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Its journey of 148 minutes (including 16 minutes of pre and post credits) which finally takes you nowhere , neither its realistic nor it's entertaining to disappoint me further its not even as dark as I thought it would be . If you can sail through the first ninety minutes which will surely test your patience and intelligence then you will be rewarded for the last 40 minutes but when it concludes it feels like the writer could not handle the force he had unleashed in third act and leaves the end very conveniently where it does . Movie does try to add something with very last scene but then its credit leaves you with a movie which you would forget sooner than the time you had spent anticipating watching it after coming across the trailer or promotions .

In the first two acts of this movie most scene sequences are cut abruptly when it moves from one to another and it's noticeable . What seemed to be good cinematography from trailer isn't so in the movie , with mediocre scenes and the wave you see in trailer is the only wave you will see across the movie . Performance of Deepika Padukone is commendable but I feel it fails to be memorable given the weak and forgettable script . Naseeruddin Shah and Rajat Kapoor do their job with perfection in the limited time they are allotted and for other actors you can judge them with your perspective and taste as you go on a hectic journey but for me they were not that enchanting . Back stories and past of each character which seem much more interesting than what is going on in the present are never explored except small flashbacks and in dialogues.

Only thing that would leave a long impact on you is the song Gehraiyaan by Lothika except that everything else is unnecessary noise which you won't regret even if you don't watch this movie .

Special Mention : Movie explores the theme of infidelity ,depression and trauma but never gives real weight to either of these topics and lets it just flow like meaningless waves instead of depth.

Well everybody acted very good ... Excellent.. director did amazing job with mediocre crime petrol story ....

All these years we as audience wanted Bollywood sud make Hollywood level movies so what our dharma producers thought... In Hollywood married super hit actress does all these adult scenes... Let's do that ... That's Sharma's Bollywood reply to Hollywood ... All acted well but why they needed Deepika for that ... I mean Deepika sud do movies which assures produces a great return ... Like high budget experimental movies with action etc ... Any way we will never make good scale movies not atleast by dharma as they are too mediocre in their talent.

If you are expecting an over-dramatic service to universally accepted stereotypes or masala, please understand that you might not be the intended audience for this movie, and that is okay. There are no tongue-in-cheek quips or punchlines in this one.

This is a movie about the intricacies of modern-day relationships in a world of businesses and ethics. Startups and investor funding. One-income couples and power play in relationships. Generational wealth. Mental health and addictions. Family secrets and how hard they are to bottle up, especially when kids grow up.

I never write reviews, but I had to or this movie. I commend Shakun Batra for the honesty he maintained throughout this movie. This is not a manual to life. He is not telling you what is wrong or what is right. He is only showing you people in different scenarios and how differently they act if certain variables change. Or better yet, how internal and external pressure influences us.

Deepika has no problem portraying silent angst and a pensive protagonist at the receiving end of fates' short stick. I think that was already established from the trailer. Her role as Alisha was very believable. Her character development into near manic for rightful reasons was somehow portrayed with enough anxiety and just the right amount of grace that you almost empathize with her. Kudos to her for choosing such a morally grey character and playing it with such conviction while emoting the required uncertainty that the character always had in her aura.

Siddharth always wows me whenever he is on screen. This is primarily because of how much he embodies such brazen characters when I see him fumbling (in an endearing way) during the recent promotion interviews. He was very convincing as Zain. A US returnee, a go-getter, a hustler of sorts with a deep understanding of the loopholes in finance and business who badly wants to establish his name in stone in India. In fact, all seems to be going in his favour until it isn't. There we begin to see how well he portrays a man falling apart while keeping up the facade of 'I've got it all under control.' His growing chemistry with Deepika was nicely captured.

Ananya Pandey, Finally a role where she is not all floss and candy. Frankly, It was a breath of fresh air seeing her in such a relatable role. Not as an upper-class Indian but as a woman who was madly in love. At the same time, she had unshakeable feelings about his intentions and actions and how her subsequent actions dictated the happenings of the plot without her even knowing.

In a movie where all the characters are different shades of grey, so was Dhairya's character Karan. Was he loving or dismissive and selfish at times? He played all those human complexities quite well. For a character that was supposed to garner maximum sympathy from the audience, the real-life plot and portrayal just showed him as another spike on the wheel.

Special shout out to Naseeruddin and Rajat for their commendable performances as well! Bringing the non-judgemental and judgemental views respectively to the story as needed.

CON: We could have done without the multiple wave shots. We get it, depth. I swear we get it no need to remind us 100 times!

This movie has a high rewatch value, and I look forward to this type of cinema as we continue to evolve as an audience.

Everyone is cheating among their own relatives. Why?

If Alisha needed money for an app or for whatever cant see start with instagram influencing or just another social media platform?

She could have earned new customers or clients from there.

She is already wealthy , she could have taken help from her cousin Tia Lame story where everyone is animal just cheating with everyone possible.

The only objective of making such a movie is to showcase human emotions. This movie doesn't justify adultery or say cheating is cool. Worse, it doesn't do anything much at all. Shakun Batra does well with good cinematography. His attempt at bringing in a Sam Levinson-Luca Guadagnino type work into scenes is appreciable, much like Kapoor and Sons. So is Deepika's and Siddhanth's acting. But why cast Ananya Pandey? Her acting is so bad, she always seems like a clown in a board meeting.

Besides, there are glaring loopholes in the story. How does Zain run away from home, still manage to study in the US, scale up quick enough, return to India as a board member, start his firm, and still be young? Zain has no family? Why is Alisha onboard with cheating so quick? What is the cliffhanger even supposed to convey? 5/10 only for Deepika and Siddhant's acting, the cinematography, the music.