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 ...
Mok, a veterinarian arrives to a hotel for vacation. At the hotel's bar at night he gets too drunk making a ruckus. The super sweet bartender Bay, escorts Mok back to his room where in drunken state Tok begs Bay to stay back for the night with him. It turns out that Mok has just had. Breakup with his girlfriend, who for whatever reason is in the same hotel with a new guy. Bay makes a deal that he will make Tok smile at least 10 times. He takes him to his favorite night spot and become friends. Meanwhile, feeling refreshed from Bay's kindness and love, he clears up things with his ex, but that leads to a misunderstanding with Bay who thins that Tok is back with his girlfriend. To make matters worse, the hotels owner Boston reminds Bay that guests will come and go, so he needs to tae care. Anyway Bay and Tok become very close , even romantically but its time soon for Tok to leave promising Bay and telling him that he needs him. The ending is a bit ambiguous though.
The series doesn't focus on the love story or anything but relies more on the seat moments between our two leads. The focus is on the characters and how they are portraying what they are feeling in certain moments. Even though the characters and their action do feel a bit amateurish at many places, the actor splaying them do share a very good chemistry and save the series. We are never clearly told if Tok is straight or gay, is h using Bay's niceness for his own good or maybe he started to feel for him? The ending makes me think he has, but its never evident. But to be fair, the two guys have only known each other for two or three days. So simply staying in touch is all that we can really expect as they hardly know each other. Making them a couple just after this short meeting would be too unrealistic. The budding romance between them is ok, but overall the mini series is too short to invest into any character or feel for them. It is simply a feel good kind of viewing which can be good, when watching a heavy long series gets too much and you need a break. Strictly ok. (5/10)
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