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The name of my latest obsession is: Rajat Kapoor. After seeing "Bheja Fry", I discovered his work as a director in "Mixed Doubles", which I had only heard about in an interview with Konkona Sen Sharma, and a couple of reviews.
The film is a low-budget and independent-production, just like "Bheja Fry", but in contrary to last one, it was not at all successful at the box-office ("Bheja Fry" turned out as a surprise-hit). All the same, I find "Mixed Doubles" a lot better than the hit, because it's not only more recondite, but de facto even funnier. It is that subtile humour, which is not only caused by Rajat Kapoor, but also the rest of the cast (except for Koel Purie, she was good, but not that funny).
The second actor that I had already noticed in "Bheja Fry" (negatively), is Ranvir Shorey. He truly demonstrates talent in his portrayal of the shy, but at the same time nagging and somehow sweet husband. Most of you might know, that I admire Konkona Sen Sharma. She's not only one of the best actresses of India, but of the entire current film world (and I'm not overdrawing). By the way, I was very disappointed by her 3-minute role in 7 Khoon Maaf. She deserves so much better.
What I especially liked about the first half was, that everything seemed so incredibly realistic: the interplay between the young, but long-married couple, the small apartment, that every-day-life, which seems so familiar, even though it's actually unknown (I hope you know what I mean).
Perhaps this was also due to the fact that there were no parents-in-law living in the apartment, which is otherwise very common even for Indian middle class and rich families.
The second half is slightly different, as most of it takes place in the apartment of that other couple and also in a situation, that most of us are not familiar with (especially not teens like me).
But still, one can relate to the characters, and the second half is really fun.
Actually, I could imagine what was going to happen at the end, but it was still nice to see my thought confirmed.
With its 1,5 hours play time like "Bheja Fry", "Mixed Doubles" serves airy and entertaining reflectiveness off the beaten track, and all that without side-effects.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/22/23
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Watched it for Konkona on a Saturday night when we had nothing else to watch. At times funny but overall not at all impressive (time pass)
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/19/23
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What? An Indian flick without a song & dance number? Never fear, the film was really well made, an interesting take on wife-swapping in modern day India.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/28/23
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Full marks to Konkona and Ranbir for their acting. Funny movie? Yes, most certainly. But, overall, very bizarre movie.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
01/14/23
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quite a one of a kind muvee...gt quite a moral to it..
n amazin performance by all...!!
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
02/24/23
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not so much a happy pleasant watch (intentionally so), but a very well-made movie with a very important moral: what is popular is not always right & vice versa. Be proud of and have faith in who you are and in your values. Effect of some NRIs showing off/making up stories of euphoric lifestyles in U.S. to Indians and Indians trying to imitate the fictional/exaggerated American lifestyle in India.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
01/26/23
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