such a good concept butchered by the cheating bisexual trope. almost made me not want to finish it

such a good concept butchered by the cheating bisexual trope. almost made me not want to finish it

This was not goodAnd cheating bisexual plot line was just not it

This was not goodAnd cheating bisexual plot line was just not it

I don’t know what this film attempted to do, but I do know that it failed. How many people do you need to have this cripple shag to get your point across. This felt like a director’s nightmarish attempt at cinematizing his poorly disguised foot fetish. I mean what need could there possibly be for a transition from a foot massage to… 3 people getting foot massages.

I don’t know how we are somehow expected to resonate with this wobble-on-wheels. I mean she literally touches anything that moves, and if they don’t move… she moves them herself. I mean what an introduction when she rolls over her, what I was led to believe was, her cousin when he doesn’t seem quite as interested. And then gets pissed off when he is later? There are scenes when she is looking romantically and you genuinely can’t decipher who exactly she’s looking at because she is just a massive slag.

The ending falls short, because to be quite frank, I was praying on her downfall entirely. She really didn’t earn her love yourself ending whatsoever.

I don’t know what this film attempted to do, but I do know that it failed. How many people do you need to have this cripple shag to get your point across. This felt like a director’s nightmarish attempt at cinematizing his poorly disguised foot fetish. I mean what need could there possibly be for a transition from a foot massage to… 3 people getting foot massages.

I don’t know how we are somehow expected to resonate with this wobble-on-wheels. I mean she literally touches anything that moves, and if they don’t move… she moves them herself. I mean what an introduction when she rolls over her, what I was led to believe was, her cousin when he doesn’t seem quite as interested. And then gets pissed off when he is later? There are scenes when she is looking romantically and you genuinely can’t decipher who exactly she’s looking at because she is just a massive slag.

The ending falls short, because to be quite frank, I was praying on her downfall entirely. She really didn’t earn her love yourself ending whatsoever.

A moving tale from Indian cinema of a girl suffering from cerebral palsy who falls in love with a blind Pakistani girl as she moves to USA for studies. Even though the film opened to positive reception, it faltered at the box office earning only $74 million dollar against a budget of $64 million, it is still a resounding movie that deserved much more appreciation

Kalki Koechlin plays the protagonist of the movie, and she is completely believable as the disabled character, often making you forget that she is an able-bodied person playing a disabled chracter. Through her acting chops, she makes you move, as her performance makes you emptahize with her. I do have some minor gripes to pick with Sayani Gupta's portrayal of Khanum, there are instances where she doesn't come off as someone who is visually impaired, but overall her performance is still marvellous as the romantic interest of the character.

Shonali Bose also paint the movie in such a light that it doesn't come off as 'self-pity'. The characters are fully-formed human beings, with their own ups and downs. Laila isn't a disabled person first, but rather a person who has struggles with her life.

Overall, this film is a won for representation in India. Not only do you have a character who is disabled and queer, but the supporting casts also features many marginalized groups and relationships. The parents of the lead come from different ethnic backgrounds, there is also a north-eastern supporting character, who isn't treated as an 'other'.

Praises have to be lend to cinamtographer, who gave a 'softer feeling to the film'.

A moving tale from Indian cinema of a girl suffering from cerebral palsy who falls in love with a blind Pakistani girl as she moves to USA for studies. Even though the film opened to positive reception, it faltered at the box office earning only $74 million dollar against a budget of $64 million, it is still a resounding movie that deserved much more appreciation

Kalki Koechlin plays the protagonist of the movie, and she is completely believable as the disabled character, often making you forget that she is an able-bodied person playing a disabled chracter. Through her acting chops, she makes you move, as her performance makes you emptahize with her. I do have some minor gripes to pick with Sayani Gupta's portrayal of Khanum, there are instances where she doesn't come off as someone who is visually impaired, but overall her performance is still marvellous as the romantic interest of the character.

Shonali Bose also paint the movie in such a light that it doesn't come off as 'self-pity'. The characters are fully-formed human beings, with their own ups and downs. Laila isn't a disabled person first, but rather a person who has struggles with her life.

Overall, this film is a won for representation in India. Not only do you have a character who is disabled and queer, but the supporting casts also features many marginalized groups and relationships. The parents of the lead come from different ethnic backgrounds, there is also a north-eastern supporting character, who isn't treated as an 'other'.

Praises have to be lend to cinamtographer, who gave a 'softer feeling to the film'.

could’ve been slay but just wasn’t 😔

could’ve been slay but just wasn’t 😔