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 film starts with a historical figure Burton, who translate erotic books and is obsessed with doing scientific study of penis size. He works in some museum and there is something going on about him modifying his museum based on patient zero. In meantime patient zero returns as ghost and wants to clarify his name. But no one can see him, except this Burton guy. Burton os convinced that Zero is a killer of some sorts, and agrees to help. Then there is this sudden thing about monkeys in museum and them being blamed for AIDS. The whole saga points up the absurdity of wasting energy on trying to fix blame rather than find a cure.
This film, although has some good reviews online, in my opinion was a complete waste of my time. First of all a musical , and an attempt at comedy for the whole AIDS crisis is something beyond my imagination. There is weird story and way too many songs who pop up just too often. It would be really hard of rme to comment on either actor's acting capability or anything else, because by a certain point I had los almost interest whatsoever in the film and was just fast forwarding it through the musical numbers to try and make a sense of this film one way or the other. Perhaps it's the dark humor, perhaps the intellectualism, but I found "Zero Patience" somewhat off-putting. It tries to affect the viewer on so many levels that it doesn't really work on any. By the end of its 90 minutes, my patience was worn down to zero, too. (1/10)
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