Ankahi kahaniyan (अनकही कहानियाॅ)

"Ankahi kahaniyan (अनकही कहानियाॅ)"

Watched Hindi movie "Ankahi kahaniyan (अनकही कहानियाॅ)". 

This movie is directed by Ashwini Iyer Tiwari, Abhishek Chaubey, Saken Chaudhari. Produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Ashi Dua. Screenplay Piyush Gupta, Hussain Haidry, Shreyas Jain, Zeenat Lakhani and Nitesh Tiwari. Music by Achint Thakkar. Cinematography by Eeshit Narain. This movie stars Abhishek Banerjee, Rinku Rajguru, Delzad Hiwale, Kunal Kapoor, Zoya Hussain, Nikhil Dwivedi and Palomi Ghosh. This movie was released in 2021 and runs for about 1 hour 50 min. I watched the movie on Netflix on 16th Oct 2021 with Aditi.

‘Ankahi Kahaniya’ is an anthology of three short films about unconventional love stories.

In the first short film, Abhijeet works in a garments shop. He is lonely. No friends, no relatives in the city. No one to talk to. One day a lady mannequin comes into his shop and his life changes. He gets someone to talk to, a companion. She evokes a range of emotions in him from awe, sympathy, friendship, love, jealousy. 

Director does well to ensure that this story doesn't come out as perversion.

In second shirt film, Rinku is stuck in a house where she is not appreciated, she is not allowed education. She is attracted to a young man working at the local movie theater. This young man is an orphan brought up by a drunkard. Both lonely, both suffocated. They decide to escape. But the escape is not what you expect.

Director gives a surprise that disorients you until you get the profound meaning of it. 

In third shirt film, Arjun and Natasha are having an affair. Their respective spouses try to find out why all this started and reconstruct how it happened. While doing it they discover something else. 

This story manages to prove the audience wrong on multiple occasions. You expect it to take a certain path, but it doesn't. 

All the three directors do a good job. Abhijeet is too good. Can't imagine anyone else doing this role. Rinku suits the role. Delzad looks like a drug addict. Kunal, we know, is good. Zoya is the surprise packet and she impresses.

This movie follows recent popular trend of presenting a set of short stories, with a common thread, as a movie. The common thread in this movie is unconventional love of lonely persons.

It's a decent effort and a decent watch.