A remake of Madame Bovary with Hindi sensibility, Maya Memsaab is the story of a beautiful independent thinking woman who is unable to settle. Deepa Sahi plays Maya, the beautiful, educated, whimsical girl who marries a doctor and then tries to settle down into a middle class life. She has several affairs, one of whom is Lalit Kumar (Shah Rukh Khan), a younger fellow who has developed a crush on her after viewing her from afar. Unfortunately, Maya is looking for romance and stimulation. When all of this fails to satisfy her longing, and her debt has exceeded her ability to pay, Maya takes the only way out, suicide. The movie is an investigation into her death and all is slowly revealed.
I enjoyed this movie. Shah Rukh Khan is good as her spurned younger lover who is then taken up as a play thing by Maya. Her husband and older lover are also good. Stylized as an art movie and the director, Ketan Mehta, stylizing it as a dream, this is a well-acted interesting movie. I'm sure that women can definitely relate. Who of us hasn't fantasized of a way out of hum drum every day existence? The question, though, is can we afford the cost? It turns out that Maya could not afford it. Her house and life was forfeit. Deepa Sahi is very good as Maya (illusion). The movie made me want to read Madame Bovary again. This is a must see.
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