Cast: Shefali Shah, Jaideep Ahlawat, Swanand Kirkire
Director: Avinash Arun
Rating: 4/5
Runtime: 88 mins

Most of us aren't big fans of chasing unrequited love - a genre overcrowded with confused men unable to make up their minds, tainted with the selfishness with which they conduct themselves. Three of Us has a strong vein of a woman chasing down her childhood sweetheart. But this is an Avinash Arun Dhaware film and he knows how to not trivialise the emotions of any of his characters. His story is precious to him and he cares for everyone in it - from an English teacher tearing down the garb of innocence donned by a middle-aged woman in front of her husband of decades to an old lady - known as the local witch - living alone in a hut after banished from the village. Along with writers Omkar Achyut Barve and Arpita Chatterjee, he layers everyone with more than their physical presence. 

Avinash tells us the story of Shailja - played by the wonderful Shefali Shah. Her husband Dipankar (played by Swanand Kirkire) aptly puts her frame of mind into words - she is sometimes looking for herself. Shailja has recently been diagnosed with dementia and it's true, she is beginning to slip up more. The details are blurring in her mind. So the poha might not have salt. She will forget her friend is going for singing lessons every weekend. The usual fare, nothing extraordinary. But the awareness that her memories - good and bad are short-lived, plays on her mind.