this is a movie which makes us see pixels on a much larger painting up close like basic aspects of human behavior and character motivations and at the end grabs us by the arm and makes us watch the big "ugly" picture and no matter how hard we try to close our eyes it holds our eye lids open . So often we start fueling our lives by hate,jealousy,greed and how others perceive us that we stop living and start thinking that we'll find joy at our life's ext intersection and same is the case with the characters in this movie.An ex-husband who is a struggling to get a break as an actor and wants to regain his daughters custody and wife's affection. His wife who left him after his getting tired of his constant abuse,to go to a guy who loved her since college for comfort.The lover who just wants both of them to squirm to avenge the humiliation that he faced during his collage years and many other characters just as messed up as these and their struggle to get the girl back each with dark underlying motives of their own. Who are so blinded by them that they are unable to see the obvious truth which is right in front of them and can save the girl. this movie leaves a lot of room for interpretation and imagination a must watch for people who enjoy the genres crime and thriller

What is it with Anurag Kashyap that pushes him to bring on screen those dark corners which most of us feel ashamed to even mention, let go touring there. Grey and utterly realistic, his stories are intertwined in a wretched chalet that does not open up once it is locked. And as you are in, a blend of murky truth and equally real cinema hitches you on to his 2014 flick 'Ugly'. The film successfully portrays the truer form of human beings, one that is apparently dormant but always trying to gain on us. 'Ugly' is a raw, grim and in-the-face movie which gives ample space to multiple characters that fall prey to their own greed as they smell opportunity in a tragedy. From thumping hard rock music in the beginning to heart moving lyrics in the end, the film contains all those elements which bust the air of reel versus real. Set in Mumbai, the film is all gray, literally. No sets and Bollywood sequences for they would not have served a bit to the story. Rough, without make- up, the characters are put to test with just their wits, acting skills and dialogues. They are in their most raw form and that gives this movie an originality hardly seen in contemporary Bollywood. The theme seems to be an ordinary one however the events which unfold within the film and the level of treatment by the director makes it mind-boggling. The story revolves around a little girl who disappears while accompanying her father, a struggling actor. This sets in motion a chain of events which brings to fore selfishness built on sadism. Although with no big wig on it, the cast still does an exceptional job. From Girish Kulkarni's Marathi touch while playing an amusing cop to Tejaswini Kolhapure's rugged and depressed look as a mother, the performances rivet in the darkness that forms the plinth of this movie. Rahul Bhat does justice to his role of a struggling actor and an irresponsible father. Siddhant Kapoor, Surveen Chawla and Vineet Singh, all stand out. The other actor who gets a chunk of screen time is Ronit Roy, playing a tough top cop, investigating his step-daughter's missing case while being grumpily married to Tejaswini. He picks an old fight with Rahul after accusing him of kidnapping his own daughter. Ronit delivers with superb timing, and seems apt for the role. The film gives a clear-cut picture of life in a metropolitan city like Mumbai where crime dwells both in stinky as well as perfumed places. The scene of bribing a criminal in a jail to inquire about a possible culprit and child trafficking forces the audience to grapple with fearful realities of life. Anurag sets up the first half well, and tension among the characters is palpable. The three protagonists are all fighting their demons, and Kashyap amplifies their pitiable conditions through their bleak surroundings. Known for making whimsical and dark films with real Indian element, Anurag has made use of the epic suspense which makes 'Ugly' different from the conventional Bollywood films. Technically the film is a brilliant one. The script has ego and greed as its two main angles. The screenplay is strong and every location syncs with the situation as well as with the character. 'Ugly' really gets ugly as the story builds. The film can be said as one of Anurag's best work after 'Paanch', made in the year 2003. Ugly is a must-watch, a revelation especially for those who find Bollywood movies unrealistic.

Ugly is a 2014 Indian drama thriller film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap.The film stars Girish Kulkarni, Ronit Roy, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Vineet Kumar Singh and Surveen Chawla in pivotal roles. It also feature model turned TV actor Rahul Bhat in an important role and TV actor Abir Goswami in his last film appearance before his death in 2013.Shalini (Tejaswini Kolhapure) is a middle-class housewife forced to stay at home by her second husband, police-chief Shoumik Bose (Ronit Roy). She considers suicide, and is about to shoot herself in the head with her husband's gun when she is interrupted by her daughter, Kali (Anishika Shrivastava). Unaware of her mother's activities moments earlier, Kali asks her mother to call her estranged father, Shalini's ex-husband, Rahul (Rahul Bhat). It's a Saturday, and Kali's day with her father as decided in the custody agreement from the divorce. Rahul, an aspiring actor struggling to make it big, comes to take her for a drive but ignores her in favour of phone calls to further his career. Rahul leaves Kali alone in the car to go to an audition and to check in with his agent, Chaitanya (Vineet Kumar Singh). When he returns to the car, Kali is missing.Rahul first searches for Kali through the police, Chaitanya in tow. The local police-captain, Jadhav (Girish Kulkarni), does not take Rahul seriously until he realises that Kali is the stepdaughter of the police-chief. Bose, out of hatred for Rahul, orders Jadhav to accuse Rahul of the kidnapping and to torture both Rahul and Chaitanya to interrogate and punish them. A game of one-upmanship follows as Rahul and Bose search for Kali while simultaneously attempting to upstage the other. After a period of time they sideline the investigation of her abduction and all of them accuse each other of kidnapping her for their personal gain.

Dark, intense and disturbing, these word are appropriate when we describe Ugly. Hell break loose in the life of a few when a little girl is kidnapped. Ugly is about a story following a set of characters who are all corrupt, selfish, self obsessed or simply at a wrong place at the wrong time. None of them is good, but they are real. This is the most important factor of this movie that made me sit 2 hours straight because it was like that all that was happening in front of my eyes and i am like,'yes, this is whats going on in this world'. Everyone on in the cast has done a tremendous job. Each and everyone of them has shown their ugliest face in the movie for their role. The set up is perfect. To understand the character, the environment they live in plays a crucial role and that is what the director had success to achieve reality in. Ugly is one of those movies which, maybe, you will not want to see again but you will sure end up with lot of appreciation for the movie during the first time alone.