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Ajeeb Daastaans (film on Netflix); Cast: Jaideep Ahlawat, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Armaan Ralhan, Abhishek Banerjee, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Inayat Verma, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aditi Rao Hydari, Shefali Shah, Manav Kaul, Tota Roy Chowdhury; Direction: Shashank Khaitan, Raj Mehta, Neeraj Ghaywan, Kayoze Irani; Rating: (three stars)
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
It is provocative, for the way it twists the very concept of love from being an emotion that demands unconditional sacrifice to a mere tool for realising selfish gains. It is flawed, too, for the way it struggles to utilise that unusual premise, while bringing alive its spread of relationship sagas.
On Friday (April 16), Netflix released the anthology film Ajeeb Daastaans on their platform
The film has four segments directed by Shashank Khaitan, Raj Mehta, Neeraj Ghaywan and Kayoze Irani
It is jointly produced by filmmaker Karan Johar and Netflix
It is provocative, for the way it twists the very concept of love from being an emotion that demands unconditional sacrifice to a mere tool for realising selfish gains. It is flawed, too, for the way it struggles to utilise that unusual premise while bringing alive its spread of relationship sagas.
Ajeeb Daastaans is a curious bag indeed, if only for its utterly wicked entertainment quotient, and also because it is a rare film coming out of mainstream Bollywood that looks at love as anything beyond a sacrosanct sentiment.
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Ajeeb Daastaans: Take the sloppy with the smooth
By IANS |
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Direction: Shashank Khaitan, Raj Mehta, Neeraj Ghaywan, Kayoze Irani
Rating: (three stars)
BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
It is provocative, for the way it twists the very concept of love from being an emotion that demands unconditional sacrifice to a mere tool for realising selfish gains. It is flawed, too, for the way it struggles to utilise that unusual premise, while bringing alive its spread of relationship sagas.
Ajeeb Daastaans is a curious bag indeed, if only for its utterly wicked entertainment quotient, and also because it is a rare film coming out of mainstream Bollywood that looks at love as anything beyond a sacrosanct sentiment.