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 ...
Miles is a med student, who finds out that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He decides that he will kiss someone else to prove that he is cheating so he can break up. But instead of a planned friend, he ends up kissing a man. He politely asks the guy to play along and he does. Only later Miles finds out that the guy is Hunter who happens to be the CEO in the company he is going to intern for. Somehow Miles end up becoming his PA, but both men make it very clear that neither is gay a they are not to talk about what happened. Interestingly, a girl who used to bully Miles in high school sees the whole scene where Miles tells his ex-gf that he is gay and is kissing another boy and catches on camera. She bullies Miles to make the video public and asks him to help her get close to the CEO. What happens is the opposite as you can imagine. Situations arise which lead to Hunter and Miles getting close. They both slowly start to realize that they have stringer feelings but since neither is gay, they are afraid to admit any of it. Eventually few more passionate kisses follow, they become couple and Miles decide to make their relationship official. Some last minute misunderstandings happen again because of the girl but eventually it all gets sorted and the duo make a happy couple.
The story is basic and straight forward but what keeps your attention in the show is the two extremely good looking leads. They share good chemistry, the kisses re believable and you do get good body shots. Hunter is tall and arrogant but also the first one to realize, while Miles is the lanky straight twink, whom everyone thinks he is gay. As other shows in similar genre of vertical series, yes this is equally cheesy, over the top, a bit campy, and everything that makes these vertical dramas guilty pleasure to watch. I am in this weird position where I keep rolling my eyes while I watch them , but I also can't stop watching these. The one difference here is the leads sharing great chemistry which is the big win for the show. Other than that, if you are a lover of these kind of cheesy gay rom-coms easy to watch vertically on phone while doing other chores, it is not the worst thing in the world. (5/10)
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