Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- unsettling
- raw
- candid
- arthouse film night
- bollywood discovery
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Dibakar Banerjee's bold direction and path-breaking experimental form, while some found the writing uneven and the experience more ambitious than fully satisfying.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The story is presented through handy cams, security cameras, mobile messages, and sting-camera footage.
The film uses multiple contemporary episodes connected by love, sex, betrayal, and mediated observation.
Cameras invade domestic, romantic, commercial, and public spaces, turning personal conduct into evidence and spectacle.
Critics identified the film as path-breaking contemporary Hindi cinema that avoids conventional song-driven presentation.
Films like LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha, and why
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
experimental found-footage structure, sexual candor, and media-mediated intimacy
Babel
interlocking urban stories, social unease, and morally compromising relationships
Satya
raw urban crime drama, fractured social perspectives, and contemporary Indian realism
The Air I Breathe
anthology structure, surveillance themes, and unsettling modern relationship drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Dibakar Banerjee
- Release Date
- 2010-03-19
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (51)
Cast
- Anshuman Jha
- Nushrratt Bharuccha
- Rajkummar Rao
- Neha Chauhan
- Amit Sial
- Arya Banerjee
- Herry Tangiri
- Aaditi Pohankar
- Sandeep Bose
- Ashish Sharma
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha about?
- An audacious Hindi anthology turns cameras, phones, and surveillance feeds into witnesses to love, sexual vulnerability, betrayal, and urban exploitation.
- What is LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha as moderate.
- What did critics think of LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha?
- Critics broadly praised Dibakar Banerjee's bold direction and path-breaking experimental form, while some found the writing uneven and the experience more ambitious than fully satisfying.
- Which films are like LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha?
- Films with a similar feel include Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Babel, Satya, and The Air I Breathe.
- How long is LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha?
- LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha runs 108 minutes.
- Where can I watch LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha?
- In United States, LSD: Love, Sex aur Dhokha is available to rent or buy from Google Play Movies, YouTube.
