This is a relatively old movie (2013). I just saw it yesterday on Amazon Prime. Couple of scenes will make it one degree short of family friendly, but I think you can watch it with teenagers.
The movie is set in the early 1990s in the Pune 52 pin code area. Amar Apte (Girish Kulkarni) is a struggling detective who gets mostly cheating spouse cases. His lack of earning and their overall situation makes for daily fights with his wife Prachi (Sonali Kulkarni).
One day Amar gets a case of a woman who is cheating on her husband with a prominent builder, Prasad Sathe (Kiran Karmarkar). While Amar does get incriminating photos of the 2, the police go after him since the builder has clout and files a case of invasion of privacy. As a result, Amar has to forgo his earnings from the case as a bribe to the police.
This leads to further tensions between Amar and Prachi. These are increased by her mother (Bharti Achrekar), who has been helping them out financially.
Enter a mysterious woman - Neha (Sai Tamhankar). She claims to be Prasad Sathe's wife, and asks Amar to spy on him.
While spying Amar discovers that all is not as it seems. He then starts playing his own game.
In the interests of not giving too much away, Neha disappears after a series of events. And then Amar starts getting a lot of business from Prasad Sathe and his contacts. The fights between Amar and Prachi totally go away as his earnings start rising dramatically.
But something eats away at Amar, to the point where reality and imagination start to blur.
Somehow the plot doesn't get very exciting. You keep trying to figure out what the director is trying to say. This film is labelled as belonging to the "Neo noir" category. Which for me means - dark lighting, some weird concept being thrust at you, and some things left for your imagination.
At the end you are left with the thought that this could have been so much better. Amar's character is underdeveloped. The mystery is limited to your imagination. It could have been this, it could have been that. But it isn't great at all (that or neo noir is not for me).
The superb cast is the main reason to see this film. Girish Kulkarni is damn good. Sonali Kulkarni is a treat, as always. Sai Tamhankar does her job well (even though her character is underdeveloped too). Bharti Achrekar's talent is wasted.
The scenes between Amar and Prachi are too good. Any husband wife will identify and appreciate them :-).
Recommendation: Watch, but with low expectations.
