Khoya Khoya Chand

Nikhat (Soha Ali Khan) and Zafar (Shiney Ahuja) are rising stars in the Bombay film industry in a time it was not known as Bollywood. She a blossoming actress and he a budding script writer, cause sparks to fly when they meet. Intoxicated they carry on, without a care for whom they burn with their passion. Set in the 50s and 60s, the film casts an introspective eye at the life in the industry showing the back biting that goes on and the dog eat dog world it is.

Shiney Ahuja has eerily crept into the skin of the character but the same cannot be said of the daughter of Sharmila Tagore. After the initial half hour, she looks out of her depth failing to portray the changing phases in the actress's life. In fact Sonya Jehan who plays a rival actress could have done better in her role. But the actor who steals the limelight is Vinay Pathak who plays Nikhat friend.

The film looks lush and the saturated colors can fool you into believing Chris Doyle was behind the lens. The script too is craftily written with Urdu laced Hindi dialogs. But director Sudhir Mishra does not take advantage of this palette and fails to stitch it all together. Allowing the film to run a tad too long did not help either. A poor follow up to Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.

Rating: * *