Sometimes, certain things in life leave you in a state of disbelief cause till then you never faced and believed that reality can have such faces. Something very similar was going through my mind as I knew the end credits were about to roll up.. and as the background score took the front-seat, these thoughts pierced through my mind and soul.
As I write these, almost every person interested in this movie knows the plot, so not repeating. Being a follower and observer of Kashyap's movie I had my preconceived notions about it, and though some of them fitted my thoughts, some other took me to a world I never could imagine can exist. True to his genre and style, its dark and really, very disturbing.
As the movie opens up, we get to know the characters. Other than Ruth - the main protagonist played near to perfection, there his her parasitic boyfriend(Prashant), her only considerate customer(Nasiruddin Shah), and character of parlor owner(Pooja Swarup) and local Kannad don(Gulshan) which deserve special mention for the layers they bring to the movie.
Every that movie which makes you think about the character and not the actor, has the ability to engage you, and exactly that happens here. Along with Kalki's strong performance, background score and realistic cinematography takes this movie a level up. Sometimes you feel like the things are going on as our real life does, and we are there just as a spectator, from an angle which Rajeev Ravi chooses for us. The movie, being primarily framed in tight places like single apartment, station and rickshaw, also play major roles in it.
Though from Anurag, we always expect something very real and brought from the darkest part of the society, we always expect it to be something that we know about and can relate. Here Anurag goes a step farther and brings out, according to me, though not the best, the most dark and disturbing of his movies. Though at times the story gets predictable and seems like what new he can bring, the ending will keep you shocked and silent for a long time as you will start, if not redefining but rechecking, the world and the people you thought you know.
