Ribbon

The film delves into a relevant subject on an urban issue: the cost of parenting in a hectic urban milieu with both the parents working. Perhaps the story is of a majority of people around you with the dilemma of coping between the balance of career and family.

The subject is an eye-opener and the lead performances are a treat. However, the film could have been much better, had there been more layers to the characters and more touching sequences. The film ends just abruptly without a proper resolution or a reconciliation, which makes it an incomplete work. Still, it's a welcome entry in the category of an offbeat movie.

Rating: 1.5 stars out of 4.

Sahana and Karan are young couples who lives in Mumbai City leading a middle class life. The story of the movie portrays the changes happens to the smooth going life of them and becomes rocky when Sahana got pregnant. It shows how they manage their parenthood along with the jobs, EMI's and meeting the work deadlines.

A realistic and genuine approach to the issues and challenges faced by young couples in marriage life. Kalki and Sumeet both did a really good job as Sahana and Karan, it was a perfect choice for Kalki.

What put me terribly off is the concocted diversity of issues that a couple face in Rakhee Sandilya's Ribbon, a sweet little film that turns sour right when you are enjoying it. But that's exactly the whole point of showcasing what a couple transforming into a nuclear family face in a metro city in India. From unabashed gender discrimination at work to familial tiffs to issues with the functioning of a household, Ribbon has it all, topped with a violent performance by Kalki Koechlin and an equally competing one by Sumeet Vyas. Parenthood hits them like a typhoon in the US and all that follows is what I like to call new-age problems that do not have solutions. Along with fitting music and numbing dialogues by Raghav Dutt, director Sandilya takes her viewers on a journey that is relatable and nonchalant, eventually taking them to the end of a cliff and threatening that she will push. Ribbon is heartbreaking but it does not fool its audience. It has its flaws - with the major one being convolution - but then indie films have stories to tell. With it with your partner and you will take away a thing or two. TN.

A good low budget gem. Has a documentary feel to it, while intimately looking at a couple's life. You feel you are living with them and that's some achievement. Kalki is a good actress and does her part well but seemed miscast because of her ethnicity for a film that's so close to being real. I did not get why the title is Ribbon though.

This kind of Cinema is being missed. I recalled Boyhood. This is so real and aptly dramatized. Kalki and Sumeet both did an amazing work. Their emotions, their struggles can be felt. That little one year old girl was also superb. I specially loved the climax and how all that made sense to title this film as "Ribbon".