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 about a straight couple, a lesbian couple and their single gay friend Troy going to Fire Island for the weekend. Troy's boyfriend recently committed suicide and since then he has been in sort of depression, so this trip is also to help him cheer up. Slowly murders start to happen on the island. First we see one of the guys in a long term gay relationship gets killed, then it's the straight couple who was visiting and soon one of the girls of the lesbian couple. Of course between all this, we will all these folks trying to make sense of life and of course of Fire Island. Eventually Troy and his best friend are running for life because cops cannot find the perpetrator. Eventually the killer kills the last girl and also the cop investigating but magically Troy manages to escape after the identity is revealed.
This film makes no sense at all. The big secret of the killer can be seen when the guy is shown hanging out in a bar eye-ing Troy. I t was a direct giveaway, but here I was curious about 'why' the murder. Even that was so underwhelming that I couldn't believe the reasoning. It really was just about someone "driven crazy" by isolation and murdering people. There was no connection between the murder of a girl that with which the film starts or the murder of the older gay couple or why specifically this group of friends. Also, if anyone has been on Fire Island, the island is never so deserted. I think this movie had potential to be better than it was, primarily because of the ending and the reveal of the killer. It was pretty obvious and the reasoning was ludicrous. I think if they had come up with a better plot and motivation for the killer I would have upped the rating. The film is neither scary nor flashy horror or not even comedy. Also to be honest, just because of the setting of the Fire Island, it falls in gay genre, but this film, IMO, doesn't even fall in LGBT category. The story was ok but screenplay is just bad. Acting was just ok and it felt like someone's pet project rather than an attempt to make something meaningful. I honestly can't think of one redeeming quality that this film possess. The only way this film can be seen is when you are super drunk and want to laugh at the absurdity of the whole thing. (2/10)
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