This Hindi movie is a pretty straightforward slice-of-life story that tries to give a modern look at what it's like to be a single, professional gay man. It dives into how he understands who he is, the chances he missed out on, and the personal choices he’s made along the way. The director used three parallel timelines to tell the story, which honestly didn't make much sense to me. While the core idea was actually pretty interesting, I really feel like this would have worked way better as a short film considering the point it was trying to make. Still, it wasn't a bad watch. The plot centers on Rachit, a city professional, and his friend Shikhar as they hang out for an evening. Rachit is a polished, urban guy, while Shikhar has more of a "small-town" rustic vibe, and you can really see the contrast between them when they talk. As the night goes on, Rachit starts thinking back to some old memories from a long time ago. He remembers being an intern after college in ...
David is a middle-aged, successful, gay man. For a weekend he invites only three of his best gay pals - Paulo, Roger and Virgil to hang out and chill. They all wonder what it is about, and why not a bigger group but go along with the drill. All these guys are unattached. They all question each other on their relationship status and also questioning in one on one conversations on why they didn't get together sexually or romantically! In between there is a wait for the pizza boy which takes forever, who eventually turns out to be a crush of one of the en who has been searching him forever. There are other random characters thrown in ( I don't know why) like a freeloading neighbor, David's sister needing a babysitter so that the 4 naked gay mean can sit around the teenager and give him tips on how to 'score' with a girl, and Virgil's mother who'd like to see her son connected.
Overall the acting was average but the plot, storyline, music and direction are just bad. Surely it is an indie film, so from that perspective, you do try to give it a benefit of doubt and see if you can find something decent but its hard. I mean what was the point of the film. Oh! every scene cut was with the same cue music of 5 seconds with one man splashing in the pool, just to justify title and it gets so annoying after a while. Also, what kind of friends are you, so-called closest friends, when you really don't know each other so well and question about intimacy and secretly wanna get into their pants. It looked more like 4 acquaintances who have hung out before and were trying to get to know each other better to figure out if the other person is boyfriend material, hookup material or should be just friend-zoned. Virgil's mother and David's sister's characters add absolutely no value to the story.
Cut short this film into a very engaging 20 minute short and the makers will have a better chance of finding more engaging audience. (3.5/10)
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