"Ajeeb Dastaans (आजीब दास्ताँ)".
Watched Hindi movie "Ajeeb Dastaans (आजीब दास्ताँ)".
This movie is directed by Shashank Khaitan, Neeraj Ghaywan, Raj Mehta, Kayoze Irani. Screenplay by Shashank Khaitan, Neeraj Ghaywan, Uzma Khan, Sumit Saxena. Produced by Karan Johar and others. It stars Fatima Sana Sheikh, Jaydeep Ahalawat, Arman Ralhan, Abhishek Banerjee, Nushrat Bharucha, Sara Arjun, Maneesh Verma, Konkona Sensharma, Bachan Pachera, Aditi Rao Haidari, Shefali Shah, Tota Roy Choudhury, Manav Kaul. Music is by Tanuj Tiku. Cinematography by Jishnu Bhattacharjee, Pushkar Singh, Siddharth Vasani. Film runs for about 2 hour 22 minutes and was released in 2021. I watched it with Aditi on 22th Apr 2021 on Netflix.
This is a collection of 4 short stories by four different teams. Neither director nor actors are repeated.
Majnu (मजनू)
Babloo (local strong man) and Lipakshi are in a loveless marriage. Enter Raj, strapping young son of Babloo's driver. What next?
Khilauna (खिलौना)
Meenal is a house maid and has a young sister. She loses her electricity. Vinod Agrawal, her employer, can restore it. Who is toying with who?
Geeli Pucchi (गीली पुच्ची)
Bharti is a graduate dalit machine operator aspiring promotion to desk job. But a new girl, Priya, gets it. A relationship is formed between these only two female employees. What is the significance of Geeli Pucchi or sloppy kiss?
Ankahi (अनकही)
Natasha's attempts to get her husband Rohan to communicate with their daughter who's going deaf go in vain. At the same time she meets a deaf artist. What happens next?
All the stories have three basic ingredients. First is dysfunctional relationships. These relationships lead to the second ingredient. It is lust or sex, it is in various forms like Gay, Lesbian and heterosexual. There is a strong undercurrent of lust. Third is shock. There is a shock at the end of every story. A shock that shatters your expectations and leaves you numb.
The shock of Geeli Pucci was the best. Konkona, Shefali were exceptional. Sara Arjun is a very sweet girl. Nushrat doesn't look like a domestic help.
You can watch this movie in as many as 4 sittings. Recommend watching!
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