Mirch
a; comedyDir: Vinay Shukla
Cast: Konkona Sen Sharma, Raima Sen, Arunoday Singh, Shreyas Talpade, Shahana Goswami, Rajpal Yadav, Sushant Ray, Prem Chopra and Boman Irani
Movie: **
Mirch Movie About? Although we have seen a lot of films telling several short stories that come together in the end Life In A... Metro, and Love, Sex And Dhoka this one is different.
It's a film within a film. It's a tongue-in-cheek look at the film industry and the struggle faced by B-Town writers.
A struggling writer Maanav (Singh) is trying to sell his script to a producer (Ray).
He narrates four stories, inspired from various classics ranging from Amar Chitra Katha to Boccaccio's Decameron all based on the theme of adultery, committed by married women.
The stories are sexy, naughty and writer-director Vinay Shukla binds these love affairs with one common subject infidelity.
What's HOT: Kudos to the director for picking a unique subject. The writing is clever and he picks a ensemble cast to tell the delicious accounts of suspicious men and cheating wives.
The film is set in two different time zones and the director takes us to a bygone era and back to the present smoothly from a king's palace to a filmmaker's office and then to a sleazy model.
The first two stories set in times of kings and royalty are definitely more appealing. Konkona Sen Sharma and Raima Sen star in two stories each as strong, sexually-liberated women. Newcomer Arunoday appears in each of the four and plays the sex object.
Quite the reversal of roles. The performances by the entire cast save Raghubir Yadav are flawless. Raima deserves special mention, as she plays both her characters with sass. The soundtrack is melodious.
What's not: While the idea is solid, it is flawed. The tales of stolen pleasures don't work in the end. The whole last bit, about the producer's own personal life, doesn't fit.
The novelty begins to wear off in the second half and it begins to get monotonous. The stories set in the contemporary times don't connect.
What to do: If you want to see something different and interesting, this is your best bet for this week.
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