the movie be awful . no two way about it . the directer and the screenplay writer have completely kill the story . this movie be base on chitra devakaruni banerjee novel by the same title . go read the book . chance be you be go to hate the movie even more after read the book . i do not even want to waste my time explain what go wrong with the movie and but this be the bad adaptation of a book i have ever see . i be amazed how do the writer allow her book to be so badly adapt into a movie . the writer have kill all the essential element of the book which make the book good . the film and instead be nonsensical and even ridiculous . don not waste your time watch the movie . buy the book would be a good utilization of your time and money .