Manorama-Six feet under

My rating: 4 stars Starring: Abhay Deol, Raima Sen, Gul Panag, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Sarika Satyaveer Singh Randhawa (Abhay Deol) is a simpleton, down-on-his-luck government employee and a wanna-be writer. His one and only creation is a book titled Manorama which is a thriller and barely sold any copies. He is visited by Sarika (Manorama) in the middle of one night, who claims to be the wife of politician (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) and suspects him of cheating her. She had read the book, thus thinks that he can spy, offers Satyaveer money to spy on her husband. In need of cash, Satyaveer accepts the offer. Here begins a tortuous path, which leads him to Manorama's roommate Sheetal (Raima Sen) and Minister P.P. Rathore (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) where nothing is what he believed. The movie had me spell-bound for the entirety of 138min of its run. It had subtle hints all along which all made sense by the end of it and one can only marvel at the expertise with which it was all spun together. The dialogues are exceptional and fit well with the characters, which in turn were very realistic and appropriately made less glamorous. It is off-beat and thankfully unconventional. What I loved most about this movie is the way the characters are: so very in touch with reality, the way people actually are. A very welcome respite for everyone who is tired of watching the same old over and over. I will in fact go far enough to say that it is must watch for each and everyone who enjoys a good cinema