Firstly, before I start, let me make this clear this is NOT a sleazy movie. Please don’t go by the name or the trailers or even the posters (though you would hardly find any). It’s a bit strange that the director has chosen such kind of promotion.
Moving on to the movie, these days, apart from the likes of Johars, Barjatyas, Chopras, Ghais, there is an emergence of a new breed of directors. The breeds who have created products like No Smoking, and Dev.D. Such directors are not scared of the outcomes or the Friday openings or the weekend figures. They just want to test their creativity and indirectly the maturity of the audiences. Love, Sex aur Dhokha (or LSD to be short) is one such movie which is taking this breed to a new extreme. Its very clear such experimental movies will be difficult to be digested by a wider audience. These are not just for urban multiplex audiences but within that also for a truly niche segment.
What makes it even more interesting is LSD comes from a director who has earlier given “Full-on” entertainers like “Khosla ka Ghosla” and “Oye lucky lucky oye”.
To come to the point, LSD is different (in fact really different). Whether its good or bad, interesting or boring, likable or dull depends on the audience and also the mood with which you watch the movie. The product might be a bit ahead of its times offering a glimpse of tomorrow’s cinema but considering the onslaught of mms scandals, sting operations these days, you might just say it’s on time.
The direction / treatment also explains why no established faces were taken. The director wanted the audiences to get a feel as if they are watching some scandalous video at Youtube within the close confinements of their homes. (In fact, this is one movie whose DVD version might work better)
Overall, you can give it a try (purely at your own risk). This movie will be remembered for the way it has been shot and the way its subject / characters have been handled. At the end, whether you like or dislike this movie, you certainly will carry home an opinion on it.
Though in the beginning, I mentioned its not sleazy but respect the "A" certificate of the movie and would suggest not to watch with your full family not because it has any obscenity or vulgarity but purely because of the treatment of the movie.
By the way, the movie also passes on a relevant message. In today’s times of omnipresent cameras (be it CCTV, spy pen, mobile or digitial), you are always being watched. SO be cautious next time.
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