Himadri Basak

"He was the popular figure in college. In college, you are evaluated subjectively- your looks, aura, the way you carry yourself around people. Those factors dictate the way people perceive you. But when Arun steps out of college and ends up unemployed, he descends into a mad spiral of alcohol and drug abuse. His insecurity turns to abuse. Possessiveness turns to micro- management and his actions start to strangle Divya. And she does endure this abuse for years until one day she decides to call it quits. It's like a fragile string. Both the partners take turns holding ends and when it breaks beyond the point of no return, it's done. It's irredeemable. Arun tries to justify his actions up until the point where, on the beach, Divya juxtaposes his behaviour to his father's and he begins to fully grapple with the gravity of his actions that had cascaded to that point. The film touches upon the 5 stages of grief in this process- Arun initially snaps in denial, then retaliates in anger, then tries to reason, then pleads for forgiveness, and finally accepts the eventuality. That's the point where he makes up his mind to gracefully move on. The climax where Arun offers Divya her favourite "Apple Pie" and smiles and turns back is a subtle gesture to indicate Divya that he's moved on and in a happy place now and she doesn't have to be guilty anymore of abandoning him in a dark phase in his life and that it wasn't her fault. He offers her the closure. They both nod and part ways amicably. Gee, What a film!"