Doosara Aadmi

I was always told while growing up that Rakhi is a great actress but for one or the other reason she was never my cup of tea. But I had never seen Doosra Aadmi until now. See it for Rakhi and her portrayal of a Bergman character (understandably bollywoodized but surprisingly sympathetically) as Nisha. Rishi and Neetu never disappoint but this movie is completely a Rakhi (as Nisha) movie. Nisha was certainly ahead of her time (I agree with Rishi's recent Tweet--this movie was way ahead of its time). She is sultry, confident, completely self-aware, and delivers every single dialog with not even eyelash out of place. She communicates her pain, she reminisces the good times but not even for a single moment her performance is one-note (it could have easily been) or sympathy seeking. She does not regret the past but she misses it and she will do all she can to recreate some aspects of it oblivious to evrerything. A very mature and perfectly balanced performance.