Directed by : Aadish Keluskar ; Platform : Netflix
A browbeating protagonist haughtily patronizing his so-called love interest while having his lust being taken care of. That is sort of the plot of this film directed by Aadish Keluskar. Jaaon Kahan Bata Ae Dil is not a film to be savoured on. First shot is a confusing moment when you are introduced to the female lead of the film played by a stunning Khushboo Upadhyay who finishes her work & goes on to meet her boyfriend portrayed by Rohit Kokate. The film is shot in Mumbai & a large part of the first half is a steady conversation filmed on the Marine Drive. The dialogues are crass, original & deep-seated in the language of a Mumbaikar who typically earns lesser than an average middle-class individual. The film portrays two contrasting individuals in a relationship of the inconvenience. The woman has fallen for the man, the man has fallen for her body or might not have fallen for her at all.
Rohit Kokate plays a character who is definitive about his critique about anything under the sun, he has opinions about everything, metaphors inducing thoughts & a multitude of adages involving cuss words, banal ideologies about politics, society, norms, genders, morality while being a douchebag of a person who somehow seems to dodge every question with a counter question. Various points in the film point out to the misery of the female lead who can’t seem to get away from this traumatizing relationship which breaks her heart from time to time without even realizing the quantum of pain her significant opposite is imposing on her mentally. We don’t exactly know if the man is unmarried, although he mentions it but the writing of the actor is so etched in frivolity & doubt, we can’t be assured. It’s a date between the two characters who move from across the sea, to a restaurant because it’s a celebratory mode for Rohit. Rohit’s character is penned with impertinence & unabashed toxic masculinity. Beyond a certain point you will cringe at the dialogues for being too impactful, they are like a barrage of bullets of bad behavior we experience through the lens of the third person. Khushboo is interested in marriage, love & aspects of having a strong relationship with a partner who sexualizes every move of any random women in imagination while lusting on her body in an empty single screen theatre.
The screenplay & cinematography doesn’t fly but the scripting , superb performances & raw power of dialogue give you gooseflesh. It will seemingly get to your nerves , one scene after the another. The final part depicts the two characters having anal sex while the male shoots the woman on his phone after a repeated protest by the woman to not do so. It is in one of these heated sexual moments, when the pain from the backside crosses a threshold & she throws him off the bed. The overcharged male persona rises & hits the woman with a bottle on her head & continues to have sex with her while she bleeds. A bandaged head & an overtly sorry individual walk towards the tragic end of the story & the male protagonist. Jaaon kahan is not a film to be watched on a happy day, it will question a lot of your milieu & their realities.
