Love, Sex and Betrayal), also known by the initialism LSD, is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language anthology found footage drama film directed and written by Dibakar Banerjee, and co-written by Kanu Behl.
Jointly produced by Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor, and Priya Sreedharan under the banner of ALT Entertainment, the film stars mostly newcomers including Anshuman Jha, Nushrat Bharucha, Rajkummar Rao, Neha Chauhan, Amit Sial, Herry Tangri and Ashish Sharma.
The two bond and become closer, but Shruti's overprotective, aggressive brother overhears their telephone conversation and attacks the film set to find out the identity of the caller.
From their honeymoon suite, they telephone Shruti's family and ask for their acceptance; her father and brother are initially angry but then approve and tell them they will be sending a car to pick them up from the hotel.
Shruti's friend Rashmi is a quiet woman who works night shifts in a supermarket to support her family.
Adarsh, a supermarket supervisor, has obtained his job by using his family connections with the store's owner and has debts with loan sharks.
Taking advantage of Rashmi's vulnerability, Adarsh has sex with her and captures it on the shop's security camera.
Prabhat, an investigative reporter, is desperate for a sensational story so he will be paid a bonus by the news company that employs him.
Naina meets Loki in the supermarket where Rashmi works to execute the sting, while Prabhat watches closely.
It is revealed that Naina has betrayed Prabhat by accepting the role as the lead dancer in Loki's new music video.
[1] In 2010, Kapoor launched ALT Entertainment and decided to release Love Sex Aur Dhokla under her banner.
[13] In June 2009, it was announced that Banerjee would make an experimental film about the impact of digital technology for Kapoor's company.
[1] The cast consisted of actors including Neha Chauhan, Rajkummar Rao, Anshuman Jha, Nushrat Bharucha and Amit Sial.
Rajkummar Rao, an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India, was cast as Adarsh; to resemble his character's physique he had to lose six kilograms (13 lb) in a month.
[15] The underwater sequences set in a canal were filmed separately in a swimming pool with special gears for the camera.
[25] The song "I Can't Hold It" has a blend of Rajasthani folk music with dhoklas playing in the background.
[28] Sampurna Wire wrote: "Overall, though Love Sex Aur Dhokla doesn't cover a distance similar to that of Oye Lucky!
Lucky Oye!, it has a much bigger single in the form of the title track "Love Sex Aur Dhokla" which makes all the difference".
[32] The Central Board of Film Certification shortened and blurred a love scene showing a bare-backed woman on top of a man.
[33] Kapoor was in a "state of shock" after seeing the final cut of the film because the shaky camerawork and the stories affected her deeply.
"[42] Raja Sen called the film a "masterpiece", writing, "Bollywood has just grown up the only way it could, with Love, Sex and Dhokla.
[44] A review carried by The Indian Express called the film "path-breaking" which "signifies the changing face of Hindi cinema".
[46] Sanjukta Sharma of Mint gave a positive review and said, "LSD is raw and courageous; it is not pretty, but it has beauty ...".
[47] A review in The Times of India gave three-and-a-half to the film and stated, "Don't expect time-pass entertainment.
Think beyond run-of-the-mill and see how Ekta Kapoor re-invents herself as the producer of contemporary Indian cinema's first full-blown experimental film".
[51] Aniruddha Guha of Daily News and Analysis said the writing of the film was "inconsistent" and called it "bold but not so beautiful".
"the director vision is so unified to the way the characters see themselves that a section of the audience may feel it's watching a hugely self-indulgent work that wants to keep the 'cinema' out of cinema".