This was eerily similar to the themes of hollywood sexual thrillers from the 1980s and 1990s, but with melancholy tones and marketed as a "art film."
Let's speak about this "art movie" or "class film," shall we? With the exception of Nasir Saab (who, by the way, does not require a review), character development was poor. I didn't feel like the performers themselves were attached to their separate characters, not simply the audience! The cinematography was adequate, and I've previously mentioned the narrative.
Repeating the F word, depicting upper-class families with marital problems, hot moments, infertility, an offbeat tone, and depicting contemporary/urban living do not constitute a class film!!! It's almost as though today's Bollywood filmmakers believe that these things would only be praised by reviewers!
Many are claiming that it is "ahead of its time," but that is not true for everyone or for the Indian audience; so, for them, let me say that there are people who watch many of those offbeat/indie/ahead of its time films from Hollywood and Bollywood, so all of those audiences are familiar with quality cinema. Also, instead of putting regular inherently adapted 'gaalis' we speak, which don't come out of mouth naturally from india born and raised bollywood actors because it is still not well adapted word in "modern hindi mix english" dialect, why don't we just put regular inherently adapted 'gaalis' we speak, which would go phonetically natural and actors wouldn't have to struggle uttering them, don't you think?
What did you think, Dharma people? You simply stole the whole narrative of Matchpoint and no one could ever discover it!
This one star is only for the sequences between Nasir saab and Deepika Padukone. Forget about this film; it's just another dharma trash.
There are a slew of far better noir films starring Manoj Bajpai, Radhika Apte, Navazuddin, Ayushyaman, and others that you should watch instead.