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 ...
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Soccer player Shushan is the dream of Jerusalem team. One night when he tries to flirt with a girl Mirit, he has no idea that she is an unwilling moll for ruthless gangster Mr. Black . To save face, Mr. Black tells Shushan that he must publicly announce that he is gay, if he wishes to live. Of course the guy has no choice. Right after the announcement, he set how homophobic his team players are and also the management of the team does not support him. The worse is that even fans give up on him and start calling him Shoshana. Rest of the film is about his Shushan and his agent make the best of Shushan’s publicized homosexuality. He is hired by an agency who is being paid by US to support the gay cause of Jerusalem (none of t is really important). In between all this Mirit decides that she likes Soshan and would rather be with I'm than the gangster. She finds him attractive but also is scared to take any action against the gangster. The film ends with eventually Soshan coming out with his real truth professing his love for the lady and everything back to 'normal'.
This film was actually quite bad. The film is loaded with political incorrectness in the name of comedy. The characters were uninteresting and you really didn't care much for anyone, not even the lead. I really can't believe Gal Gadot would agree to do such an inconsequential character. There were some jokes which made me smile, sometimes even laugh, but for the most part the jokes weren't funny at all. Plus most of them were very homophobic. Ok, so the gangster forced the guy to announce he is gay. But he could easily have confided in his team about the truth! Even the activities he does for the non-profit are so boring to be honest like meeting school students or addressing a a group of students since the rabbi is progressive. The acting by everyone was good but when the intention behind the film itself is likely not good, everything else came off as just plain bad stuff. I was just so bored throughout the film that even while writing this review I feel like why did I waste my time. Avoid (2/10)
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