''Cobalt Blue'' is an Indian

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-language

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written and directed by

Sachin Kundalkar Sachin Kundalkar or ''Sacin Kuṇḍalakar'' is an Indian film director and screenplay writer who mostly works in Marathi cinema. He is known for his directorial works of '' Nirop'' (2007) and '' Gandha'' (2009). He has also written for the thea ...

starring

Prateik Babbar Prateik Babbar (born 28 November 1986) is an Indian actor and martial artist who predominantly appears in Hindi films. The son of actress Smita Patil and actor Raj Babbar, he began his career as a production assistant before pursuing an acting ...

, Dr. Neelay Mehendale, and Anjali Sivaraman. It is adapted from the '' novel of the same name'' which follows a story of a brother and sister who fall in love with the same man; ensuing events shatter a traditional Marathi family. The film was slated to release on Netflix on 3 December 2021 but was postponed and released on 2 April 2022.

Plot

When an aspiring author and his free-spirited sister both fall for the enigmatic paying guest at their home, ensuing events rock their traditional Indian family, forcing them to examine loneliness and fears around same-sex love.

Cast

as Paying Guest * Dr. Neelay Mehendale as Tanay Vidhyadhar Dixit *

Anant V Joshi Anant Vijay Joshi (born 26 October 1989) is an Indian actor who first became known for playing the title role in the ALTBalaji series '' Virgin Bhasskar'' (2019–2020). He has since starred in the television series '' Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein'' ...

as Aseem Dixit * Anjali Sivaraman as Anuja Dixit *

Poornima Indrajith Poornima Indrajith ( née Poornima Mohan; born 13 December) is an Indian actress and television presenter who works in mainly in Malayalam cinema. Apart from that, she is a fashion designer. She is married to actor Indrajith Sukumaran. Early ...

as Sister Mary *

Neil Bhoopalam Neil Bhoopalam is an Indian television, stage, and film actor. He is known for his roles in films such as ''No One Killed Jessica'', ''Shaitan'', '' NH10'', ''Lust Stories'', ''Ungli'' and the Indian TV series '' 24''. Career Bhoopalam start ...

as Professor (literature) *

Geetanjali Kulkarni Geetanjali Kulkarni is an Indian actress who works in Marathi Cinema and in Hindi cinema. She has received three Filmfare Awards. Accolades Filmography *2004 - Aga Bai Arrecha! *2014 - Ragini MMS 2 *2014 - Court *2015 - P Se PM Tak *2016 ...

as Sharda Dixit *

Shishir Sharma Shishir Sharma (born 10 January 1955) is an Indian film and television actor. He appeared in Zee TV's ''Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann'', and is known for playing the role of Jagmohan Prasad in ''Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli''. Currently, he can be s ...

as Mr. Dixit

Release

In November 2018, it was announced that the novel ''

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'' would be adapted into a feature film for Netflix. It has been written and directed by Kundalkar and was scheduled for streaming on the platform starting 3 December 2021 but it was then postponed. It was eventually released on 2 April 2022.

Reception

Critic Response

Nandini Ramnath from ''

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'' gave a positive review of the film's writing, "Neelay Mehendale's delicate characterisation of Tanay and Prateik Babbar's overt hunkiness create the film's most memorable moments, which have the vividness of primary colours and the erotic flush of first love." ''

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'' gave the film 3/5 stars and wrote,"The movie has heartwarming Hindi poetry catering to various shades of emotions. The entire movie is a slow, lyrical and heartbreaking journey blended with literature, poetry, music and art. Primary hues have been effectively used to bring out emotions."

References

External links

* * {{imdb title, 15314640 Hindi-language Netflix original films 2022 films 2022 drama films Indian drama films 2020s Hindi-language films Films directed by Sachin Kundalkar Indian LGBT-related films