Anurag Kashyap's No Smoking is definitely a leaf out of his own book.Its his expression of himself.Its also a test to find out how many people sympathise with such subjects ( very few going by the no.of people in the auditorium !!!).
John Abraham plays "K" a rich successfully guy who is a chain smoker.His wife -Ayesha Takia cant take his smoking anymore.Thats when his friend "Abbas Tyrewala" ( Ranvir Sheorey) advices him to go to a Prayogshala for remedy.The prayogshala is run by Baba Bengali (Paresh Rawal).
John is forced to sign a contract & its then a downward spiral from there.Everytime he smokes a cigarette, bizzare things happen to him like his brother getting kidnapped.So far the plot seems to be a bearable, but hereafter things out of hand- literally!!!
John now revolts & ends up paying badly.It becomes a cat & mouse game.In between we see Ayesha as both his secaretary & wife ( roles keep interchanging).There are shots of Siberia thrown in, representation of hell etc.
Finally its the bath tub sequences and the two item numbers ( the Bips number comes right after the end credits !) which you can remember with clarity. Tough to say whether Anurag lost it in the 2nd half or made a masterpiece.Its too tough to comprehend for ordinary mortals.
Rating- Strictly from the critical angle- 2/5 ( actually very tough to rate such movies).The rating includes 1 point to Anurag for his guts to make such a movie.
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