After being kicked out by his wife, the said journo finds love in a colleague (Tannistha Chatterjee) who doesn’t do much except following Shorey around and discussing his angst and his work.

The dour performances don’t help either. Neither does the thick, gloomy air of the film. While the story is electrifying and inspiring, the film doesn’t manage to do justice. Too bad, really.

The film might have seemed an interesting, ambitious, black-humoured take on crime in the menacing hinterlands. But what we get is a watered-down version of the above. If you must watch it, look out for the few interesting moments, within the largely insipid, colourless film.

But most importantly, the film’s finale is utterly unconvincing, objectionable in its insinuation that being a being a woman is a punishment, and jarring, in that order.

In that sense, the film talks about women’s rights while including these sexist elements, and gives a muddled message. However, the film redeems itself to an extent by the story it chooses, the issues it touches upon even if briefly, and a few genuine moments.

As someone who wholeheartedly enjoyed ABCD, I have to say this has proven to be a disappointing and unworthy sequel. The film ends with a quote by Remo that says, ‘Life is all about the next step’. We certainly hope Remo’s next step has us dancing again!

Mohit Suri is a fine director, but has often displayed a misogynistic core in some of his films. That continues here, as the story takes one shockingly regressive turn after the other. It’s difficult to process that Mahesh Bhatt has penned this story.

It’s one thing to caricaturize for humour, and another thing to completely misrepresent something. One also wishes the humour wasn’t accompanied by the insufferable background core and sound effects.
However, if you can look beyond these flaws, the film is worth your time for the unique story, performances and some genuine laughs.

This is yet another B-grade Bollywood film made with the intention of exploiting Sunny Leone’s image. Except for the sexuality, her character does not seem to have any other characteristics.

This is a low-brow, gimmicky film that capitalizes on one of Hindi film’s most iconic villains, and more unforgivably, on the aam junta’s frustrations with the system.

Debut director Anil Kumar Chaudhary whips up a film that makes a few quick points with a one-dimensional and simplistic narrative. The film does have a few moments like the mother’s unconventional ways of cheering up her upset daughter and the uneasy equations between successful and struggling friends. However one wishes the rest of the film was as heartfelt as them. In the end, you are left with the thought that the film could have been so much more.

Director Ranjit Kapoor happens to be the co-writer of the classic comedy Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron and the director of the charming Chintu Ji (2009). One wonders what happened here. Sadly the filmmaker is not on firm ground here, giving us a film telling us what we already know, with a story we’ve seen too many times already.