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 ...
Ask and his girlfriend are headed out for a holiday to an island. On their way there, they meet Chai. Turns out that Aek and Chai used to be schoolmates and in fact roommates in school. The trip decide to hang out together and one night Aek and Chai are alone and they remember their school days. The entire film is then in flashback. Chai is a new student in school who ends up being Aek's roommate. Both of them are into sports. Very soon they becomes great friends, taking care of each other, eating, laughing, playing together and all is well. Secretly Chai has a crush on Aek who has no idea. One of Aek's friend really lusts after Chai and wants him bad. One day when he tries to force himself on Chai, Ask comes and saves Chai but this incident leaves Chai shaken. Ask promises to take really good care of him. They hang out even more than before and before you know, the two friends become intense lovers. They are both extremely happy. But as school term comes to an end, the dup part ways without our ill feelings or drama, just that nature of the situation. Back to present, the duo spend one more night together (for old times sake, I suppose) and sleep together. But Chai realizes that Aek has found love of his life and so he leaves him a letter wishing him luck with his girlfriend and he also needs to move on.
First of al, this movie needs editing. This 2 hour film, can easily be trimmed by 30 minutes. There are long drawn out scenes of games being played, the two guys hanging out, or eating together and these stretch out scenes really do not add any value. I get they wanted to make the whole situation clear but it was just a bit too much. You could understand their bond / love, their way of dealing and how things went in much less time. Also it didn't help that the background music was quite annoying. Coming to actors, I think they did a decent job, but honestly a thin subject like this would have been good as a short film. There is not much drama here to keep interest of the audience glued to their screen. This is likely just supposed to be feel good film, which is what it is> Maybe if I saw this film 10 years, when it actually came out, my views would have been different, but even since the BL situation exploded recently, stuff like this no longer ages well. (3.5/10)
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