Being Cyrus

Watched the movie today. Amazing movie... every single actor gave their best performances in this one. Including Simone Singh. Saif Ali Khan plays an enigmatic Cyrus Mistry, someone who seems to be a wanderer moving through life with no definate purpose. He holes up with Dinshaw Sethna played by Naseeruddin Shah, a potter looking for an apperentice. Smokes more pot than he makes though. First Fight Club then this movie have gone from showing cancersticks to drugs... nice move GOI! Anyway, so Dinshaw has this sexually frustrated wife, Katy Sethna (Dimple Kapadia), whose flirtatious overtures at Cyrus don't exactly make him terribly uncomfortable. There is an old guy who is Dinshaw's and Faroq (Boman Irani)'s father... and Boman's frustrated wife, Tina Sethna. An unhappy family that is going to be ripped apart more thoroughly than a chicken in a shark feeding session. Won't give away anything, but the interesting first half has revelations you will not think of in the second half. The movie changes tracks just after the intermission in the most alarming fashion. Dark, yet hilarious, and realistic. This is a crash course in (a) How to come up with novel ideas (b) how to swear in gujrati and (c) how to cast an post-prime bollywood actress in a PERFECT role. Must watch.