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made  Quest: Well made  September 29, 2006 20:22 IST  Amol
Palekar's bilingual film Quest is not for light entertainment.
Based on a lesser-explored aspect of sexuality, it forms the
third part of the director's trilogy  following Dayraa and
Anaahat. Quest may make you shift uncomfortably in your chair.
It may sadden you. At times, it may even get preachy. What it
will definitely do, however, is leave an indelible mark.  The
film opens with lawyer Sai (Mrinal Kulkarni) catching her chef
husband Aditya (Rishi Deshpande) indulging in a homosexual act
with her friend Uday (Shishir Sharma). Her rose-tinted glasses
are ripped off suddenly and she wallows in grief.  Sai and
Aditya have had a happy 11-year marriage. They have an 8-year
old son Nilay (Shreyas Paranjpe) and things have seemed normal,
until now. Aditya and Uday have been having an affair for over
two years, but Sai has never smelt a