Ankhon Dekhi
Starring: Sanjay Mishra, Rajat Kapoor
Rated: 4/10
Rajat Kapoor is known to have a zen for hatke cinema. On that count, this one indeed is hatke stuff. But where all this being different leads you in this film is quite another matter.
The film starts off well in an Old Delhi house where babuji (a delightfully unkempt and much too real babuji played brilliantly by Sanjay Misra lives with his wife two children and brother’s family.
Yes, he is weird and gets weirder by the day but the humour in the situation soon dries up and that’s the problem with this light-hearted film. It only flirts with humour and tries to delve deep into depression, meanwhile getting philosophical about life and its meaning. The mix of these three very distinct strands gets Rajat somewhat mixed up, a condition that bogs down the movie so much that it turns suicidal by the end of it.
But in the midst of all these hues, one must admit that the moments are there and the effort is more than honest in Rajat both from behind and in front of the camera.
Quite obviously, the film is not meant for general viewers, only that thin line of people who are looking for meaning in cinema, much like the protagonist looks for it in life.
Both fail, rather unfortunately and the potential of this one gets lost in a maze that is Old Delhi.