This low-key romance from Indian writer/director Rohena Gera feels at first like a throwback to an American rom-com of the ’80s, with even less skin than in that time period. In a key scene, the male love interest comes upon his maid not in a state of undress, but of dress! But stick with Sir through its modest hour-and-40-minute runtime and you’ll see that Gera is actually playing with our expectations of the genre. She calls him “Sir.” Ashwin was about to be married when he decided to call it off and hightail it back to his Mumbai apartment, where he mopes and watches TV. Gera’s previous directing work includes the 2013 arranged-marriage documentary What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Source: National Post April 17, 2019 18:33 UTC