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 ...
Trust me, the premise of the film, as I mentioned above, is just that. A group of friends talking about random things for a good 110 minutes, which are neither juicy, exciting or anything that I would care about. Every aspect of stereotypical gay literature is shown here. There is a confused married man, a new kid on the block from Nebraska, a self hating hustler, a mother drowning her son for being gay, a straight guy in a gay bar by mistake.
Being shot in a real location, the production lacks fitness. The lighting is dark and shadowy and at certain points even out-of-focus making it all seem quite amateurish. But if you forget that for a while, the direction lacks style. The film has no momentum at all. Half of the time I found myself confused between various patrons of the bar. There are multiple groups or one-on-one conversations happening in the bar, and the camera just cuts from one conversation to the other. The two stories that could have been interesting are just not explored enough. A young feminine man, for whom a straight guy has fallen, beats him up after realizing that he is a man could have made for a film in itself. The characters seemed full pf themselves, and as an audience I kept wondering that is it just a bad film or is it someone's idea of self indulgence hoping to create a masterpiece. (2/10)
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