Despite being [[Zoya Akhtar]]'s movie, I had not seen this to date. It is moving very well. The amount of A-list actors in this is mind-boggling. All of them are doing cameos. I like how much weight she has in the industry to ask people to do so. She is talented too, and that is the driving factor.

The struggle of someone who wants to make it in Bollywood is real. The actor comes first here, then the script and then the director. Which means getting someone new in the industry is very hard. You find the same old faces doing hero roles for many many years.

[[Farhan Akhtar]] is playing the role of a next-door struggler, and he is surprisingly good at it. Considering he comes from the fraternity, I thought it would be hard for him to relate to an outsider, but he is doing good. [[Konkona Sen Sharma]] has a very down-to-earth vibe, so she is carrying her part effortlessly.

The movie starts well with the struggles of the outsiders and I felt it is slowly going deeper into the art of filmmaking and at least would offer some sneak peek into how the industry works. But I was disappointed. The movie slowly goes to the boy meets girl and love triangle way. The industry became a backdrop and I hated it. At the end of it, while I was invested somewhat in the story of Vikram and Sona, I came out empty-handed with an unfulfilled desire to know more about the fraternity's inner ways of working.

Shankar Ehsan Loy's music is good in parts. The songs worked for me and they are very successful. Even to this day, I can hear the songs from this movie. The background score is off-putting though. At many important junctures of the film, the background music came almost to the foreground, felt out of context or emotion and completely distracted me from the subject matter.

As an attempt to do something different, the film is worth watching. However, if you have any expectations to come out knowing a thing or two about the industry then you will be disappointed.