Naseeruddin Shah is one of the best actors in the world. He
plays a retired, aging parsi gentleman (Dinshaw Sethna), with an adulterous
wife (Dimple Kapadia). His relations with his family members Farokh Sethna (Boman
Irani) have soured due to property and other material issues. Boman marries
siren Simone Singh (Tina Sethna).
Tina may have set out to capture all the
parsi family’s wealth, with the help of brother (do I smell incest ?) Cyrus
Mistry/Xerxes(Saif Ali Khan). Although
the movie is not about Naseeruddin, his acting and dialogue delivery stand out.
Everyone in the cast acts well. Saif and Simone make a very
nice on-screen couple. The director has brought across the situation of certain
aging parsi families very well. Cinematography is good, and everyone fits their
part quite well. There is minimal shu-sha-giri, and screenplay is very close to
real life drama.
Dimple Kapadia plays her role of the deceptive wife
extrememly well. This is definitely a worth see.
Happy watching!