Director Anurag Kashyap’s failed film series ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ dialogue should always be remembered before buying a movie ticket. That is, ‘As long as there is cinema in Hindustan…’ Along with Anurag Kashyap’s film ‘Do Baraah’, three years ago Ekta Kapoor started a new company named Cult Movies. The company has a total of 5,478 followers on its Instagram page. And, for this Instagram generation, Ekta Kapoor has created ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ under the banner of Cult Movies.
Is Dibakar Banerjee’s charm fading?
The director of the film ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ is none other than Dibakar Banerjee, who made its first installment ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ for Ekta Kapoor’s another company Alt Entertainment. Since then, in the span of 14 years, he has come a long way. There is no trace of Alt Entertainment. Its app is also missing. After directing big stars, Dibakar Banerjee is back to where he was after ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’ and ‘Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!’. ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ consists of three different stories. He has redefined love. Sex is now shared. And, deceit is downloadable.
Three Stories, Three Deceptions
The first story of ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ revolves around the struggles of a transgender in increasing TRP of a reality show. The second story is about a transgender working in an agency providing services for the metro, her lover, and her boss. And, the third story delves into virtual reality and its characters shedding their disguises. Dibakar Banerjee’s compulsion is to bet on unknown faces. It’s not that he is doing this to give opportunities to new people. The stakes of veteran stars have all gone empty. So, they are back in that ‘smell’ from where their flight took off ambitiously. The stories are diverse. Its cast is varied. From Anu Malik, Sophie Choudry, Mouni Roy, to Tushar Kapoor and even Swaroopa Ghosh.
Occult Cinema of Cult Movies
It’s a challenge to see other actors in the film ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2′ and also to make the mind understand why followers of cult movies’ Instagram page are stuck at just five and a half thousand? As the director Dibakar’s father can give the credit because he tried to make something that not a single viewer who has seen his other films can even think of. It’s provocative cinema. But do viewers come to cinemas to put so much pressure on their minds by buying tickets? If it’s Vidya Balan, they come to watch ‘Dirty Picture’ but the challenge for ‘Do Baraah’ or ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ is very big.
Experimental Use of Cinema
It’s noteworthy that while making the film ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’, Dibakar was a two-time hit director. Now, while coming to ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’, he has become the director of flop films like ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’, ‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy’, and ‘Shanghai’. In this case, even Netflix can understand how many viewers will come to cinemas to watch the film ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’. It can also be understood whether this film is made from Netflix’s LGBTQ+ fund? And also, does Ruchika Kapoor, a former employee of Ekta Kapoor’s films and now a top executive at Netflix, have an extra interest in the relationships made from Ekta Kapoor’s films with Netflix because she is now among the top executives of Netflix?
