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In the context, I can’t help but remember a favourite film of mine from recent years – Ek Chalis Ki Last Local. Another debut effort, it had the same concept as this one. But it comes across as a far more superior film. It focussed on its strengths – the quirky characters, the outrageous situations, the witty dialogues and the spontaneous performances. It bore the hallmark of a confident debut. Emotional Atyachar has the same strengths, maybe in a slightly higher quantum than its predecessor. But it comes across as less sure of its strengths and tries to rely on artificial props like a non-linear narrative, quick cuts and the likes. That, the way I see it, will prove to be its biggest undoing.

Emotional Atyachar is a quirky, dark, humorous, non-linear, connect-the-dots, pulp-type fiction. With performers like Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, Abhimanyu Singh, Ravi Kissen, it's short, but not-so-sweet fun.

Apologies for not publishing a review of We Are Family. I watched the film earlier today and was more interested in the bevy of nymphets all around me than in the film itself. Interestingly, they seemed way too interested in what was going on. And surprisingly, I didn’t walk out through a minefield of used tissues. Rather, it was a fish market – a cloud of cackling laughter over muted disapprovals and the slightly more vocal venom. Point being, I didn’t actually pay any attention to the film. So can’t really review it here. However, I have something that’ll more than make up for the lack of a review. A mole in the family, a well-wisher of this site, has gifted us with a transcript of an audio diary that tells the story of that one night when it all started in contemplative fashion. The audio diary of none other than THE Karan Johar. Read on….

'We Are Family' of a little sister called Cliche, big brother Predictability and brat teenage sister, Implausibility. Our Big daddy is Mr. Patronizing Dialogue and soccer mom is the Great Indian Kangan. Oh yeah and our stepmom is Stepmom.

“This Karan dude is a smarty pants. He targets the tears of Indians and NRIs and makes BMWs and Mercedes’ out of them.” – Animesh, the boyfriend, after watching ‘We are Family’