I Want to Talk 2024

‘Sometimes life gives us a second chance,’ and for Arjun settled in the USA in pursuit of The American Dream, it’s an opportunity to rediscover and embrace precious relationships, especially with his daughter as they both try to navigate through whatever life throws at them. Whatever!

Review

This drama starts promisingly enough, with a zippy, self-aggrandising voiceover introducing our protagonist Arjun (Abhishek Bachchan). He’s a Don Draper sort: works in advertising, at the top of his game, fond of walking along while throwing out pearls of wisdom and instructions to his team. “I want at least 17 seconds on the cheese pull,” he insists to a minion working on a pizza commercial. As in Mad Men, his homelife isn’t quite as assured, though he feels he’s doing a bang-up job, speaking proudly of being a weekend dad who shows up for his daughter when it matters. It’s clear, however, that pride goeth before a fall.