Maanav
is
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?
Director:
Vinay
Shukla
Cast:
Shreyas
Talpade,
Mahie
Gill,
Shahana
Goswami,
Konkona
Sen
Sharma,Raima
Sen,
Arunoday
Singh,
Rajpal
Yadav,
Boman
Irani
and
others.
Story first published: Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 11:26 [IST]