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 ...
The story is set in a loft complex where all the residents are gays. An alpha male Justin, who has recently lost his older professor boyfriend is talk of the town, as he is young, sexy and is sleeping around making his way to anyone and everyone. His close friends want to set him up with a new resident Jim, who also happens to be a private detective. We meet a few other characters , but things get weird when Justin's corpse is found floating in the swimming pool. His close friend Gene hopes Jim to look for the killer since the police thinks that he OD'ed. As Ji starts his investigation and starts talking to individuals, we see that everyone is holding their own secrets of infidelity, orgies, hook ups, inferiority complex and pretty much anyone could be a suspect with a motive for murder. The real reveal comes as a shock although towards the end I saw it coming but still a surprise.
The film visually is good to look at. Handsome guys, almost half naked most times and goes what.. decent acting too. After the initial character introductions and all, the story is set into motion and we see the investigation going. Initially I felt The Who PI was very lame and basic but by the time climax rolled it, it all made sense. The one issue of the film is that the murder happens of a person who is not very loved and is obnoxious, so you really don't care for him and also when the secret of the murderer is revealed, you feel ok with him getting away with it, which ideally should not be the case. There is a lot of talking in this film, which makes me wonder if this was originally set as a play. The sets and premise is pretty basic and could do well as a play. Overall, surprisingly an ok decent fare, especially when the film started and I thought this is going to be a trashy and bad ride. (5.5/10)
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