![]() When the camera lingers on Tamannaah, a sinister chord clangs in the background, further establishing Vijay’s questionable morality. Every time he touches her, she tenses up. But from their first conversation itself, it is clear that there is some discomfort between Vijay and Shanti. Varma’s line delivery when he introduces himself, with a perfectly-timed pause, reads almost like the punchline of a joke. For starters, Sex with the Ex isn’t a romantic drama at all it’s actually a fairly funny satire on Bollywood potboilers, in which the main character wears a denim jacket over a black shirt and is quite literally named Vijay Chauhan. It’s like pooh-poohing about Pathaan not having enough Johnny Lever scenes. But in a hurry to slam Ghosh for not delivering the movie they were hoping to watch, people haven’t bothered to wonder if he actually wanted to make that movie in the first place. ![]() A victim of its own marketing (and the always arbitrary manner in which Netflix seems to package these anthologies), Sex with the Ex has been unfairly criticised for its odd tone and lack of chemistry between the two leads. ![]()
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