Ajeeb Daastaans Review: Konkona and Aditi's Geeli Pucchi stands out in this Netflix anthology

Ajeeb Daastaans comprises of four short stories and these tell the tale of five women. The film explores some issues very relevant to our society, especially Geeli Pucchi, starring Aditi Rao Hydari and Konkona Sen Sharma.

The most challenging part of an anthology - or film, for that matter - is to keep the viewers glued to the screens till the very end. For it to work, it is imperative that each story is gripping enough to hold the audience’s attention. Our experiences with some of the last anthologies like Lust Stories and Ghost Stories haven’t been quite pleasant, to be honest. However, Karan Johar’s latest outing, Ajeeb Daastaans, manages to engage us and is perhaps the most ambitious anthology we have seen lately. Ajeeb Daastaans comprises of four short stories and these tell the tale of five women. The film explores some issues very relevant to our society, especially Neeraj Ghaywan’s story Geeli Pucchi, starring Aditi Rao Hydari and Konkona Sen Sharma. Ghaywan’s story is also, perhaps, the most refreshing of the four. The film opens with Shashank Khaitan’s Majnu, starring Jaideep Ahlawat and Fatima Sana Shaikh. However, as the film progresses, you have a feeling that the stories in the latter half of the anthology could have made for a more impactful opening.