Aman Raghav 2.o is divided into chapters whose titles appear in a lurid, pulp fiction font and the best chapter is titled The Sister. In a gut-churning subversion of the bhai behen reunion scenes of Hindi cinema, we see Raman walk into his sister’s flat and terrorise her family. As the scene begins, he says he just wants some food, a change of clothes. Soon, he’s in the bathroom, using her little boy’s toothbrush. The scene goes on and on, lingering on such minutiae, showing us how he’s desecrating the happy place she’s made for herself after what appears to be ages, with a man who makes her happy. She begs Raman to leave. And when he finally does, she falls into her husband’s arms and sobs, the long-suppressed tension leaking out of her like air from a balloon. At that moment, I realised I’d been holding my breath as well. An instant later, I thought
“Welcome back, Anurag Kashyap! ”
