The stylized form , densely layered narrative , period costumes and production design simultaneously conveys a pulp style and contemporaneous modernity . Jonathan Romney of Sight & Sound described the film as " A shock to the system – an Indian film like I ’d never seen . " The film constantly switches between genre pieces and is part hard-boiled film noir , part love story , part melodrama and part documentary . It has been compared to Rainer Werner Fassbinder ’s '' The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant '' , and Wong Kar Wai 's '' Chungking Express '' . Shot on a combination of Kodak Super 16 and 35 mm film in widescreen , central themes of Miss Lovely include repressed sexuality , censorship , the deconstruction of genre , the material nature of celluloid and the extinction of cinema itself . The film soundtrack also links back to a history of past cinema , particularly the use of rare work of Italian composers Egisto Macchi and Piero Umiliani , who had both scored exploitation films . The soundtrack also employs film scores by Indian composer Ilaiyaraaja and disco producer Biddu . Miss Lovely competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival . The film has since screened at numerous film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam . Miss Lovely had release of around 300 screens in India on 17 January 2014
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
Miss Lovely