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 ...
Maeda-kun works in a fashion store. The guy is with the lowest self-esteem you hav seen and considers himself very ugly and not worthy of love. He does have a crush on Yagii-san, who is a manager in the mall hat hi store is in. An unexpected kid from Yagii makes him think that maybe he has a chance. Much to Maeda-kun's surprise; Yagii-san confesses his love for Maeda and soon they begin a relationship with Maeda still being very awkward. Their happiness is short-lived since Yagii is transferred to another branch in Osaka for four months. Lack of confidence on himself, causes mistrust issues for Maeda while Yagii is trying his best to make relationship work. It turns out that its the lack of sexual and physical connection between them that leads to Maeda's anxiety and jealousy and of course his lack of confidence. Thankfully the two are able to talk it out and things get better for the two.
Its a simple story as you can see and execution is pretty straight forward. At many places the direction feels very amateurish but that probably clearly this film was made on a very low budget. Yagii does well and acts well, but constantly self-questioning by Maeda started getting on my nerves. I mean he constantly mistrusts Yagii but is not ready to do something about it. That whole situation was weird to me. But Part of me does understand the reasons for insecurity. All the remaining characters were all quite superficial and added nothing much. One random thing I have noticed is that most films based on manga's have these guys have a weird hairstyle with very long hair and front covering almost half their face. Not sure what's up with that. Lol. The film is not bad but this is a very basic and simple love story which you will immediately forget after you have seen it. (4.5/10)
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