'Begum Jaan': It's no 'Mandi', but an experience

You wait for Srijit to let his characters loosen up, lighten the load of history and sex that they carry on their shoulders. But there is no respite from the burden of being brutally bartered by power brokers. Barring Pitobash Tripathi's gentle pimp act (he will remind you of Naseeruddin Shah in "Mandi"), the male species in "Begum Jaan" are slippery, treacherous and self-important -- none more so than Chunky Pandey as a cold-blooded killer. As a man who kills without creed or conscience, Chunky plays one of the most despicable villains seen in our cinema.