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 ...
Emiliano is a documentary director, who apparently has a thing for young male dancers. He lays his smoldering eyes on the hot young Octavio and the two quickly begin an affair. Octavio becomes emotionally attached, to his eventual disappointment, to the philandering Emiliano, who also makes no secret of his disdain of commitment, but asking to rent a boy for threesome and other such incidents. Time passes, and Octavio moves on to dance school while Emiliano finds himself floundering and stuck in a relationship with a hustler named. Things between Octavio and Emiliano eventually come full circle, but not before an odd, lengthy film-within-a-film glimpse of Emiliano’s latest, sexually-explicit production. (Are you confused yet?)
The film is very heavy on slow, sensual storytelling, which, like I said before, if examined as individual scenes look gorgeous, but bringing them together as a film is nothing but confusion. I feel a much more linear straightforward narration would have been so much better. Octavio has sex with Emiliano, he then has a threesome with 2 women (or is he dreaming?), then suddenly after their breakup, out of nowhere a film within film comes, which is the weirdest part of the film. There is lot of nudity and action but nothing manages to hold your attention at the end of it. Maybe I'm not arty enough, maybe I missed tons of metaphors, but to me it was just boring and a waste of some pretty young guys. The only saving grace is that both leads are gorgeous to look at and can actually act well. Only if the film maker wasn't so pretentious to waste people's talent and audience's time. (3.5/10)
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