Les carrefours de la vie

The director has taken themes that people do not want to not talk about and transformed these realities into something beautiful and bearable. Aging, loneliness, poverty, frustration, violence are all aspects of our lives that we knowingly ignore as they are too difficult to deal with in the Now of our zombie mode. The director put these into a vessel of hope, kindness and beauty so that the viewer can put down her guard and look into their own mirror without disgust or disdain. Loved each character, but my favorite were Jackie and Monica Panwar. Both are caterpillars in transformation. Great cinema. Watch it.

It's a tale of four individuals. Kamath (Jackie Shroff) and Prakash Kaur Handa (Neena Gupta), two lonely widower. Madhosh Gupta aka Nanhe (Abhishek Chauhan), a poor ladies tailor in debt and Rawas (Monika Pawar). Circumstances lead Nanhe to be jobless and in dire need of money to re-start his tailoring job. He resorts to robbing houses of lonely elderly and Kamath, Prakash Kaur are among his victims. How Kamath and Prakash Kaur get to know each other to re-want to live their lives and how difficult the lives of Nanhe and Rawas are, inspite of them wanting to live their lives the way they dream of, forms rest of the story.

Mumbai is not just a city of dreams but a city full of stories. That is what resonates with me personally, despite my brief visits to the city. The beauty of this film is it is the city that brings these four characters alive on screen. Be it their insecurities, their loneliness, their dishonesty, their struggle to even their greed, Mumbai is what shapes them as human beings. From the grumpy lonely widower wanting to die and his equally grumpy lonely widower who wants to live. Each of these characters are meant to be with each other, not just to complete each other but that is what life intends for them. The screenplay and ofcourse the performances held me till the end, including Rakhi Sawant as Bilkis.

Having said that, Vijay Maurya deserves full credit for his direction and even for co-writing this with Payal Arora. There is no deviation from these four characters as their life unfolds. Building these characters as they chose to open up with each other. One couple has seen life, lived it too whereas the other is now seeing life. The way they perceive life, even with their day to day activities, there is this warmth these moments create which lasted long after the film ended. Ofcourse I yearned for the happy endings, that is what one does when they root for the characters but taking this journey through their lives itself was worth it. For me, this easily ranks among the best films of 2023.

Such a wonderful movie. Had nice time watching it with my wife. We both liked it. Jackie sir acting is awesome, Neena ji's character is fantastic. Best scenes were both breaking in and Drinking beer together, fantastic. First time watching Abhishek Chauhan, fantastic actor, had done a great acting. First time watching Monika Panwar as well, she too played a crucial role and done fantastic. Both Abhishek and Monika are very great actors. Done there part fantastically. Rakhi ji's Cameo was awesome. Her role was also very crucial, even though her screen time is small, her role made an impact. Overall fantastic movie and must watch. Such a light hearted and happy movie. Bus Mast mein rehne ka!!!

Wow what a movie!...captures the spirit of Mumbai..fantastic work by the whole cast ... everything is perfect about this movie.. reminds me of the golden days of Bombay .. wow .. this movie should be in the so called 500 crore club... great direction ... interesting and original story and awesome acting by Jackie..Neena..Abhishek Chauhan and especially his girlfriend too good .. the daily struggle of mumbaikar.. the people who make the city what it is and the cute little story of the old couple is really good.. and of course the easy on ears songs and background score .. The makers have to applauded for such touching work 👍

Amazing storyline with Amazing cast , each and every Actor has done justice with his/her character.n kudos to writer /director Vijay maurya who wrote such a amazing storyline with fabulous dialogues. The movie discuss every aspect of Life, struggle n success and specially raise the concern of old age people who are suffering from loneliness .writer Vijay maurya raise many difficulty question of life in very simple way.and another story of Two couples are just Wow. God level Writing by Vijay maurya when the couple discuss about meaning of Life struggle etc. Acting by New comer Abhishek Chauhan omg he has some exceptional Acting capabilities he is new big thing in upcoming days of Film industry. Top notch acting by him .at many places he will remind u of Vicky kaishal of Masaan movie.and Actress Monica pawar she is superb, First i saw her in Jamtara but She nailed it in that movie. Her innocent character with lots of layer will amuse u .i think both Abhishek Chauhan n Monica pawar has done justice with their character. Come to that movie this movie provide u all thing love , seperation , middle class problem, Emotion , Fighting spirit, athiest spirituality n at the end meaning of life.

Must watch movie guys otherwise u r gonna miss a masterpiece movie 🎥