Mirch (2010)

hyped garbage

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Regarding the novelty of the concept, the film deserves an applaud as the film isn't a typical 3 hr movie with songs, villains, or any climax. The film involves the story of a struggling film writer who narrates 4 short stories to a producer. All the stories, based on different time periods are based on the sexual frustration of women which appears pretty hilarious on the screen. However, the viewers must be alerted for the content which might be offensive. Overall, with few reservations, the film makes a pretty good entertainment; but few viewers might not just stomach the content for which the film might have went pretty unnoticed.Rating: 2 stars out of 4

This is one unabashedly feminist film.A struggling scriptwriter tries to convince a producer to make a film based on his script , which consists of four separate stories, and the film shows the stories unfold on screen as he tells the producer .All four stories are of women who unabashedly cheat on their husbands and have sex with other men , but in most cases the husband's deserve the treatment they get . If you really got a heart ( and most males don't , when the topic is of women's rights ) , its not difficult to sympathise with those women ....One is a beauty married off to a short , ugly man ; second is a youthful woman married off to an man old enough to be her grandfather ,presumably against her wishes , who has no capacity to satisfy her ; third is a loving , caring wife whose husband suspects her to the point of testing her loyalty by coming disguised as another man to her and trying to entice her ; fourth is the wife of a man who regularly visits prostitutes .Mind you , all this is attempted to be shown in a entertaining manner , and the tone of the film is of light-hearted entertainment......much of the audience was laughing and sniggering through the movie , as the women use their wiles to lure other men into bed , and make fools of their husbands.Amazingly ,all stories are claimed to be lifted from the panchatantra.......I really did not know that India had reached such high heights of wisdom in ancient times.......Raima Sen looks sensuous , especially as it is she who has done all the exposing and love-making in her scenes ,while konkona sen is not so good as she has exposed less......well ,to be frank , she doesn't look as good as Raima anyway........Where the director fails is the ending ,where , as the producer tells the script-writer ( and the director seems to remind himself ) , the four stories need some point where they connect with each other ........but the connecting point is so weak , that you feel disappointed......I read somewhere that people remember a novel if it has good opening chapter , and a movie if it has a good last scene......if that is true , then inspite of some good parts ,people wont much remember this film.....However , the director can take satisfaction in the fact that he has made an ' adults ' film ( yeah , it has an A certificate , I saw two kids being barred from seeing the film ) without any vulgarity Verdict--okay to watch , if you are in a naughty mood

The concept of this movie is novel for bollywood. But filmmaking lets it down. The two center characters of this movie are screenplay writer cum director and editor. Probably this is one of the reason that original filmmaker falls in love with the film and looses the objectivity. There are many unnecessary scenes and buildups. If you just watch the end of each four stories, it is as good as you have watched full movie. All four stories are such that showing a long buildup is not necessary. If you just watch the end, you automatically understand the background, and there is no need of the buildup. This movie can be very easily edited into a short movie that would be much better to watch than this longer version.

While the concept may not be entirely novel and writer/director Vinay Shukla seems to have sincere intentions, 'Mirch' suffers from poor writing. There are four stories withing a story (thus in total five). While I liked that the women were portrayed as strong and dominant, the men are almost portrayed as dumb caricatures.The first story that revolves around a struggling screenwriter and his girlfriend who try to convince a producer to make a movie from his script. While this story is halfbaked, the characters are very poorly developed. Moreover, the Tisca Chopra track in the end is completely pointless and looks forced. The following two stories are more like folktales. While the second segment is well executed, the songs were a bit excessive. The love scenes in the third segment look staged and lacked sensuality but the art direction is wonderful. The fourth segment is pretty much the typical bored metropolitan housewife having an affair with an artist story and it is unnecessarily stretched. Similarly, the last one is needlessly extended and ruined by Boman Irani's irritating performance.Arunodhay Singh is very good in the second and third segment and he hams it up in the first and fourth segment. Konkona Sen Sharma and Raima Sen are first rate. While Konkona performs naturally, Raima shows tremendous growth as an actress. Ila Arun is equally fun to watch. Shahana Goswami too does a terrific job even though her character wasn't properly fleshed out. Rajpal Yadav does a decent job and Shreyas Talpade goes over the top.While I liked that 'Mirch' tries to tell the story of smart and dominant women who definitely know how to manipulate their men, it's mostly been let down by poor writing, editing and average execution. Which is a pity because it had a lot of potential.