Yeh Saali Zindagi is like a blueberry cheesecake
Yeh Saali Zindagi
Director: Sudhir Mishra
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Arunoday Singh, Chitrangada Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari
Rating: 3/5
If you want to know, it's more than 22. That's the number of kisses between Arunoday Singh and Aditi Rao Hydari. Yeh Saali Zindagi is like a blueberry cheesecake. A delightful little trifle that works because the actors don't think they are auditioning for a consumer ad or a fashion glossy photo shoot.
Irrfan Khan shows exactly why he's so much in demand internationally. A subtle actor who is engaging as a man in love with Chitrangada Singh. Who wouldn't be? She looks mad, bad and dangerous to know. A lovely diversion where two young actors look as if they're going to continue their lovemaking off-screen as well.
A love story set in Delhi's underbelly of politicians with Swiss bank accounts, criminals with Russian contacts, farmhouses with odd goings-on and Tihar jail inmates who are freer than free birds, it flies off the page thanks to actors who look as if they mean business. Fun.