Ajeeb Dastaans(Netflix)
Starring Jaideep Ahlawat, Fatima Sana Sheikh, Konkona Sen Sharma, Nusrat Bharucha,Abhishek Bannerjee, Inayat Verma, Shefali Shah, Pavan Kaul Directed by Shashank Khaitan, Raj Mehta, Neeraj Ghaywan, and Kayoze Irani
This is a diverse provocative(sometimes too consciously so) bouquet of stories of four women in search of an emotional and physical fulfillment that eludes them because…well, they have obligations. Don’t we all!
Uneven in quality, some of the plotting conceits verge on the absurd. To begin with, let’s take the first story Majnu directed by Shashank Khaitan. It is a passionless passion-tale about a marriage of convenience between a moneyed dangerous criminal Babloo(Jaideep Ahlawat) and Lipashi(Fatima Sana Sheikh). The film opens with one of Babloo’s henchman making a preposterous pass at his Bhabhaiji, and never recovers its equilibrium.
Director: Shashank Khaitan, Neeraj Ghaywan, Kayoze Irani
There is something about anthologies that I really like. It’s difficult to decide if it’s how the storytellers manage to express themselves in a short period of time but with greater impact, or how the short films come together beautifully as a whole. It’s also a difficult balance to maintain- one slightly off film can make you feel bored, or one odd placement can also ruin the experience. I have also wondered if it’s the ease of taking breaks in between, and letting the film and the story sink for sometime before I move on to the other, which may or may not hit with equal impact! Dharma has kind of been the forerunner in bringing out anthologies in Hindi film industry and today, it released Ajeeb Daastaans- a tale of love, deceit, hatred and everything in between woven so delightfully that each short would remain with you long a
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