Ajeeb Daastaans movie review: Good and bad co-exist in this morally ambiguous anthology
The common modus operandi seems to be a subversion of our expectations at the end, even if the effectiveness of this strategy wavers.
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Ajeeb Daastans, a four-part anthology, has atypicality in its stories, although the degree varies from film to film.
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Karan Johar’s segment in the 2013 anthology, Bombay Talkies, ends with the song, ‘Ajeeb Daastan Hai Ye’, as a bewildered Dev (Randeep Hooda), who has just come out as a homosexual to his wife, sits, doubtful about his future. The song befits the fogginess of his situation, and with Karan Johar producing Ajeeb Daastaans, a four-part anthology, you can see where the idea might have stemmed from. Translating to ‘Weird Tales’, Ajeeb Daastaans has atypicality in its stories, although the degree varies from film to film. The common modus operandi seems to be a subversion of our e