As a genre, an ‘erotic thriller’ should have a few takers. But not this one. The theatre emptied out long before the end

The movie is a portrait of rural India that not many of us would want to see. But it is an important film that brings you face to face with unpalatable truth

In keeping with the objective documentary tradition, there are no intrusive voice overs in the film guiding us, or telling us what to think or believe

Vidya Balan is beautifully cast as Sulu, simply because she is the only contemporary actress in Hindi cinema who can wear a Sari without looking like a woman draped in a bed sheet

The style of the melodrama in the movie is of 1980s vintage, something that is very difficult to sit through today

Irrfan gives us a hugely entertaining character, but his persona starts to fray by the end

When the film ends abruptly, you have to ask: ‘now what was all that about?’

The best thing about the movie is that it is a non-judgemental work

The movie starts off with an intriguing premise, but is unable to deliver on it

At the end, you stagger out of the theatre with your ears ringing