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MissionMajnu is available to watch on Netflix. Netflix is a streaming service that offers subscribers a variety of content in different languages and from different genres. The content offered by Netflix includes both originals and content sourced from third-party providers.

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The latest offering by Netflix, the Sidharth Malhotra-Rashmika Mandanna starrer, Mission Majnu, is yet another disaster. Like the brilliant Raazi and the recent low-key, enjoyable Mukhbir-The story of a spy (streaming on Zee 5), an Indian is sent to Pakistan to ferret information that will be useful for India.

It also helps if the agent does normal things like falling in love with the blind niece (Rashmika Mandanna) of his boss and marrying her to deflect any suspicion. And, give the director a chance to indulge in some soulful numbers that hopefully will top the music charts.

Mission Majnu which started streaming from today (January 20) on Netflix is contrived, the fictional settings unreal and stagey. (Mukhbir-the story of a spy, however had made a real effort to bring in the early 70s look). Also, Sidharth Malhotra on which the film rests unfortunately fails to rise to the occasion this time (unlike his role in Shershaah) and Rashmika is a little more than a prop.

Ajeeb Daastaans is a Hindi-language anthology film, consisting of four short film segments i.e. Majnu, Khilauna, Geeli Pucchi and Ankahi directed by Shashank Khaitan, Raj Mehta, Neeraj Ghaywan and Kayoze Irani respectively. It is the latest addition to the Dharma anthologies produced by Karan Johar and is currently streaming on Netflix India.

You might question, what is an anthology film? It is a collection of short films which are often tied under one common theme. When I watched Lust Stories (2018) and Ghost Stories (2020), I could find elements which tied these shorts together. But, I felt a bit lost while watching Ajeeb Daastaans (2021). The premise or rather promise for these films is that each story brings a shocking, horrifying and/or heartbreaking twist in the tale that we as audience never really saw coming. But, not all films deliver that promise.

Then comes my favourite film in the anthology, Geeli Pucchi (sloppy kisses). There is nothing to not like about this short. The writing, direction, acting, the story and the characters, everything is great. In a subtle and nuanced manner, it weaves together the layers of oppressions that both unite and divide the women in the film.

Neeraj brings back several themes and issues he dealt with in his debut film Masaan, and places his characters at the intersections of caste, gender, sexuality and patriarchy. He also infuses his characters with a desire to escape from a pre-determined fate that was so poignantly portrayed by the central characters of Masaan as well. Here though, the tragedy that Neeraj and co-writer Sumit Saxena craft is far more impactful because the characters are well-layered. There is no black and white here. Just like their journeys, the characters seem real.

Grishma Trivedi is currently pursuing her Doctoral Research at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda and working at Ahmedabad University. Her research and teaching interests explore the relations between films, literature, culture, identity politics and media, especially as they unfold in contemporary India.

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