The Tenant

<p>An attractive and bold woman, Meera, moves into a middle-class housing society. The people of the society disapproves and gossip about her lifestyle. She forms a friendship with a teenager, Bharat. Due to Bharat’s mistake, her past is revealed to the people. They decide ask her to vacate while a member of the society abuses her and was saved by Bharat. Bharat’s parents rebuild their falling marriage. The film was written and directed by Sushrut Jain. It is produced by Mad Coolie Productions. After appearing in 2007 Hindi film , Shamita Shetty returned to the cinema after 15 years with this film. The film is shot in Juhu Sameep in Mumbai where Jain grew up. The film featured songs including ’s “Lovable Girl”, ’s “Hello Mama’ and ’s ” “. The film was released in Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles in May 2021. The film was released in theatres on 10 February 2023. Dhaval Roy of rated it 3.5 out of 5. He praised the story, performances and portrayal of “different kinds of friendships”. He noted its light music. He criticised “unconvincing” plot points and long first half. Manoj Vashisth of rated it 3 out of 5. He discussed and praised the theme of and society but criticised the plot. He praised the direction and performances. Rohit Bhatnagar of rated it 3 out of 5. He praised theme and performances, especially of Shetty. He criticised few scenes and compared the friendship of Bharat and Meera with (2002). Panos Kotzathanasis of praised the theme, performances and direction but criticised some plot points. He recalled (2000) with the similar theme. Sameer Ahire writing for rated it 2 out of 5. He criticised the screenplay and found it “predictable and tedious” while called the performances “decent”. He questioned the motivation and theme behind the film. Manoj Vashisth of gave 3 out of 5 ratings.</p>