Synopsis
A Hindi feature film set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s.
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Cast
- Nawazuddin SiddiquiSonu Duggal
- Niharika SinghPinky / Sonika / Pooja
- Anil GeorgeVicky Duggal
- Zeena BhatiaPoonam
- Menka LalwaniNadia
- Ragesh AsthanaPK
- Manoj BakshiHeera
- Avinash RazdanProjectionist
- Premnath GulatiMoustachioed Man on Screen
- Kuldeep RajputDiamond Talkies Owner
Recommendations
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Village Voice
Rife with jealousy, treachery, and violence, it's a stylish portrait of the tangled relationship between cinematic and real-world sleaze. - 70
Variety
Like “Boogie Nights,” Miss Lovely offers a visually stunning evocation of a disreputable subculture, although it lacks that pic’s rooting dramatic interest. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Elliptical, authentic, and with a strong palate of visual flair, Miss Lovely can be a confusing concoction at times, but it is never boring. - 63
New York Post
An explosion of images, mixing seedy, hand-held reality with groovy grindhouse imitations. Most of the shots are vivid, some are even thrilling. - 50
The Dissolve
Ahluwalia’s commitment to accurately capturing the era’s aesthetic almost compensates for his failure to mine a good story from a great setting. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Miss Lovely does exude an air of authenticity... But much of the film remains underdeveloped. - 50
The New York Times
Though not pretentious, his film feels a tad overthought, held back somehow by a stubborn, dour obscurity clouding its freshly realized, lurid milieu. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Ahluwalia has striven for a very self-consciously arty aesthetic here, more Gus Van Sant than Michael Mann. This is a commendably bold way to approach material that might otherwise have drifted into routine lowlife crime-thriller territory, but it also drains a rich story of narrative momentum and emotional punch.
