theharishkarthik Indian movies are often ridiculed for their duration - typically 150 mins + and for their 'musical' setting. Well here is a movie that defies the stereotypical Indian Movie......each story is about 15 mins long...and no songs ( how do you accommodate a song in 15 mins !!) . So does this make the movie any more interesting? Well in bits and pieces, is the answer. Firstly you will need to watch each story individually and judge. 2-3 Stories are really good....most are mediocre and few downright nonsense...and here too emerges a pattern..the stories with an extra marital affair theme are downright nonsense...poorly directed..poorly acted..poorly executed ( the actors in these stories explains why all the better actors/stars stayed away from such stories ). While the better ones are those with more seasoned actors...Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar....Ultimately...15 mins or 150 mins...a good movie is one that is told differently...Story and Screenplay matter...one without the other and the movie will be a disaster

Sherazade 10 stories but only about 5 of them stood out:(The one about AIDS, the one about racism, the one about infidelity, the one about love, the one about rise and fall) the rest of them were far-fetched and lackluster but I liked the idea of grouping a bunch of short stories and making it into one film.It would have been perfect if they replaced some of the story lines (like the one with Neha Dhupia who is far too sexy to convey any sort of innocence in any role yet that's what they asked her to do in this film? And the one with Anupam Kher, um you're kidding me right? which father would put himself on the line like that on their daughter's wedding day and advise her go chasing after a man she barely knows while her husband-to-be is waiting downstairs?)

brandon_lee420 this movie is not that good just because it has 25 actors and six directors and ten stories. when i saw the trailer of this i thought it was gonna be like sin city. guess what it was boring at least some of the stories were good. i didn't want to buy it but my stupid cousin told me its awesome.the tenth story was the best one there and the song dus kahaniyaan is good but guys don't by it its a waste of money renting it is better.this movie is crap and sh*tty.thats my opinion.see ya

Punkaj Jaju You can blame Sanjay Gupta for making violent movies, based on the underworld or the bizarre. But one needs to give him credit for doing stuff thats not too run-of-the-mill.Having gathered a young crew of directors, mostly novice, comprising of Meghna Gulzar (Just Married), Apoorva Lakhia (Shootout at L'wala/Ek Ajnabee), Rohit Roy amongst others, Gupta gives them less than 15 minutes time to showcase his own concepts.The collection opens with MATRIMONY (4/10). Mandira Bedi is surprisingly good.Next up is HIGH ON THE HIGHWAY (1/10). Jimmy Shergil gets irritating.POORANMASHI (3/10) brings Meghna on who gets a good job from Amrita Singh. Lamba is wasted. Nice rural touches.STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT (4/10) gets one added star for its narrative style. It is made to deceive. But unbelievable. Manjrekar disappoints as the husband.The last pre-intermission segment is ZAHIR (4/10) and this one disappoints. Crudely shot by Gupta. Manoj Vajpayee is uninterested & way below-par.LOVEDALE (4/10) is a slow tale and you can smell the super-natural halfway through the story. Anupam Kher is wasted.Apoorva Lakhia's SEX ON THE BEACH (1/10 is the worst of the lot. Poor performances. Crudely presented.RICE PLATE (9/10) by debutante Rohit Roy is a pleasant surprise. Roy infuses immediate charm and is considerably helped by Shabana Azmi's brilliant portrayal of an orthodox religious Southie. Azmi takes just a few frames to warm up but ends up in control. Naseer Shah is understated. (This, in fact, is 'borrowed' from a Jeffrey Archer short story).GUBBARE (3/10) is passable only because of Patekar. Gulzar's script doesn't really shine. Nana is a natural.RISE & FALL (5/10) has two stories intertwined (gets very confusing too). Lots of style. I personally found Suniel Shetty a notch above than Dutt. The two teenage taporis are really good.Overall worth a look. Technical values are pretty good. Some segments have good editing but sound designing is improper for this genre.