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Reviewed by: Suraj Das
Reviewer's Rating: 2 out of 10
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"Much Ado About Nothing!" I can´t think of a finer phrase to comment on whether or not the frenzy K. Shashilal Nair´s "Ek Chhotisi Love Story" has created across India is justified. Withstanding the inclusion of a few "risqué" scenes the film is thoroughly unspectacular and poorly crafted.
Nair´s work refuses to strike a chord with the viewer. It seems the filmmaker never cared as much about giving his characters motives or evaluating their behavior as he did about having them engage in odd sexual practices whenever the script allowed. Nair´s lead players in the film are peculiar, unpredictable characters who act on uncharacteristic impulse so often throughout the duration of the film that even after two hours, it is impossible to understand any characters´ background or reasoning.
While we´re talking about the cast, we might as well mention [the now infamous] Jessica Chowski - Manisha´s body double in the film. There is nothing to say about her in terms of a performance, but her noticeable presence in the film does serve to highlight Nair´s carelessly poor direction. In one of the many blunders by the technical team of the film, Chowski´s scenes portray the character "Manisha" as having a much fairer complexion and being much slimmer than Manisha Koirala ever appears in movie. The filmmakers´ incompetence, as a result, sticks out like a sore thumb in the movie.
Technically, there is little impressive about the film. The camera work is typical, the editing is poor, and the background music does precious little to engross viewers. Nair´s cursory direction, as mentioned above, is lacking in almost every respect.
Ek Chhotisi Love Story is bound to be a success in India because of its egregious lovemaking scenes, which are novel to audiences there. And while sex scenes for the sake of art in films are justifiable and worth fighting for, Nair´s film is a far cry from an artistic vision. It is an ill conceived, poorly acted, rushed and shoddily made product that deserves close to none of the attention it is receiving from the press or the public. The bottom line: Ek Chhotisi Love Story is inconsequential film, best forgotten.
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