Nasha gives teachers a bad name. Consider this. Anita is a newly appointed extracurricular activities manager at a seemingly urban high school (with probably the dirtiest students, whose behavior is supposed to be justified here just because they’re ‘of legal age’). She plans to put on a romantic play during the academic year and wants her students to rehearse at her house (why? And she gets an enthusiastic approval from the director, who seems totally lost). Surprisingly, only the protagonist Saahil and his group of lazy friends appear each time, as if there were only ten students in the entire school. The boys are just there to look at her with her eyes, and our ‘innocent’ Anita never notices her constant staring, as if she has partial vision or what?
Our drama teacher is so liberal that she joins them as they sing a song together about boner. In the country, that is, during rehearsals in her luxurious house, she wants them to get into character (the theater teacher Stanislavski would be rolling and crying in his grave) and demonstrates to Saahil’s girlfriend how a lady should flirt. . The character Anita likely chose to play was a dominatrix, as that alone can explain the way she corners Saahil and gets on top of him while her friends gawk (who wouldn’t?). Saahil is in love with her and masturbates every night in her bed fantasizing about her. That is until Anita’s boyfriend Samuel shows up and the movie takes a different, if equally predictable, path. What is worrying, very worrying here is Anita’s behavior as a teacher. She openly kisses and probably even French kisses Samuel in front of the kids during rehearsals. In one scene, he picks her up in her arms and carries her home in front of the students (since when is that considered professional?). When Saahil fails during a rehearsal, Samuel tells her “Tere se nahi hoga, shawl (You can’t do it. Move!” and then romantically dances to your partner, I probably would have left right then and never come back.
Now believe this. The two boys arm wrestle and then compete against each other to prove who is the better man. Samuel pushes Saahil to the ground during the race and the boy begins to bleed. As Anita tends to Saahil’s wounds, Samuel inappropriately whispers to her that he has finally caught Anita’s attention. Samuel proceeds to rub whiskey on Saahil’s wounds, further irritating Anita. To reconcile, he takes Anita aside (about two steps from Saahil) and whispers something to her. They immediately make up and start kissing. Saahil gets up and leaves in a hurry. Once they finish kissing, Anita notices Saahil’s absence and says ‘Arre, yes kaha gaya?‘ (Oh, where did he go?). Next time, why don’t you get a room instead of making out in front of your student, the one you totally like too?
After a while, the work is completely forgotten. The big problem with this film is that Anita is not shown as a bad example of a teacher, although she is giving a very poor one. Those who had seen Cameron Diaz on the average sitcom Bad Teacher would remember how his character took pleasure in acting unkind to his students and colleagues. There is nothing to suggest that Anita’s behavior violates a teacher’s code of conduct; even the background music played for her is sweet and positive. What’s also surprising is that the director had no reservations or objections regarding her wardrobe, which mostly included revealing tops and miniskirts (I’m not being prudish, here. Any middle-aged Indian director would have objected adamantly). .
If teachers are given a bad name, wait until you hear how male relatives are portrayed in Nasha. Saahil lives with her father and her uncle; we also learn that mom is dead and the two men make jams for a living. Now try to listen to this without exclaiming “What!!”. While Saahil is masturbating one night, his uncle (or his dad. It’s interchangeable, really) walks into the room and says something like “aur kitna karega?” (How much longer are you going to continue?). Saahil feels embarrassed and stops, of course. Now, why the hell would a person enter the room knowing that his son is masturbating inside? Even if he does it without Knowing that, wouldn’t he? Stopping in realization and hurrying out? Why would he embarrass his nephew by telling him he was caught in the act? In another scene, Saahil’s father tells him “Porn Dekhne Ke Bajaaye Achi Movie Dekh“(Why don’t you watch good movies instead of porn?” (Saahil is masturbating to porn at the time.)
Nasha is also plagued with three of the most ridiculous songs in living memory. What’s worse is that we don’t get enough of what we came for, ie nudity and sex (anyone who says “No. I came for directing and acting” is a big liar). Poonam Pandey, known especially to cricket lovers as the ‘girl who posed nude in a magazine after the Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL’, is sure to join the ‘Muses of Mahesh Bhatt’ brigade alongside Sunny Leone soon. Pandey has long sexy legs, a spectacular bust, a beautiful back and a luscious butt, plus she is certainly more expressive than Leone. She has a wide, manly-looking lower jaw, but nonetheless she looks very flattering, especially in the right lighting. But Nasha doesn’t let her go until the end due to Censor’s guard dogs. Every time the attention is diverted from her body to her performance (not bad considering the ridiculous role she’s been given), the result is a disappointing scene. The filmmakers don’t know what to focus on in Nasha, the sex or the story. And unfortunately both have bad reputations.