I didn't know it was first day first show for me. I just bunked my college and went directly to a nearby cinema theater to see any worthy popular film. I couldn't get the ticket for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag so I went for BA Pass. Till interval movie has only thrilling sex scenes, not common in Hindi cinema. But after interval everything comes unexpectedly.
It depicts the story of a young boy studying in BA (pass) course at a college when his parents suddenly die due to an accident. The movie starts with the mourning of family relatives over the death and discussing about the future of young children, Mukesh (Shadab Kamal, the lead actor and the student), his 2 younger sisters, Sonu and Chhutki. The boy stays in the aunt's home (bua, father's sister) and wants to complete his studies while sisters stay with the grandfather. But the aunt's family is not supportive and asks him to do various household work. He dislikes his studies but somehow wants to finish it so that he can earn to regain his self-respect and bring his sisters. Meanwhile he becomes friend of a coffin maker, Johny, at a graveyard where he used to study books about Kasparov's chess moves so he could master chess. Johny also loves to play chess so they become friends. One day he meets his aunt's friend, Sarika (Shilpa Shukla), who invites him to her home for some business. But persuades him into a series of sexual encounters. One day she offers him the job of a gigolo where he would be sent to various rich and mature ladies, mostly in their 40s, who want a young guy to satisfy themselves for some or the other reason. Various scenes of these sexual experiences have also been shown. He wanted to take private home tuitions but being lured by aunt's sexual favors, high amount paid by woman customers, and difficulty in finding tuitions threw him in gigolo business.
Audience was not expecting the sensuality that has been shown on screen. Though I found a mature audience as the sex scenes were very intense. The couple sitting next to me went away after the interval. The girl was not comfortable watching the movie. Though the audience was less in number but I do feel that the film would attract more audience in coming week, specially the weekend.
After the interval movie takes a totally unexpected turn when Sarika's husband, Khanna (Rajesh Sharma), comes to know about Mukesh's visit to her. After that starts a series of suffering, betrayal, tensions, crime and painful emotions. The portrayal of women has been scintillating, who are using their money, beauty and name for either revenge or pleasure. Sarika's acting is extremely bold and sensuous. The movie has been made from a very realistic perspective. Movie centers around the need and importance of money and how a consumerist society loses all morals and emotions when it comes to acquisition of money.
An intellectual perspective about the role of women in this movie would be the suppression from patriarchal society, and various turns in the movie come from this interplay of surviving in a patriarchal family and the betrayal by women due to that. The woman is shrewd, clever, highly astute, and revengeful. The woman is also passionate and wicked. She knows how to make use of her powers. She is strong but only when free from patriarchal rule, otherwise she is oppressed, defensive and unhappy.
The boy, being a late teenager, something 18 or 19 years old, still has to face many challenges in face of lack of financial and family support. The situations become worse because of 2 sisters for whom he has to earn so that he could give them a safe home. Although it can be argued that film has shown many unexpected and unrealistic turns, like Johny betraying him and he using a shortcut to money. But the circumstances give these turns a reason and validity. A story can be shown from various perspectives but possible uncertainties and twists show realism and add spice to drama. Although not shown in the movie, but he must have thought that he can't earn much money if he aspires to do something else (like tuitions), with which he would not be able to bring his sisters back from the hostel. The influence of passion and charm could be possible reasons but they only add to the complexity of motives in this unripe age. As Hume says, "Reason is a slave to our passions.", seems justified in this movie. The moral dilemma of becoming a gigolo has not been shown properly, except when he tries to seek male customers. The boy gets easily trapped into the business by his own sexual passions due to which the climax situation owes him the responsibility for whatever happened to him.
Overall, the movie is psychologically thrilling, shows passions and emotions, realistic circumstances and how the character of the parent-less boy strives in a society of adults whose passions crush him to the very core at the cost of his self-respect and much more.
A 10/10 from my side as I do not find any significant mistake in this film.
It depicts the story of a young boy studying in BA (pass) course at a college when his parents suddenly die due to an accident. The movie starts with the mourning of family relatives over the death and discussing about the future of young children, Mukesh (Shadab Kamal, the lead actor and the student), his 2 younger sisters, Sonu and Chhutki. The boy stays in the aunt's home (bua, father's sister) and wants to complete his studies while sisters stay with the grandfather. But the aunt's family is not supportive and asks him to do various household work. He dislikes his studies but somehow wants to finish it so that he can earn to regain his self-respect and bring his sisters. Meanwhile he becomes friend of a coffin maker, Johny, at a graveyard where he used to study books about Kasparov's chess moves so he could master chess. Johny also loves to play chess so they become friends. One day he meets his aunt's friend, Sarika (Shilpa Shukla), who invites him to her home for some business. But persuades him into a series of sexual encounters. One day she offers him the job of a gigolo where he would be sent to various rich and mature ladies, mostly in their 40s, who want a young guy to satisfy themselves for some or the other reason. Various scenes of these sexual experiences have also been shown. He wanted to take private home tuitions but being lured by aunt's sexual favors, high amount paid by woman customers, and difficulty in finding tuitions threw him in gigolo business.
Audience was not expecting the sensuality that has been shown on screen. Though I found a mature audience as the sex scenes were very intense. The couple sitting next to me went away after the interval. The girl was not comfortable watching the movie. Though the audience was less in number but I do feel that the film would attract more audience in coming week, specially the weekend.
After the interval movie takes a totally unexpected turn when Sarika's husband, Khanna (Rajesh Sharma), comes to know about Mukesh's visit to her. After that starts a series of suffering, betrayal, tensions, crime and painful emotions. The portrayal of women has been scintillating, who are using their money, beauty and name for either revenge or pleasure. Sarika's acting is extremely bold and sensuous. The movie has been made from a very realistic perspective. Movie centers around the need and importance of money and how a consumerist society loses all morals and emotions when it comes to acquisition of money.
An intellectual perspective about the role of women in this movie would be the suppression from patriarchal society, and various turns in the movie come from this interplay of surviving in a patriarchal family and the betrayal by women due to that. The woman is shrewd, clever, highly astute, and revengeful. The woman is also passionate and wicked. She knows how to make use of her powers. She is strong but only when free from patriarchal rule, otherwise she is oppressed, defensive and unhappy.
The boy, being a late teenager, something 18 or 19 years old, still has to face many challenges in face of lack of financial and family support. The situations become worse because of 2 sisters for whom he has to earn so that he could give them a safe home. Although it can be argued that film has shown many unexpected and unrealistic turns, like Johny betraying him and he using a shortcut to money. But the circumstances give these turns a reason and validity. A story can be shown from various perspectives but possible uncertainties and twists show realism and add spice to drama. Although not shown in the movie, but he must have thought that he can't earn much money if he aspires to do something else (like tuitions), with which he would not be able to bring his sisters back from the hostel. The influence of passion and charm could be possible reasons but they only add to the complexity of motives in this unripe age. As Hume says, "Reason is a slave to our passions.", seems justified in this movie. The moral dilemma of becoming a gigolo has not been shown properly, except when he tries to seek male customers. The boy gets easily trapped into the business by his own sexual passions due to which the climax situation owes him the responsibility for whatever happened to him.
Overall, the movie is psychologically thrilling, shows passions and emotions, realistic circumstances and how the character of the parent-less boy strives in a society of adults whose passions crush him to the very core at the cost of his self-respect and much more.
A 10/10 from my side as I do not find any significant mistake in this film.