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Priyan B First half was nice, but the second half felt repetitive and sometimes cliche. Rating: 6.5/10 Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/25/24 Full Review Yan S This comody movie is fun but a bit too long Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/18/23 Full Review mox l great movie great movie Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/29/23 Full Review Sarthak B the definition of how a cult film is made. This film surprised me in all aspects. When I started my Anurag Kashyap film marathon a couple years back, I deliberately skipped No Smoking and Bombay Velvet due to the negative reputation those films have among the general public and since then, I never really got the chance to watch any of them. Today, I finally saw No Smoking in vain of the cult following it has recently acquired and also due to the plethora of memes being shared all over the internet regarding John Abraham's character K as the new Literally Me of Bollywood. First of all, this is Anurag Kashyap in his most abstract form. The weird screenplay he chooses for this film is something only he can have the courage to pull off. The way this story is told and the sheer abstractness of the events with which they're told to the audience is simply amazing. Not a single event happening in the film is explained explicitly and is left to open interpretation and the film only gets better/worse solely on the basis of your understanding, and it feels good! It feels satisfying to finally have a director that forces the audience to think! John Abraham as K is quite a risky but fantastic choice overall. Maybe it was his performance in Dhoom (2004) that made Anurag Kashyap cast him. John is really funny at times required and really adapts to the dark humour this film wants to achieve. He's the shining star throughout but what really shocked me was Paresh Rawal as Baba Bengali. He's this really menacing rehab doctor who switches moods as fast as lightning and will do everything in his power to achieve his goals of stopping someone's smoking habits. The music is another highlight for the film. It really sets the mood of this dark, comedic but realistic world we all live in. It also helps in amplifying the mood that everything we're seeing may not be true. Also, adnan sami singing a jazz about cigarettes is something I never knew I needed but I'm grateful that I have it now. Having loved this film and considering it to be one of Kashyap's finest pieces of work, I'd say this won't be on everyone's plate. The film relies heavily on interpretation and I can understand why people didn't seem to connect with the film the way director intended them to. To summarise, I'd want to say that, although the film started with the intention of a man wanting to quit smoking, it transcends into something else entirely and it does so in a beautiful way. P.S.: maybe I should also check out Bombay Velvet ;) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/11/23 Full Review Audience Member An underrated gem of Indian cinema. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Anurag's second is Anurag's blandest. No words, further. Skip or else you will want to slap yourself for watching such a psychotically boring psycho-thriller. John Abraham trying to act in the first ten minutes of his part is the only genuine thing to take from this film. Rest is a bore. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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