Khandaani Shafakhana Movie Review: The film lacks in nuance

Updated On: 02 August, 2019 03:25 PM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

Khandaani Shafakhana Movie Review: Shilpi Dasgupta's noble intention runs thin when the screenplay starts reducing sexual issues to jokes for quick giggles. The gaze is empathetic even though the protagonist starts off reluctantly.

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Khandaani Shafakhana
U/A: Comedy, Drama
Director: Shilpi Dasgupta
Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Badshah, Varun Sharma, Rajiv Gupta
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You have to give it to Sonakshi Sinha for being bold with her choice this time around. I specifically use the term bold because I have lost count of the number of times I have heard the word as a sheer cue to titillate the audience. Finally, we are in an era in Hindi movies when the term bold is regaining its right meaning. So Sinha's choice of subject is courageous. A woman named Baby, running a sex clinic, much against the wishes of her brethren is a refreshing premise with its thought and heart, both in the right place. Despite the land of the second largest population in the world, sex education and sex discussion are both fairly unheard of in this country. So 'Gupt Rog' as we colloquially refer to sexual dysfunctions, is how Mamaji (brilliant Kulbhushan Kharbanda) makes his living from. Director Shilpi Dasgupta does a steady job as a debutante director, carving out a story that critiques one too many hypocrisies the society is plagued with. It all starts when Mamaji is killed by a patient whose overactive sex drive is his problem.

The custody of the controversial clinic lands in the lap of Sonakshi Sinha, who plays Baby, entrusted with the responsibility of running the clinic for a minimum of six months.

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