Love, Sex Aur Dhokha Darlings!

Before I reiterate the fact that it's a different, offbeat, superb, awesome movie, let me just say this...It's pointless to make a movie of this sort for an Indian Audience at least in India.
Why?
Here goes:
The doors to the auditorium open, people are jostling, rubbing shoulders, carrying popcorn and beverages, talking about the weekend and tax payments, teasing, complimenting their friends and partners...pretty much normal on the surface...
Doing this whilst giggling as if caught doing something naughty, checking out others and sharing that camaraderie with strangers, winking and nodding...
Advertisements done, certificate comes in, people are still murmuring, chuckling and the titles come in, people are laughing, 10 mins in, impatient and jittery audiences begin letting out those tightly reined in thoughts,"Arre..aage badh, kuch kar toh sahi" and so on...
A kiss and a bedroom scene, audience is disappointed, no sign of sex so far...

Mid movie, a period of silence, after a scene that is very distressing, a character walks in, is jaunty and uses swear words, the audience is in splits!
Anticipation building up again, not for what promises to be an interesting storyline but for a sex scene, as the second part of the title promises...

Thanks to our conservative Censor Board, and here I have to say, I am not being sarcastic, merely truthful, thanks to them, the scene is limited and where some are cheering some are disappointed the second time around, and the sighs tell us clearly to what extent.

Interval ke baad, refreshed and ready to do some more munching, hopes anew, our folks pile back in eagerly and a tall, slender actress playing a wannabe pop star comes in and cheering again...

Loud amicable laughter is shared, jokes are made and yet no real scenes..
Movie khatam hote hote, the impact hits, a very subconscious message is driven in, (primarily because the conscious self is busy to grasp it), and we walk out.
Titles and the song, "LSD - Title Track", people are tapping their feet, clapping happily and nods of approval are passed all around.

All because the title of the movie and the hype about the ending titles track led them to expect and even anticipate explicit scenes, that too on the big screen.
I wonder why our folks think that a daring title is an invitation to legalised porn on 70mm screens?

This is in Multiplexes where tickets cost a hundred rupees or more, snacks cost another couple of that much used notation, and people wear branded or expensive clothes, come by self owned bikes and cars with all the baggage that educated, urban people in 2010 are supposed to carry around.

The movie that is hard hitting and real, that talks about how cheap we can get and how technology aids and abetts us to sate our desires(pun intended), about how easy or difficult it is to give in and the consequences of each, is certainly going to make money, if not in the "Adi sir" range, at least enough to make a decent meeting of ends.

The kind of presentation that was used for showing us the movie, the cameras and the techniques used, the format of the script, the story telling, the cast, the music and the titles and the editing, everything about the movie was new, vivid and seriously done.
Here the word seriously can also be considered passionate, truthfully, dedicated-ly and all that connotes good work.

What was outstanding about the movie however, was the emotional strings that were pulled pretty strongly, whether people realised it or not, in some places by extreme displays and in some by a tiny subtle move, much like in real life(am guessing that's the concept!).

A film that's fiction rooted in truth, stories that we hear and read about everyday, and watch on our numerous television channels, stories that only happen to and with other people, it entertains not because of the name or the theme of sex running through the movie, but because of the style and andaaz in which the movie was made.

Loved the movie, hated that it released here.
Wishing that it goes to all the International Film Festivals there are, gets the value it is supposed to get from Adults, (for whom by the way, it was meant!) and someday I get invitations and opportunities to go to those verysame film festivals and don't have to share an auditorium with these jerkos(Pun Definitely Intended!)and fools.