Miss Lovely
35MM | 1.85:1 | HINDI | DOLBY DIGITAL | COLOR | 113 MIN | 2012
A baroque tale of betrayal and doomed love that explores Bombay’s cinematic underbelly.
Set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry, Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sex horror films in the mid-1980s. A sordid tale of betrayal and doomed love, the film dives into the lower depths of the Bollywood underground, an audacious cinema with baroque cinemascope compositions, lurid art direction, wild background soundtracks, and gut-wrenching melodrama.
Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anil George, Niharika Singh, Menaka Lalwani & Zeena Bhatia
AN INDIAN FILM LIKE I’D NEVER SEEN! AHLUWALIA IS A VERY IMPRESSIVE TALENT
Sight & Sound
OFF-KILTER & DELIRIOUS… A PUNGENT STORY OF JEALOUSY, BETRAYAL, AND DOOMED LOVE
Film Comment
MUMBAI IN THE BAD OLD DAYS!
The New York Times
MAGNIFICENT! ONE FEELS A REAL AFFECTION FOR THIS SORDID UNIVERSE
Le Monde
SENSATIONAL!
The Times of India
A SELF-REFLECTIVE PIECE OF CINEMATIC ART THAT WILL LEAVE YOU DRAINED AS YOU LEAVE THE CINEMA
Twitch
AMONGST ALL THAT GLITTERS AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, THERE WAS LITTLE QUITE AS VISUALLY SPECTACULAR AS MISS LOVELY
Dazed & Confused
SOMETHING NEW IN INDIA FILMMAKING, NEITHER BOLLYWOOD NOR TRADITIONAL ART CINEMA. A UNIQUE, IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE!
Variety
A STYLISH PORTRAIT OF THE TANGLED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CINEMATIC AND REAL-WORLD SLEAZE
Village Voice
TRIPPILY DISORIENTING!
Libertas Film Magazine
MARVELOUS!
The Indian Express
A DEFINITIVE BOMBAY FILM, IN AN ASSURED AND ORIGINAL CINEMATIC VOICE
Mint
CINEMA THAT PUSHES AND PRODS INTO NEW DIRECTIONS. STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
NDTV
MISS LOVELY IS THE REAL DIRTY PICTURE
India Today