LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha
2010 · Directed by Dibakar Banerjee
Original language: Hindi
- drama
- crime
- comedy
The story
A video camcorder, a store security camera, and concealed cameras candidly expose lives in three loosely linked tales.
What it’s like
Grainy handheld video in harsh fluorescent and sodium light, with the flat, unflattering look of camcorder tape, store CCTV, and hidden lenses tucked into corners of Delhi apartments, cars, and back rooms. The frames jolt, zoom, lose focus, and cut abruptly, so you feel like an eavesdropper who can't look away. Sound is raw and ambient: street noise, shouted arguments, cheap phone ringtones, and the occasional pop song bleeding in from a radio. The vibe is sleazy, restless, and darkly comic, with a cynical undertow that turns ordinary desire into something grubby and sad. Expect explicit sexual content and nudity, crude language, and a few sudden bursts of brutal violence, including a disturbing kidnapping-and-assault thread, all shown without softening. Pacing is brisk and nervy, moving between three loosely connected stories whose characters are driven by lust, ambition, and self-deception, each slowly unravelling into worse choices. It suits a late-night watch when you want something provocative and unpolished rather than comforting. It is for viewers who enjoy gritty, voyeuristic indie cinema and satirical, unsentimental portraits of modern urban life, and who can handle sex and cruelty presented without reassurance.
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