Lust Stories (2018)
6/10
The Ugly Truth
15 July 2020
This is not a great anthology, but I think it touches on important issues about female sexuality that needs to be discussed especially in a country like India where talking about sex is taboo. For me, Karan Johar's story was the best one, but I was very disappointed to see that the funniest and best moment (vibrator scene) in this short was copied or "inspired" from the movie The Ugly Truth. I expect more out of Directors that are supposed to be one of the top ones in the business.

I didn't really understand the shorts by Dibakar Banarjee or Zoya Akhtar. However, I think Bhumi Pednekar did a fantastic job with very little dialogue. I could sort of relate to Anurag Kashyap's shorts because of the main character's emotions, although I didn't really like her character. I can understand how it is to have relations with someone and then feeling like they're moving on... however, she is a bit over the top.

All in all, this is a movie that opens up dialogue for important issues about sex but does not fully satisfy.
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