Ajit Duara
A moving tale, supported by fine performances, about a friendship that comes with a price.
Paradoxically, a film on the Indian media that shines only when the media is off-screen.
A pale after-image of Jane Austen’s Emma, it has neither the depth of character nor the dialogue.
Can mainstream Hindi cinema defend itself against the charge that it is creatively bankrupt?
Even for a film made a few years ago, it does have rather outdated views on relationships.