You should watch Anurag Kashyap's heishy, meaty 'Ugly'. It's dark, its distubring, its loud- but its also very, very much entertaining, raw kind of fun with solid twists and turns. The narrative too isn't compromised. Again- its distubring at most. But you can't help but sit through it.
Anurag Kashyap's directorial venture is a complex cocktail drama which explores high and intense proportions of drama and noir thriller act. It is about a child who gets lost from a car when his father goes to meet someone, and how the father, and his ex-wife's husband (who is a police officer) from Uttar Pradesh's special task force go find the girl. This thrilling narrative is gut-wrenching, dark, terrifying and full of layered gore on every level from the beinning credits to the climax. It may bring bouts of vomitting to those who want light-hearted. But there are a lot of surprises amd relatable moments from daily life. The performances, especially by Ronit Roy, Rahul Bhat and Vineet Kumar Singh provide you enough to get invested.

Anurag Kashyap Is One Of The Finest Indian Filmmakers.. After The Epic GOW He Gives Another Excellent Movie..Ugly Can Be Said As One Of The Best Indian Mystery Thriller.Have Many Layers & Depth.Great Screenplay, Good Acting.

Anurag Kashyap has never stopped intriguing me, making films that are not only bold and beautiful but also strong in themes and fables. With Ugly, which he promised to be his most honest work, he succeeds in making a point the same haughty way, but ends up saying nothing more than we already know.

A young child, already in a predicament due to her parents' (her father, mother, and stepfather) frequent fights, is kidnapped in broad daylight. What follows is a mixture of the continuation of those fights and a jumpy attempt at searching for the girl. While the focus should have been at zeroing in on the kidnapper, if at all she was kidnapped and not gone naturally missing, the three main characters of this quasi-real-time drama are busy trying to bury the hatchet between themselves. And what do they receive at the end of the whole spectacle is a pure consequence of their combined follies.

Almost each and every major character in the film uses the abduction incident to earn few monies and that is the best element Kashyap conveys in the film. The climax marks the grave reality we live in, not caring for things that should be actually cared for. Delete the drama and you will find police custodial torture, adultery, escapism & sociopathy in the storyline, enacted marvelously by Ronit Roy and rest of the cast.

The plot is said to be inspired from true events, and while I don't wholly believe the claim, there is no doubt in it either. Because we read such types of incidents everyday. The sheer brilliance of capturing silent paranoia in the characters, and cussy dialogs is the essence of Kashyap's Ugly. He also captures the apathy of policemen, which talks volumes about our justice system. But the effect soon fades after you leave the hall, with only the moral staying with you for couple more hours.

BOTTOM LINE: While Ugly is a must watch this year, one shouldn't expect gleaming frames of polished drama, but a raw chronicle of human enterprise.

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? NO

Vulgarity: Strong | Profanity: Infinite | Violence/Gore: Medium | Alcohol/Smoking: Light

Dark movie, makes a decent one time watch - but not entertaining.