Directorial debut of Rahul Bose
and a brisk 100 minutes of fun, mostly shot inside a posh hair salon serving an
elite group of Mumbaikars. The protagonist Xen (Rehaan Engineer) has a gift and
he can hear the thoughts of his clients while cutting their hair. How he helps
them overcome their problems is the movie all about. His clientele includes
Pooja Bhatt, Koel Purie, Boman Irani, Anahita Uberoi and a couple of
youngsters. Even Xen has a painful background and mostly lives inside his Salon
or on the first floor room attached to the same salon. Its an average one time
watch – I somehow missed it earlier hence was catching up and totally loved
Pooja Bhatt’s small role and Koel Purie’s fundoo performance. Rahul Bose
himself does a great cameo. Check it out – if you haven’t seen it – it isn’t
that bad.
The Movie is based on the life of
Alexander referred as Xen who has a unique gift that he can connect with
anyone’s mind while he cuts their hair. He owns a salon called Xens in a posh
locality of Mumbai where all the elite Mumbaikars visit. While he was a kid he
saw his parents were burnt to death in a freak accident in a recording studio
while he cried for help from a sound proof room. Then onwards he lives a silent
life and is kind of packed himself inside a room and his only connection with
the world is his Salon. He even keeps his television on mute while watching. He
has all kinds of clients, from Businessmen to Film Industry strugglers to
College Grads to Desperate high society’s wives etc. Some he likes and some he
hates. He always tries to help them in one way or the other. Like its shown he
tries to help Pooja Bhatt in times of needs, she is struggling with her divorce
and is out of cash, at times he lets her go without paying her bill. Then there
is this Businessman Boman Irani, who is very successful but is having some
family issue which isn’t told to the audience in details but you could make
that much out by his conversations on phone. Anahita Uberoi as a cocaine addict
who is more interested in life of others than her own and how she tries to
screw Pooja’s life is worth a watch.
Xen himself is a quite confused
character and has no idea where his life is going plus he comes across one of
his clients Koel Purie, for some reason he isn’t able to connect with her mind
and is not able to hear her thoughts. Then comes Rahul Bose as a Industry
struggle who’s trying to get himself a good role in a movie and fails all the
time. One day he comes in his salon and has made up his mind that he is going
to commit suicide. Xen wants to help him but how can he? Then he has Boman who
is also going to do something very sick and sad, on top of it he has Koel Purie
in almost a breaking situation. How he helps them all settle their lives is the
movie all about. It does takes some unpredictable turns and shocks the audience
but for good. You’ve got to watch what happens next; would he ever come out of
his own problems? It’s a neat 100 minutes watch, a simple yet engrossing one.
Check it out – you will not regret it for sure. Plus it has some nice songs in
the background.
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