Mumbai in the 1980s: the brothers Vicky and Sonu make soft-porn horror films, supplying the city's growing underground market. Sensitive Sonu, his conscience burdened by the work, is pressed on by Vicky, the ‘brains’ of the outfit, through a world of illegal trafficking, sex parties, police corruption and dangerous mobsters.
The appearance of the beautiful ‘debutante’ Pinky in the run-down warehouse that is used as a film studio turns the brothers’ lives upside down as the naïve Sonu falls in love and takes irresponsible risks to finance a romantic mainstream film for his muse.
Originally planning a documentary on the topic, director Ahluwalia - known for his remarkable documentary John & Jane - meticulously investigated Mumbai’s exploitation film industry and effectively incorporates the C-grade type of reels of the 1980s into this engaging and violent retro thriller.
- Director
- Ashim Ahluwalia
- Country of production
- India
- Year
- 2012
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 110'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- Hindi
- Producers
- Sanjay Shah, Shumona Goel, Pinaki Chatterjee
- Production Company
- Future East Film
- Sales
- Fortissimo Films
- Screenplay
- Ashim Ahluwalia, Uttam Sirur
- Cinematography
- Mohanan
- Editor
- Paresh Kamdar, Ashim Ahluwali
- Production Design
- Ashim Ahluwali, Tabasheer Zutshi, Parichit Paralkar
- Sound Design
- Tarun Bhandari
- Cast
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh
- Website
- http://miss-lovely.com