Often filmmakers make a mess of LGBT themes by making them dark and preachy, Director Harish Vyas gives a refreshing tone to an otherwise serious theme and almost pulls a magical treat. Characters and their chemistry could have been better but their mis-match (sexual orientation as well as physicality wise) also makes it more believable. Real life is often about mismatches, perfection only looks good in posters and fairytales. Songs go well with the narrative, i particularly liked the BGM towards the finale (last 30 minutes). Anshuman is earnest and owns a few scenes (i loved the scene where he breaks up with his bf in car), Zareen is refreshing. Good to see 'commercially' tagged actors trying their hands at different characters. The few things that didn't work for me - Length which could/should have been shorter by 15 minutes at-least. Set design / Art work is too madeup and looks unrealistic. Every house, every location is over-worked. Although the colourful set/art looks pleasing to eyes and adds value to frames, it just doesn't gell well with reality and indirectly makes us realise we are watching a movie not life. Dialogues are weak and there isn't a single takeaway line in the entire narration that touches upon the deep theme, a line that connects to soul. Story is good, so is screenplay. Director seems to be in complete command of the limited resources in his arsenal. Love making scene between Zareen and the other girl is shot so aesthetically that it can compete with any world cinema offering. Overall It is a beautiful journey of two broken hearts and the director Harish Vyas must be lauded for finding color in grey. It remind me of my favourite filmmaker Wong Kar Wai's lines ' I though you and me are different, but it turns out that lonely people are all the same'
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