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 ...
Shinya and Miyako are friends from high school. Now in college, they live together in a small rented flat and their relationship a secret to avoid any drama. Things take a turn when a girl from their high school comes back in their life. Miyako welcomes her with open arms but Shinya is not so keen, since he is also jealous about the fact that in school there were rumors about his boyfriend and this girl dating. Slowly Shinya becomes unfriendly and even hostile towards his boyfriend leading to misunderstandings and the duo deciding to take a short break from one another. Meanwhile, a common friend of theirs who is gay and has a long distance relationship with an American tries to help them patch up. Meanwhile, the girl uses this as an opportunity to confess her feelings to Shinya that it was actually him that she was interested in and not Miyako but Shinya tells her that it's only his boyfriend who he loves. The duo clear their misunderstandings and the film ends with them being happy together again.
The film is really simple and straight forward. An interesting twist does come when the girl confesses that it was the other guy she was always interested in. I actually did not see that coming, but besides that, the film was strictly ok in my view. I see most people went crazy and loved this film, but I thought its just average at best. Maybe it was a big deal when it came out. On a positive side, the two guys share a great chemistry with each other, even though both their hairstyles were over the top and quite annoying, but I guess the makers tried to do a faithful manga adaptation. They seem very believable both as best friends and lovers and I believed in their love. The girl seemed docile and rather opportunistic. Its amusing how most friends would always joke about how the two boys are always together even if only one of them gets invited to any event and yet no one saw itchy were actually a couple and not just friends. Other than this, the film was simple, straight forward and average at best. (4.5/10)
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