Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3
Its director stated on the record that "the genesis of Ugly started from my own broken marriage and guilt of not spending enough time with my daughter, The first ten minutes of the film stems from my…" 1. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 7 of 100 3.
- 1Creator statementdirector: "The genesis of Ugly started from my own broken marriage and guilt of not spending enough time with my daughter. The first ten minutes of the film stems from my personal experiences. I wanted to make…"Times of India, December 2014 source ↗
- 2Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
- 3Content balanceAdvocacy 7 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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Synopsis
When a 10-year old girl goes missing, her stepfather races against time to investigate the kidnapping. Can he find her before it's too late?
Age: 87 — strongly mature-audience
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Karuna Dutt (director) · Anurag Kashyap (director)
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