A very nice short telling a whole story in just a few minutes - a man and a woman, who were a couple in their youth and now middle-aged, meet at a coffee shop and reflect together upon their missed chance together. Seated at the next table in the same room is a young couple who could be real but is more probably just a live flashback of the story as unfolded by the old couple. A very interesting approach in style and execution which helps the story move through past and present proceedings more efficiently. I still wished for greater dramatic urgency given the story, but well.
Obviously being set in one room for the whole duration of the scene makes the setting an actor's stage, and the actors deliver. Naseeruddin Shah does what he did many years back in Ijaazat, only that this he is much more seasoned and knowing, and it shows. Shernaz Patel's warm eyes do much of the job. The younger actors are not quite up to the level of the more experienced veteran players, with comparisons made more palpable by the narrative, but they do reasonably well. A very nicely done film, could have been given just a little more but still well concluded.
