Dolly, Kitty et les étoiles

Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare. 2020. Alankrita Shrivastava

Just like her last film "Lipstick under My Burkha" this one also deals with not so amenably communicated female issues, their inner liberty and their intricacies. But unlike that film where the concerns were interlaced aptly with the screenplay, DKAWCS tries too rigid to fit them in the overall narrative. The film tries to touch on innumerable issues & taboos in the span of 120 minutes which made it fickle in the end. Even after a very talented cast DKAWCS fails to find its voice.

The film just dropped on Netflix.

Lot of flaws in script and execution. According to story gender equality means married men and women both can have extra marital affair for pleasure. One female character is confused throughout the movie and in the end settled for pleasure service for females (again for gender equality). The summary of the film is that there are lot of intimate scenes and in between they put two confused woman who somehow settles for something they feel women empowerment or gender equality. Only thing to watch is some good acting by all the characters, even those who had small roles.

Director Alankrita Shrivastava is back with yet another women-centric entertainer after Lipstick Under My Burkha. But this time she missed the opportunity and failed to deliver an amusing film. The potential star cast is completely wasted due to the bad script.

Direction 2.5/5 Acting 2.5/5 Music 1.5/5 Story 2/5 Screenplay 1.5/5

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How we missed you Konkana! Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare does not rise to the levels of Alankrista Shrivastava's previous works like Made in Heaven or Lipstick Under My Burkha but is watchable due to the compelling lead performances by Konkana and a terrific Bhumi Pednekar.

In trying to stuff multiple agendas like love, virginity, Indians' repressed sexuality, midlife crises and even gender identity, the movie becomes disjointed and tedious in parts.

However, Konkana revels in a triumphant return to mainstream cinema after a hiatus. In Radha aka 'Dolly', she lives the character of a dissatisfied middle-aged woman, unhappy in her job, sex life and of having not lived life to its fullest.

Vikrant Massey and Aamir Bashir do a commendable job in their supporting roles while Amol Parashar reduces to a boytoy stereotype.

Watch it if, like me, you have grown up enthralled by Konkana's clutch performances. Set your expectations right and you wont be disappointed

Complete waste of talented actors films want to tell so much but don't convey anything at last too many plots and no result