Dus Kahaniyan - Review

Bold, short and rare. That would be Dus Kahaniyan in a nutshell.

Bold because it touches on some seemingly taboo issues such as (hold your breath!) sex, AIDS, extra marital affairs, death, drugs.

Its also refreshingly short and crisp. Each of the ten stories gets its due 15 minutes or so. Short enough to hold attention. Long enough to detail a story well.

Rare because a concept such as this is indeed unheard of in Indian cinema. I hear its a rip-off from an English movie titled The Ten. The Internet tells me that one's a comedy based on the ten commandments (mental note to rent and watch!)

On another note, I think such a concept augers really well for aspiring directors who are capable of making short films well. Often they have no platform to air their work. This could potentially be one such space for the lesser known, equally talented movie makers in India.

Back to the movie.. err movies - some were just plain silly, such as High on the Highway and Sex on The Beach. I forget the name of the one starring Neha Dhupia but it was pretty lame and misrepresented as well. Rise and Fall, the finale to the ten was see-able only because it had the stalwarts Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty pulling a weak script through (ok, the rain effect definitely added to the drama). The others were fairly well executed and some managed to even shock you with their ending.

In all, not a dull moment with the ten stories - even if some were feeble, they kept you guessing and glued till the end.