The film has a heart and characters are eminently likable, but on the flip side, here we go – it is too self indulgent for its own good and clocks over two and a half hours. Towards the end you look at your watch more than once.

Few films tug your heartstrings like this tale of the eminently likable Stanley. It also marks the fabulous debut of Gupte as a director, a reassuring effort of a man who know exactly what he wants to show and how.