The film showcases four parallel stories – a father-daughter duo stuck in different cities, a sex worker and her troubles, a migrant worker with bare resources, and a pilot.[6]
The shoot of the film started after the 2020 lockdown.[7] The shoots were wrapped by March 2021.[8] The film secured a certification from the Central Board of Film Certification in October 2021.[9]
Marketing
The teaser trailer of the movie was released on November 8.[10] when it was trending on X, Formerly known as Twitter leading to panic among the netizens in India of another lockdown being imposed by the Indian government.[11]
Release
It was announced in November 2022 that film would have a direct-to-digital release via ZEE5.[12]
Reception
Anuj Kumar for The Hindu wrote, "Madhur's treatment of subjects is usually high-pitched and he paints his scenarios with broad strokes, but here, he has roped in a cast of competent actors to convey what is not there on the page."[13] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the movie 1.5/5 and wrote "...an older woman rescues a younger one from the flesh trade. The rest is just banal story-telling, with little new to say."[14] Zinia Bandyopadhyay of India Today gave the film a rating of 2/5 and wrote "Bhandarkar is an excellent director, and there is no doubt about that. But probably in his attempt to weave the story together, he missed other aspects like a compelling background score, or even performances, for that matter!"[15] Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India rated the film 3/5 and wrote "More than 2 years after the first countrywide lockdown in India, director Madhur Bhandarkar and his writers (Amit Joshi and Aradhana Sah) have come up with a compilation of stories that are real and relatable."[16]