OLD-FASHIONED BUT EFFECTIVE

bound to get concerned - the characters move us into believing in their grief and spurts of joy.

It’s hard to imagine the film working without the Jias. Richa Chadha and Kalki Koechlin sneak a seductive synergy into the proceedings. They know they are playing ‘sober’ and bindaas and they bring their most cherished acting chops into the picture. You will be thoroughly regaled by the two actresses, especially in the way they reverse gender biases.

Kalki openly lusts after Swedish men on the streets, the way a single Indian male would if he saw firangi women in a foreign town. The two girls sing raunchy songs, swig beer and swing together through some madcap adventures which don’t always make sense.

chemistry between the two lead actresses.

The basic premise is promising. Two very dissimilar girls share the same name and nothing else. Kalki is outgoing, loud, gregarious and bindaas. Richa is quiet, withdrawn and repressed. One wants to live every moment. The other wants her life to end - the sooner, the better.

Though the aggression between them is overdone, their initial bickering is well-scripted and gives away some of