Bollywood's sexual awakening (not to be confused with sexualisation and/or male gaze) has been a long time coming. In that regard, Lust Stories is a step in the right direction.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 10, 2023

What makes Akhtar's short groundbreaking is its unflinching articulation of the hypocrisies of the entitled middle class.

| Mar 11, 2019

In Lust Stories, directors Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee and Karan Johar deconstruct the splendor, complexity and chaos of lust.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 28, 2018

Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this short-film anthology is that four Indian directors - Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee and Karan Johar - have accurately interpreted lust as the forbidden emotion.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 27, 2018

Hopefully Lust Stories will educate and force discussion in the still-maturing public sphere of India and its diaspora around the world. But if nothing else, it showcases Indian filmmaking at its best.

| Jul 16, 2018

Lust Stories flies by in a blur of character and emotion, but the stories are out there, and the conversations will continue.

| Jul 16, 2018

It's a refreshingly honest view of the ways that women think and behave that are not always shown so freely on screen.

| Jun 26, 2018

Four women shine in four short flicks. Each one reveals desires and picks. Acting and directing? First rate. You might enjoy it with your mate.

| Jun 25, 2018

[Lust Stories'] four directors center intelligent and amusing narratives around the thoughts and desires of real women, without specific service to masculine ideals.

| Jun 22, 2018

Lust Stories doesn't dwell on consequences. It bears the quality of life and moves on from one chapter to another.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 14, 2018

Manisha is excellent throughout and comes across as a real woman wanting a meaningful, fulfilling relationship.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 14, 2018

There are enough reasons for us to be at odds with each other - certainly these days, when antagonism is almost encouraged - but there's room for everyone, Lust Stories seems to say; for all kinds of people, and above all, all kinds of movies.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 14, 2018