Freaky Chakra

<p>The writer ( ) tells the story and introduces the story characters one-by-one in a narrative style.<br /> Ms. Thomas ( ) used to be a doctor and now works as a . After her medical skills failed to save her husband, she decided to live alone and keep to herself. However, various events continue to keep her at odds with reality: she receives phone calls from a crank caller ( ) who speaks to her in a raunchy manner; mischievous children repeatedly run away after ringing her doorbell; she is unable to bathe because her water does not operate; and her apartment manager is so tired of her complaints that he blocks his ears with cotton. In her routine, she begins to look forward to each distraction. When an uninvited guest ( ) takes up residence in her home, the two eventually have a romantic affair, changing her life and her outlook. began in over a 21-day shoot schedule, and actress Deepti Naval stated that the film had been cut for the Indian film market to remove shots where her character took the lead in lovemaking. The film was ‘s official entry for , and was released on 7 February 2003. The film is the only project for which has composed music. The film has soundtrack composed by . Because of its dealing with relationships between four persons, referred to the film as “rectangular love story”, as opposed to “the cliched regular or triangular romantic stories that Bollywood generally churns out.” The film created a stir after its release due to its dealing with one of the long time taboo subjects, age disparity in relationships with a woman on the older side. After its release, made note of a growing trend to depict such relationships more openly: Using the characters of Deepti Naval’s Ms. Thomas in ‘s , ‘s Chandrika in ‘s , and ‘s Radha in ‘s as examples of a changing trend in Indian cinema, they wrote that ” is now bent on giving the fairer sex a fair deal in sex.” panned the film, offering that “Prakash’s experiment with story-telling might sound promising on paper but fails to deliver on celluloid.” They felt this was due to Ranvir Shorey’s character of The Writer becoming an intrusive and “annoying obstruction” that hampered the film’s action. They also felt that the characters were not fully fleshed out, writing they “don’t get a life beyond their sentence-long descriptions”, and that the relationships of the various characters are not allowed to grow, leaving the viewer with questions. They concluded that ” is brash without any real sense of irreverence. It’s meant to be fun, but doesn’t even manage to elicit a smile. A joke of a film, and a bad joke at that.” wrote of the film, “You simply wonder why the film was made”, noting that the storyline wasn’t suitable for a Deepti Naval film, and that as the musical was “a fusion of classical and Western tunes,” it would not appeal, offering only that the song was “beautifully rendered.” They further felt the storyline and screenplay were too unconventional to attract a wide audience, and noted that the narrative of as The Writer “tends to grate on your nerves at times.” They granted that the Deepti Naval’s character was “the most interesting” and that she “deserves credit” for her ability to have her acting speak louder than scripted words. They also noted that did a “decent job” and that Sachin Khedekar gave “a brilliant performance.” But while acknowledging these points, they concluded “For all the performances, the characters are shallow and unexplained.”</p>