Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

elshikh4 True it is a very old story, but the movie is done with class this time. The thing is it couldn't avoid the weak effect eventually.The "class" side; (Rani Mukherjee) looks so beautiful, giving a fine performance. (Konkona Sen Sharma) was unforgettable too. The cinematography made a colorfully dazzling image. The directing showed sensitive eye with smart vitality while being so rational as well (something I don't meet everyday in the Indian cinema). One of the songs, about transforming into a prostitute, was distinctly made; using shots for; spider's web, broken mirror, etc. that embodied the feelings of the lead at the moment in rare expressional way; being the most important thing this movie has.Now, the "weak" side; (Abhishek Bachchan)'s performance. And the character he played didn't help him as it was badly written (a lover boy who wears chic suits !). Which leads us to that script. Annoys me much the way the third act was written; OK, the heroine is someone, driven by bad circumstances, turns into a hooker, to separate from her family, which she supports, hiding her ugly truth. Now when her sister knows, she forgives her. When her mother knows, she forgives her. And when her lover knows, he – guess what – forgives her too and in one of the worst scenes I have ever seen in my life ! Before thinking that that is so-easy-it's-provocative, then wait till you know that the other conflict (some evil guy who wants to control the land of the heroine's father) finishes ridiculously in just one laconic moment, with (Abhishek Bachchan)'s character along with his brother putting their hands on that guy's shoulder, which ends up the movie suddenly !The old Indian cinema could deal with the same material in totally opposite way; overdone melodrama, loud tone, and sure big fight at the end where the 2 grooms beat up the hell out of (Prem Chopra) or (Amrish Puri) or whoever used to vex the leads back then! As you see, we have one cinema that mostly doesn't know how to be moderate. So it's whether hot-tempered or just cold !There is a nice scene in which the sister knows about her sister's job under the rain. That was effective. However, some scenes were, while nicely shot, highly predictable, and so reused from older movies; there is always an evil man who knows about the prostitute, blackmailing her for not telling her lover, her family, asking for big sum of money…etc. It's obvious by now that this is a movie where the problem is mainly in its script, not its direction or else.One very interesting point I must refer to. Remember how the character of the mom knew about her daughter's situation only by her heart, as if she has a telepathic relationship with her, being discerning when it comes to the fate of somebody she loves. These spiritual matters, supernatural for others, is so usual and natural not only in India, but in the eastern communities. I even believe that most of the moms got it, it's just the Western cinema that don't respect, or at least care much, about that in the first place.While being not the extravagantly hard melodrama, it wanted to be different, as merciful and so easy; yet to the extent of being extravagantly easy melodrama ! So yes, it's a fair show of colors and symmetry. But don't wait much from its drama. It can sum up one of the top dilemmas of the modern Indian cinema, where the irony is always on between tasty surface and weak substance.

akhilaraheem This is not a must watch. But definitely worth your time. I don't know why this movie was so underrated. Excellent performance from every characters. Somehow, in the early scenes of 'happy days' I felt that Konkona as 'chutki' has outclassed Rani in performance! Also the acting of (by Taraana?) as the character 'sophie' needs mention. All in all everyone performed very well. Abhishek's entry as Kunal's elder brother in the end is predictable. The thing I most like is the simple happy ending. Usually, a movie with such high voltage drama ends in a certain way but this is not.So at least watch it for the sake of climax!

VirginiaK_NYC As anyone who has seen a trailer for this movie knows, Rani Mukherjee is a girl from a fine Banaras family on the economic downslide, who goes to Bombay intending to make money to help them out and finds herself in business as a high-class professional escort.When her younger sister, Konkona Sen Sharma, comes to Bombay to take up her own job in an ad agency, we see the two of them in a tonga on Marine Drive, the Queen's Necklace fulfilling its promise to swirl the city in glamor. When some ladies of the night pass by the carriage, Konkona makes an unthinking provincial girl's harsh comment, and her sister rebukes her sharply for her lack of compassion.In this passage of perfect dialogue, you have the main tension driving the story, and one of its many moments of good acting between well-drawn women characters. What is going to happen if the younger sister finds out what her big sister has done in order to secure her own future? Will Rani's sacrifice separate her forever from her sister's love and respect, and from a chance at acceptance in romance and marriage?I gather this is a Hindi movie theme known to the Indian audience. LCMD is far from perfect -- there's a mixing of story types going on probably, the old-style melodrama and something more modern and psychological -- but the good things about it make it more than worth seeing. There are four striking women characters (Jaya as mother, and Hema Malini in a special appearance that blesses the whole movie, including a dance that should have been much longer) who all seem relatively "real" in relation to Hindi movie women. They relate to each other in a decent, normal way (in small roles we have a less-nice girl and also a friend in Bombay as well).Another good thing: the parents are less than respect-worthy without being "bad" Hindi movie parents -- father clearly is an upper-class slacker who'd rather develop "symptoms" than get a job, rent out a room, sell the property and live within his means; and mother is interestingly ambivalent about what her daughter is doing in order to be sending home the cash.The cinematography of Banares and Bombay is worth the trip to the theaters, and the clothes are worth taking notes on, both the subtle and stunning cotton traditional clothes of the family in Banaras and Rani's high-style nicely top-of-the-city wardrobe. You might be reminded of India as the home of the most wonderful textiles on the planet.If the story is still Bollywoodized and Bollywood-y (how did a villain know the thing he knows? why don't we see a bit more of Rani's "work life"? why do we need a song that is actually set in Switzerland -- though maybe that's ironic/postmodern?), it nonetheless is a rich enough, fresh enough, and engaging enough experience, with great performances. As it really is about its women, the men are fine but you wouldn't focus on them in thinking about the movie. If you see the movie, you may find it raises good questions -- it it progressive? regressive? what do we mean by these things? -- worth talking and thinking about.

praneeth karkera A look at a lush green fully grown tree might be a treat for one's eye but even it's root might have ended up in some drain of a cosmopolitan city from where it sources its life.Well such is the story of this movie where in a simple small town girl falls in the webs of the flesh industry to get her family out of it's hysterical trouble. Now when such is the story of the movie less is left for the director and more for the actors to perform....and do they deliver???....YES they do, Rani Mukherjee does justice to this difficult role that she has performed, specially during the transformation from a village girl to the so called "high class escort". But Hats off to Jaya Bachchan & Konkona Sen Sharma who i should say is a jewel of bollywood. Its now that i realize how talented Mrs Bachchan is, a remarkable performance i should say. Abhiskek Bachchan is not Akshay Kumar but does his part in the movie to the audience's pleasure.On an all it is a well crafted movie, a movie on which effort has not been put only to sell it but otherwise.As far as the Rs 220 that i spent on watching this film is concerned, i think i got my money's worth. My suggestion is "please go and watch the film for the performances.