A British girl, Ruth is in Mumbai to look for her father, Arjun Patel. Her only piece of memory is a letter that her father wrote her before leaving her and her mother. Ruth works in a massage parlor where she has to satisfy numerous clients everyday for a mere 1000/-. She calls it a 'handshake' or a 'happy ending'. She is also given a raw deal by the many authorities she contacts to find about her dad.
Ruth also has a troubled relationship with her boyfriend who gets mixed up with some local gangsters. Ruth manages all this trauma and bravely continues to pursue her dad.
Finally in a shocking twist, she realizes who her father is and walks away, leaving everything behind due to the sheer magnitude of the realization and the weird explanation she gets from her father.
Hits
- Kalki Koechlin is the only real known face in the movie and she is an Anurag Kashyap constant. She moves around like a doll and impresses in 2 scenes - the scene where she bares her heart to her boyfriend and in the climax shocker
- Naseeruddin Shah has a small cameo as the only concerned customer for Ruth. He is natural as usual
- Ruth's boyfriend, the Kannada gangster and the massage parlor proprietor are other characters that get some screen time and gel well with the movie.
Comments
- Beyond a point, Ruth's routine with her customers becomes quite nauseating. Overdone
- Too many foul words just for the heck of it, sometimes.
- Slow and steady pace.
Hard hitting cinema by Anurag Kashyap but, not for everyone.
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