"Mirch is structured like a square with a cross-section of 4 squares within it.
According to the director of Mirch, Vinay Shukla, "Mirch is structured like a square with a cross-section of 4 squares within it. Each square represents one season, has a different colour-palette and contains a story complete in itself with a witty twist in the end."
He says further, "The stories run the course of time; from ancient India to today's India. The first story has been sourced from the ancient Sanskrit classic, the Panchtantra; the source of the second story is the 14th century Italian classic, the ‘Decameron,' by Boccaccio."
"Inspiration for the third story comes from another ancient Italian story. Rest of the 2 stories are penned by me," he adds.
The Cast of the movie includes Konkona Sen Sharma, Raima Sen, Boman Irani, Shreyas Talpade,Rajpal Yadav, Shahana Goswami and Arunoday Singh.
The movie begins with Maanav a struggling filmmaker who is unwilling to compromise on the script he has written. His girlfriend Ruchi, a successful film editor, arranges for him to meet Nitin, a film producer. Nitin likes the script, but is not very sure of its commercial prospects.
Maanav then suggests a story from the Panchtantra: A woman is caught red-handed with her lover by her husband and yet, she manages to wriggle out of it scot-free!
Nitin loves the story, but finds it too short for a feature film. Maanav then creates three more stories based on the same premise: in a way, the Panchantra story travels in different versions to the modern times through the film. The four stories are woven together by a common story. Mirch itself echoes this structure, with four stories mingling with the main narrative.
The message is simple - if you have your wits about you, you can salvage even the most impossible situation.
At a deeper level, Mirch is about the gender equality in relationship; and at a still deeper level, it is about how an artist finds creative freedom in today's mercantile world?
According to the director, "While, under the garb of adultery, these stories celebrate womanhood; the film, also, grapples with the perennial conflict between the artist and the marketing forces."
"From the changes in the spoken language to the narrowing of space through the ages have, also, been my areas of concern in the treatment of the film. Personally, Mirch, is an attempt to find my voice," he concludes.
