work till date

Dont watch, if you are prone to bouts of Depression