In what can only be called one of the most bizarre movies I have seen in recent times, Lord Curzon ki Haveli (Hotstar), located in somewhere in rural England, starts by telling the story of an innocuous enough couple visiting a somewhat feisty one. The story unfolds while the little kinks in their lives of both couples start unraveling. Especially the stiff uppitiness of Basuki (Paresh Pahuja), the educated Indian-English doctor with a fascination for his adoptive country, and the severely repressed personality of his doting wife Ira (Rasika Dugal). One thing leads to another, leading to a violent unraveling across immigration and racism, and liberal values and feminism. All in all at the ways and mores of an adoptive country. A strange movie worth a watch only if you have time and a penchant for the weirdly picturesque.
15/20
