Review: ‘Anubhav’ fails to strike a chord with the audience

Spicezee Bureau

Sanjay Suri’s ‘Anubhav’ ventures into forbidden territory but soon loses its way. With no big banner film releasing this week, the flick may have turned out to be a hit due to its unique storyline, but it is loosely made and lacks the glamour needed to pull crowd.Directed by Rajiv Nath, the film deals with the theme of gigolo or male prostitute. Sanjay Suri is playing the challenging role of a gigolo. The story follows the life of Anubhav (Sanjay Suri) and his changing fortunes. Anubhav, Antara (Shruthi Seth) and Aadi (Anoop Menon) are products of the Bombay theatre academy and have big Bollywood dreams in their eyes. But with time, they understand that those dreams are not so easy to fulfill. During his struggling days, Anubhav meets Meera (Gul Panag), who excitedly declares that she is his fan. The two fall madly in love and get married. A theatre guru, Ibrahim Vakil (Jackie Shroff), becomes the sole patron of the strugglers. Meanwhile, Aadi manages to get a producer for his film, which is supposed to be an adaptation of ‘Hamlet’. Anubhav gets the led role but the film gets stuck midway due to the death of the producer. Meera becomes pregnant and runs into some pregnancy related complications. Due to financial problems, Anubhav turns gigolo, who trades his body to sex hungry women. The film also follows the life of other characters but soon beings to lose its grip. After a while, one can’t relate to the film. Then, there is forcible melodrama, direction is very average by Rajiv Nath, and the other facets of the film also hardly impress. Aadesh Srivastava’s music is ordinary. Sanjay Suri is strictly okay, Gul Panag delivers to some extent but Jackie is simply wasted. Overal, the film is not even worth being a one-time-watch. Rating: One cheer!