It is somewhat heartbreaking that Anurag Basu is on a slow decline. We tried watching this movie five times, and manage to finish it in breaks. It might come as a surprise but Jagga Jasoos was better than this. At least it was imaginative. Basu had a certain incisiveness in Life in a Metro, and exceptional dialogues. Barfi, even though largely plagiarised, had a dreamy quality and good music. But with Ludo, Basu simply fails to connect with the audience, getting too caught up in technique. Style takes over entertainment, and for a movie that is more than 170 minutes long, it just lacks a gripping quality.