Mirch Review

 After the critically acclaimed `Godmother' Vinay Shukla once again tackles the power issue in a man- woman relationship in `Mirch'. The film comprises of wonderful set of actors including Konkona Sen Sharma, Shreyas Talpade, Raima Sen, Boman Irani, Rajpal Yadav, Shahana Goswami and Arunoday Singh.

The Story Outline

Maanav is a struggling filmmaker who is unwilling to compromise on the script he has written. His girlfriend Ruchi, a successful film editor, arranges for him to meet Nitin, a film producer. Nitin likes the script, but is not very sure of its commercial prospects.

Maanav then suggests a story from the Panchtantra: `A woman is caught red-handed with her lover by her husband and yet, she manages to wriggle out of it scot-free!'

Nitin loves the story, but finds it too short for a feature film. Maanav then creates three more stories based on the same premise: in a way, the Panchtantra story travels in different versions to the modern times through the film.

The four stories are woven together by a common story. `Mirch' itself echoes this structure, with four stories mingling with the main narrative.

The message is simple - if you have your wits about you, you can salvage even the most impossible situation.

At a deeper level, `Mirch' is about the gender equality in relationship; and at a still deeper level, it is about how an artist finds creative freedom in today's mercantile world.

The Arrival

Bannered under Reliance and Big Pictures, `Mirch' is all set to release on 10th December, 2010. Vinay Shukla has also done the screenplay while Monti Sharma has composed the music.