Ribbon

Nice to see man and woman working, and dealing with stuff that happens post-marriage: all the messy, irritating stuff that has not been part of the happily-ever-after Bollywood landscape. In many places, Ribbon makes us feel for these two people.

Sandilya makes one realise that there could be a film lurking in each of our ordinary, insipid lives-even in something as banal as the hiring and firing of a maid.

Given the solid performances from the two lead actors, the film stays on an even keel even when it appears to be stagnating.

Ribbon isn't quite a "story" with a start and stop point; in fact it begins at the end of most love stories, and ends at the beginning of most dysfunctional family dramas. The tone is such that I'd have lapped it up at this year's Mumbai Film Festival...