Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
Doomtomylo
a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.
filippaberry84
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
silvan-desouza
Bhatt films are known for their skin but many times they do have good stories which may not be original but yet must admit they are at times good films like Gangster. Kalyug which released alongwith the trash by YRF Neal N Nikki and EK AJNABEE which did average business, Kalyug performed better but not much as expected. The film is set in the porn industry and the main story does seem real especially the problems in Kunal's life. The film starts off as a routine love story with songs but changes geers effectively, the shocking twist is well handled, Kunal's search for justice may seem filmy and hard to digest but it's well handled. Amrita Singh's scenes are well handled too.Emraan's character may seem filmy but it does seem vital in the plot. The way Kunal goes about in Zurich may not seem real enough but yet for the vendetta it seems well handled, however Ashutosh Rana's profile does seem inconsistent. The pre-climax is well handled and also the climax.Direction by Mohit Suri is good Music is decent, Jiya Dhadak is seeped in melody and made Rahat Fateh Ali Khan a noticeable face after Paap, Jhuda Hoke is a nice number though copied from Jal with rights unlike Chocolate.Kunal Khemmu seen as a child artist and known for his performances in Zakhm is superb in his main role, his expressions, dialogue delivery and everything is topnotch though he did look a bit too skinny for his debut yet a great performance for a debut. Smilie Suri is okay, Deepal Shawl is raw but leaves a mark Emraan Hashmi does a good supporting act, Amrita Singh made an effective comeback though at times she does ham it up Ashutosh Rana has an ill defined role but does a good job Rest are okay.
i love you rao
Well this is 1 hell of a ride. Love the dark cinematography, Gothic setting n style of sin city...Amazing backdrop of Switzerland, could have added more scenes there though, since the film was so short, barely 2 hrs.Minuses include the money logic of how Kunal landed with that much money to do all he did. And of course, this film follows the commercial bollywood route of a masala potbolier with few distinct villains to fight when pornography as a whole has many many operatives.So its basically a fictional account of a site called indiapassion.com and its widespread.Good entertainment, thought-provoking and more films like this should be made to create awareness and reach out to the public via its commercial elements. The kissing scenes of the first night scene could have been avoided though.
slumdog_crorepati
Kalyug is one of those films that despite being better than 95% of Hindi films, was never going to do amazingly at the box-office simply due to the unknown lead cast, the theme of pornography and very confusing trailers that did nothing to entice viewers.The plot, starts off like a superspeed version of a typical Hindi film, ie: boy (Kunal) meets girl (Renuka), they fall in love, get married etc, but then comes the twist...In a midnight police raid, the newlyweds are arrested and interrogated separately about a video that has been released on the internet of their honeymoon night, police coercion tactics leading Renuka to believe that her husband is a sleazy pornographer, she commits suicide leaving her completely innocent husband distraught.Whilst out on bail, he manages to track down the creep responsible for the hidden camera in the hotel room (played by Ashutosh Rana), during the ensuing fight, the sleazeball loses his bag, which he leaves behind as he runs off onto a moving bus.Kunal finds in the bag, a large amount of cash, more videos of hidden camera porn and information related to a porn website being operated from Switzerland that specialises in this type of content hosted by an Indian pornstar "Annie" (Deepal Shaw). Kunal then flies off to Switzerland to settle the score. (Using some of the money from the bag... other reviewers seem to have been confused by this!) In Switzerland, he visits a sex shop to try and get some information about the pornstar "Annie" (Deepal Shaw), here he meets Emraan Hashmi, who works in the shop simply because they pay him... it's pretty much his take on life, "do anything for money". Unsurprisingly Kunal hires Emraan to help in his search for the people behind the website.We find out that Deepal Shaw's character is another victim of the porn industry as she was SOLD into it by her extended family in the aftermath of the Gujarat earthquake (another point that a few reviewers don't seem to have understood!) So now obviously we have the set up for the grandstand finale between the good and the bad.Amrita Singh is brilliant as the evil mastermind behind the website, her performance is outstanding as are many of the lines she is given. I won't give away exactly what happens with the ending, but needless to say, justice prevails! The movie may be a bit too long (a couple of Deepal's songs could really have been cut altogether), but then with Jiya Dhadak Dhadak and Aadat on the soundtrack, it's not possible to say the music was bad! Emraan's character is ripped off Joaqin Pheonix in the much darker "8mm", but I am definitely not saying the movie/plot is a copy, it clearly isn't! I recommend this to any fan of Hindi cinema who is looking for something that is truly a bit different.
amit_sinha62
Well, Kalyug is definitely a hard hitting subject which has been dealt with a decent direction , but not really exciting direction. The star cast is decent with Kunal showing some good potential, amrita Singh in a good negative character of the porn queen who wants to be numero uno in porn industry replacing Hustler and Playboy. But the lady shows more of hungry and lust full character with a weird sense of business. Hmm , this really doesn't show much talent of the director . deepal shaw is good till the moment she is exposing herself and is keeping quiet. The other actress , if I am not wrong her name is similie is good looking , may be she can get work in another few movies. A surprise package is apna desi porn star Imraan Hashmi , who looks at least better than his previous sex flicks and extra marital saga as he doesn't get a chance to lock lips with any of the ladies in this film and try some piece of acting. The songs are really the pull factor of movie as one doesn't want to leave chair while the songs are being played on. Songs are in fact , the strongest point of any movie from bhatt camp. Overall, the movie can be watched in spare time and its not really bad, I mean you can have at least have break even on the ROI (return on investment ).