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You know I have always believed that films which are for everybody are for nobody in particular, that being said Anurag Kashyap's Ugly isn't for everybody unlike PK or other big releases. Ugly is filled with dark, complicated, insecure characters wherein everybody is either a flawed husband/ wife/ parent/ friend/ lover this makes the characters instantly relatable even though there is some exaggeration in the film. The story starts with the kidnapping of a little girl which sets into motion a chain of events where her new step father and her biological father engage in a game of upmanship and try to be the "hero" as the movie likes to put it by finding their daughter but they care more about satisfaction of their egos and their history dating back to college than about the girl herself. In between the movie throws in a suicidal wife who has been loved by both the men, an item girl whose claim to fame is a song called mujhko nichodley jhinnjhodley, technologically challenged cops, some really dark but really funny scenes and this film is already brimming with top notch quality. The direction is excellent and the sets are claustrophobic and uncomfortable in tune with the film and all the actors deliver.

My only gripe with the film is that it fails to be a decent kidnapping story, it's so focused on character development that the kidnapping events at points seem illogical and improbable and the Alfred Hitchcock fan in me can't forgive that though the Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritichie fan in me doesn't mind.

With different culture backgrounds, not sure how realistic for Indians to see this story, but I found it so powerful, so real, so dark and so dramatic. Such a great film!!!

Movie is well written and perfectly directed, All the actor has done natural acting and story is also good with astonishing moral teaching in the end we get know.

This almost feels like a documentary. One that jumps from time to time (no pun intended), but one that is very engaging and very brutal (in its honesty and portrayal). Kidnapping is not a light thing of course, especially when it comes down to children. But in this case it's also the complicated relationships between characters, the inability to overcome certain things/feelings to come closer to a solution.

And of course evil people plotting and scheming. The question is, who is going to "win"? It is down and dirty, but that is not a clue of the direction the movie might go at the end. Then again, it might be. Whatever the case (and I am deliberately not pointing in the "right" direction) maybe, the movie is really worth while. Especially because there is no singing and dancing going on (which really wouldn't fit into the movie anyway - not that is stopped them before)

Ugly is a dark, disturbing tale that twists and turns on itself like an Escher print. Just when you think you know where this thriller is going, Anurag Kashyap throws back the shroud to reveal another face to the madcap and demented mystery. The rusty knife that is stuck in your gut gets twisted into angles you never thought possible.

Synopsis A divorced aspiring actor draws a formal agreement with his wife enabling him to spend time with their daughter on Saturdays. One such day when he is busy discussing possible acting opportunities with his casting director, he leaves his daughter in his car. Within minutes, his daughter goes missing from the car. The abducted kid's stepfather - a police officer, joins her parents in a three way lookout for her. Who cares more among the father, stepfather, mother and what ends they are ready to explore is what makes Ugly.

Review Although it is as grim as death, I found great sick dark humour. Initially the film has no fats, then it reaches a scene where the absentee dad and his friend are recording their statement at a local police station. The dialogue just goes on and on with loads of irrelevant details which made me laugh and laugh. It feels like a dialogue typically written by Tarantino to build up nail-biting suspense. But Kashyap has higher aspirations than that. As I LOL I realized it is a damning critique of bureaucracy and how people of authority sees the lower denominator of the population.

The only misstep is a meandering middle act but the final OMG shot made up for it a hundred times over. An awesome morality tale with no innocent persons (except the little girl) and a sharp critique of the modern society that judges people before finding out the truth. I have not seen a lot of new Hindi releases this year but I must say this one is the best. For the more adventurous cinephile out there.

UGLY basically focuses on the ugly side of human beings and how they take advantage of situations to fulfill their own needs and greeds. Viewers need to know this is not a full fledged investigation film of a kidnapping hence you will see the investigation most of the time going nowhere. The films prime focus is to show what i said in the beginning. AK's one of darkest film in recent times. RAW scenes with natural BG sounds makes for a perfect movie experience of this kind. Every single actor from Ronit Roy to Rahul Bhat to Girish Kulkarni have done a fabulous job. All posses dark characters, noone in this film is white.

Give it a watch. Available on hotstar. I was mighty impressed by the film although the climax is a bit too rushed and doesn't have much impact.

Ugly is dark, Ugly is made to be ugly, with everyone trying to settle their own issues and making an opportunity out of a crisis, a kidnapping case which if pursued in a straight line should have been solved, but made complicated to the hilt with matters out of the purview of pure investigation coming into the way. It is an exceptional movie by Anurag Kashyap, certainly among his very best, and whoever has an issue with its dark climax, I don't have one. Ronit Roy is unbelievably good in these kinds of roles, saw him in Udaan and he absolutely nails these characters. There was never a drop in intensity and I would easily rate this 7.5/10.

A small girl missing in a street and her step father and biological father starts to find her..and her step father as a policeman suspects everyone and investigates deeply.. This movie characters all have some ugly side of them.. Great story and screenplay..!

Must watch movie..!!

In recent times no one in Bollywood can pull dark movies better then Kashyap. Ugly is one of the finest dark thriller from Kashyap's filmography which should be watched not just for the sake of brilliant bizarre thriller but to appreciate Kashyap's way of storytelling for which he has worked hard and has created his own niche. Not disclosing much about the movie other than stated in premise, but one thing which can be assured that this movie would provide you chills. Ronit Roy as usual impresses with his brilliance screen presence supported well by Rahul Bhat ,Vineet Kumar Sing and others.

Story: 9/10, Acting: 9/10, Casting: 8/10

This film portrays true ugly nature of society and how greed can turn every person into an ugly person. Treat for Kashyap and Dark Cinema fans. This movie does not give you thrills but surely give you chills specially in the very last scene. Storyline was brilliant and Ronit Roy acting was best ever he worked in a movie. Recommended.

Every scene is amazing for a Bollywood goer .. because you don't know what's going to happen next. Something we are not used to. A must watch !

What is it with Anurag Kashyap that pushes him to bring on screen those dark corners which most of us feel ashamed to even mention, let go touring there. Grey and utterly realistic, his stories are intertwined in a wretched chalet that does not open up once it is locked. And as you are in, a blend of murky truth and equally real cinema hitches you on to his 2014 flick 'Ugly'. The film successfully portrays the truer form of human beings, one that is apparently dormant but always trying to gain on us. 'Ugly' is a raw, grim and in-the-face movie which gives ample space to multiple characters that fall prey to their own greed as they smell opportunity in a tragedy. From thumping hard rock music in the beginning to heart moving lyrics in the end, the film contains all those elements which bust the air of reel versus real. Set in Mumbai, the film is all gray, literally. No sets and Bollywood sequences for they would not have served a bit to the story. Rough, without make- up, the characters are put to test with just their wits, acting skills and dialogues. They are in their most raw form and that gives this movie an originality hardly seen in contemporary Bollywood. The theme seems to be an ordinary one however the events which unfold within the film and the level of treatment by the director makes it mind-boggling. The story revolves around a little girl who disappears while accompanying her father, a struggling actor. This sets in motion a chain of events which brings to fore selfishness built on sadism. Although with no big wig on it, the cast still does an exceptional job. From Girish Kulkarni's Marathi touch while playing an amusing cop to Tejaswini Kolhapure's rugged and depressed look as a mother, the performances rivet in the darkness that forms the plinth of this movie. Rahul Bhat does justice to his role of a struggling actor and an irresponsible father. Siddhant Kapoor, Surveen Chawla and Vineet Singh, all stand out. The other actor who gets a chunk of screen time is Ronit Roy, playing a tough top cop, investigating his step-daughter's missing case while being grumpily married to Tejaswini. He picks an old fight with Rahul after accusing him of kidnapping his own daughter. Ronit delivers with superb timing, and seems apt for the role. The film gives a clear-cut picture of life in a metropolitan city like Mumbai where crime dwells both in stinky as well as perfumed places. The scene of bribing a criminal in a jail to inquire about a possible culprit and child trafficking forces the audience to grapple with fearful realities of life. Anurag sets up the first half well, and tension among the characters is palpable. The three protagonists are all fighting their demons, and Kashyap amplifies their pitiable conditions through their bleak surroundings. Known for making whimsical and dark films with real Indian element, Anurag has made use of the epic suspense which makes 'Ugly' different from the conventional Bollywood films. Technically the film is a brilliant one. The script has ego and greed as its two main angles. The screenplay is strong and every ___location syncs with the situation as well as with the character. 'Ugly' really gets ugly as the story builds. The film can be said as one of Anurag's best work after 'Paanch', made in the year 2003. Ugly is a must-watch, a revelation especially for those who find Bollywood movies unrealistic.

In his best work so far Anurag Khashyap tells us a story about greed and the cruelty of the human mind.It is one of the landmarks in Indian cinema,the directing,screenplay,story in simple words it is amazing in very aspect of film making.What will really get you going is the way the story is being told,Anurag Kashyap does it in a very non linear way and yet in a very understandable way,his way of cutting scenes in between and jumping to another makes the movie one of its kind.The use of camera angles to portray extremely dark minded people and their emotions is what gives this movie life and coming to the thrills it gives one cannot be more thrilled by any another movie in the recent past than this movie. Suspense is an illusion in this movie,you already know the answer but refuse to believe it since the performances of the actors is so condescending upon the truth that you will start to trust the lie.This masterpiece of Indian Cinema is a one not to be missed.

Anurag Kashyap has done it again. With Ugly, Anurag Kashyap, without doubt one of the best active Indian directors, has woven another masterful work around the contemporary society. It is being marketed as "a dark psychological thriller on the surface and an emotional drama within" and the description fits this gem of a film to the tee.

A kidnapping mystery serves as the backdrop for a thrilling, and at times horrifying, tale of the darker human emotions which makes for a juicy, spicy drama. Thematically disturbing, Ugly is anything but an easy watch. But despite the monstrosities on display, its difficult to take your eyes off the screen. The intertwining of motives, the layers in the characters' pasts and all the unresolved issues that keep emerging as the film progresses, keeps one riveted to this fantastic tale.

The icing on the cake is the humour in mundane situations which Anurag is so adept in extracting out of our everyday activities and interactions. It is the humour in fact that sweetens the bitter pill that Ugly is, making it "humane" to watch.

I could not help but notice how this brilliant film mirrors another masterpiece of Indian cinema, Sholay, though in a negative sort of way. There is a pair of friends here just like in Sholay. Like Sholay, Ugly too features a chase sequence and characters with past scores to settle. Only, the shades of the characters and their friendship here are way more dark and grim. If Mehbooba in Sholay was a precursor to the item songs of the present era, Ugly features a parody of item songs, which doubles as the source of a comic sequence. The missing link between the two films is a reference to Amitabh Bachchan which, in the true spirit of Ugly and Anurag Kashyap (think Gangs of Wasseypur), is half in reverence and half in jest.

And that's what Ugly is - a mirror held to us, for us to have a look at our demons within and also to have a laugh about how silly those demons ultimately are.

From the very first scene in the police station, those fuzz bandits had me seething with frustration. Here's a missing kid, the clock's ticking, and instead of urgency, the cops are busy talking nonsense, mocking the distressed father, and squabbling over jurisdiction. I was sitting there, grinding my teeth; at one point, I felt like jumping into the screen and punching one of those corrupt cops right in the face. The absurdity of it all wasn't just frustrating it was infuriating because it felt so uncomfortably real. You don't know whether to laugh at the ridiculousness or cry because you know this happens in real life. All this chaos, brilliantly improvised by actors and directed by Anurag Kashyap.

This movie dives deep into the ugly side of human nature. The greed, apathy, and self-serving motives of each character expose the darker truths about society. It's a raw, exploration of how fragile morality can be when selfishness takes over. Every scene, no matter how chaotic or absurd, feels deliberate, forcing you to confront these uncomfortable realities.

Nicely adopted things about human nature & some similar things to relate with this selfish society.choreography is also slightly better,characters were purely stand out,ronit roy actually did a great great job throughout the movie. So its an benchmark for anurag sir.

The kidnapping of Kali, the ten year old daughter of Shalini (Tejaswini Kolhapure) and her ex-husband Rahul (Rahul Bhat), kicks off the action in Ugly, director Anurag Kashyap's latest venture. Shalini had walked out of her marriage with Rahul after being exhausted by his continuing failure in becoming an actor compounded by his stubborn reluctance to choose an alternate career that could provide for the family. She is presently is married to top cop, Shoumik (Ronit Roy) and feels trapped in a well-provided, albeit, loveless marriage. Rahul is allowed to meet Kali only on Saturdays as per the terms of their divorce and on one such Saturday, Kali is abducted, when Rahul's attention was distracted from her by some calls with his casting agent, Chaitanya (Vineet Kumar Singh), about an audition that could help his career.

Soon, Rahul and Chaitanya approach the local police station seeking their help to find Kali. Their initial interaction with the police inspector Jadhav (Girish Kulkarni) who treats them callously provides for some darkly comic moments in the film. However, things take a serious turn when Jadhav realises that Kali is the step-daughter of Shoumik. Shoumik, who has hated Rahul from their college days and for being the ex-husband of Shalini, sees this an opportunity to hit back and prompts Jadhav to accuse Rahul and Chaitanya for the kidnapping. This sets off a chain of events which meander through several perverse twists and turns where Rahul and Shoumik are continually at loggerheads even as they try to succeed in their quest to rescue Kali. The plot is muddled further as every player in the story, including the leads, try to wring out some opportunistic benefit for themselves from the grave situation.

Kashyap has crafted a tight plot and has populated it with characters who inhabit in several shades of grey with competing and often, conflicting interests. He does not bother to burden any of his characters with cross of a moral compass and as a result, with every decision of these characters arising from their twisted and selfish motivations, the plot thickens and the tension ratchets up another notch.

While on the apparent level, Ugly, is a gritty and raw thriller about the attempts to rescue an abducted ten year old girl, Kashyap's brilliance is manifested in using it merely as a setting to stage an in-depth exploration of the ugly side of every character that walk through his frames. He infuses a good deal of character into each of his characters, even the most minor ones, which makes them to stand out and get noticed. Be it the callous inspector who finds perverse fun at the cost of a tense father seeking to rescue his abducted child fearing for her safety or a father who is preoccupied with his career which puts his kid in peril or the top cop who is keen to settle scores from his college days or a suicidal alcoholic mother who is seldom bothered about her kid or the friend who even while helping his distressed mate does not flinch from milking an opportunity that presents itself, Kashyap puts the glare of his spotlight on the pervasive perversity in everybody.

Kashyap is acknowledged for his penchant of casting talented artists to play the characters and here too, the cast consisting of Ronit Roy, Rahul Bhatt, Tejaswini Kolhapure as leads who ace their roles and excellent cameos by Vineet Kumar Singh, Siddhanth Kapoor, Girish Kulkarni and Surveen Chawla provide the power-packed performances that the plot demands. The pulsating background score by Brian McOmber and the dark frames by cinematographer Nikos Andritsakis accentuate the gritty and grimy proceedings.

Through the entire course of his movie, Kashyap continually underlines the moral bankruptcy and ugliness that lurks under the seemingly normal personalities of each and every character as they continue to plumb ever-greater depths seeking some self-centred goals. As a result, Ugly is not an easy film to watch and definitely not for the weak of heart or those who would prefer to remain straight-jacketed in their moral certitudes. In fact, it unleashes the lasting impact of a knock-out punch to the gut that makes us feel queasy and dazed long after the viewing. And, somehow, as if by some quirk, that doesn't feel so bad and on the contrary, leaves you, strangely, satisfied.

In an era that is marked by the continuing shrinkage of the viewer's attention span, Kashyap's craft demands their unwavering attention and wields complete control over it through the two hours of his very real, grim yet riveting tale set in the mean streets of Mumbai. It richly deserves the standing ovation it received in Cannes and many more accolades that are sure to come its way.

It is 3 am and I have just returned from a very late night show of Ugly. I was surprised that the theatre was even screening the movie, almost 3 months post its already delayed release. But after watching the movie, I knew instantly the reason for the cinema owner's obsession with retaining at least one slot for this movie on the daily roaster.

To begin with, Ugly is grounded to cinematic realities. The cast is superb and the actors do justice to their respective roles, no matter how short or long the screen time allotted to them may be. The acting is superb which for a playwright equates to paradise.

The dark and unsavoury elements that are the trademarks of Anurag Kashyap , do again prominently figure in this dark thriller.

The story, which basically revolves around a kidnapping , is well knit and like any surreal artwork borders on the line of insanity and uncontrolled expression of unrefined human emotions.

With a Maupassantian ending and a Kafkaesque body, the plot still retains a shred of originality , given the creditable use of local elements through thoroughly engaging screenplay and dialogue.

Of late I have developed an aversion for dark cinema but I cannot allow my personal proclivities to impair my judgment-this is a fine piece of cinema, definitely worth watching .

"Xerox Karke Wapas Dedhunga"

Film : Ugly Director: @anuragkashyap10 DOP : #nikosandritsakis Music : @gvprakash Cast : @ronitboseroy @surveenchawla @tejukolhapure @siddhanthkapoor

Tragedy ( Rahul, Chaitanya and Rakhee now have the money and Rahul calls Bose to taunt him. Realizing that Bose is unaware of Kali's whereabouts, Rahul murders Chaitanya, whilst Rakhee quietly leaves with the money )

Another enthralling gem from #AnuragKashyap list !! How this guy's Brain work's He's getting crazy ideas !! And the humour timing while doing investigation,man unstoppable !!

They named #ugly But his conviction and execution made this terrific piece of thrilling work !!