After watching the trailer, one would have expected an emotionally stimulating experience while watching the film, but instead all that we get is a loud Kajol in almost every single frame. She just keeps shouting and shouting and shouting, and that just doesn't make for an enjoyable experience. The other three leading women on the other hand have given very grounded and believable performances. Shweta Mehendale as the young Nayantara, Tanvi Azmi as old Nayantara and Mithali Palkar as Masha are much more likeable and easier to watch. I don't understand why Anuradha's (Kajol) character was written like this, it's difficult to even sit through the scenes where a character overacts, especially the way Anuradha did. This almost felt like a 'Main Prem Ki Dewani Hoon' or 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham' kind of performance. Also, why was Milan, played by Kunaal Kapoor, using such heavy words while talking ? Nobody talks like that in real life, and it didn't even feel natural, it seemed as if he was forcing himself to talk like that.

The movie was expected to be the story of three women belonging to three different generations, which it was indeed, but the maximum screen time was dedicated to Kajol's character, and she kept swearing and screaming at the top of her lungs in almost every single scene. Mithila Palkar's performance almost felt like an extended guest appearance.

Not everything is bad or annoying in this film though. The scene involving Mithila Palkar and her grandparents is bound to touch your heart and make you emotional. Tanvi Azmi is a gem of an actress, and she has delivered her act very beautifully here as well. There are quite a few scenes in which Kajol acts normally, and they are all wonderful, I just wish she had acted like that in the entire film.

This movie is not about heroic personalities, instead it narrates a story about three flawed women, who lived their life on their own terms and made choices that they felt were the right ones to make. It's always a risk to make a film like this, because we as an audience always find it difficult to like such characters, we are more accustomed to watching heroes or grey characters with redeemable qualities.

Although, this isn't the first time a story like this has been told, it's not much of a problem really, at least there was a story, but the way it was told was definitely disappointing. Maybe the short duration of the film deterred the writer and director from adding more depth to the film.

Unfortunately this film falls in the sad/depressing category of films, which doesn't really find a lot of takers, especially in times like these where our mind is preoccupied with stress and apprehensions. Most of us look for entertaining or uplifting content.

The movie narrated only hatred between mother and daughters

Kajol overacted and kept on abusing of low levels for no reasons

The story could had delivered a good moral if it's was made in a soft simple and emotional way but Renuka ruined it

How can one get entertained with such hateful story and cheap bad words

The film slices together three generations of women from one family in a human story about complex relationships, secrets and lies. The story is quite melodramatic, but the delivery is pulled off with a certain touch of restraint and authenticity. This is of course in contrast to the well-known paradigm of the traditional Hindi family drama where even simple stories where portrayed with overstated sentimentality. This is not to say all of it does not exist here, it does, but the film works as an emotional melodrama, which focuses more on the drama part of it, and it's watchable all through. Spoken in several languages and having no songs, the film is very focused around its story and I'm sure many viewers might relate to many parts in the story.

The narrative style is mostly conversational, which I love and always find engaging, and it heaveily relies on the presence and quality of its actors, on the dialogue and its delivery. Sadly this is exactly why film is not fully realised as far as handling of its important themes goes, such as child abuse and marriage conflict. Being such massive subjects, their presentation feels quite lacking and makes the entire project feel a little shallow sometimes. This is also true, in some ways, of the way the relationship between the older mother and daughter is portrayed. We hardly see balance there. Interestingly, the relationship between the next generation of women is better portrayed despite being given less screentime or importance.

Kajol's starry presence in such a film could have threatened the director's quest for low-key simplicity, but it's Kajol after all - a naturally gifted actress whose deep proficiency in the tiny nuances of the human experience has soared above even the limiting constraints of commercial Hindi cinema. Her Anu seems tailor-made for her, considering both her on- and off-screen persona - fiery, intense, brash, and brutally honest, but goodhearted and loving all the same. Okay, she gets to drop many F bombs, which is a little forced, but she captures the highly irritable nature of this woman who always seems on the verge of explosion and, above all, the person beneath the tough exterior. One is left hoping she'd keep experimenting with complex roles.

The supporting cast wavers, but even better though is Tanvi Azmi, who gives perhaps the film's most affecting and fully convincing performance, which is measured, profound, nuanced, and composed all at the same time. Among the other players, Mithila Palkar seems to do the best of the little she's given, and she's decent although it's a big challenge to act opposite such strong performers as Azmi and Kajol. Even less convincing though is Kunaal Roy Kapur, who is not bad but who just feels very self-conscious playing this self-conscious and moralistic role. Director Renuka Shahane, herself an actress, does her best with this feature despite the restrictive nature of its setting and script. Her film is not great, but it's enjoyable and affecting.