Produced by Sunil Doshi, this film is a journey through three generations of a family and the choices that they had to make. Jaya Bachchan plays Mridula Chatterjee, a feisty widow who runs her own NGO for people with disabilities in Kolkata. Her grandson whom she has brought up single-handedly, comes home for his vacations from law school in Bangalore. Rohan’s natural curiosity about his grandmother’s life compels her to re-live those past memories that had long remained confined within her heart.

Memories of her daughter, Palaash, a nightclub crooner, always troubled, always tempestuous too keep coming. Palaash’s fits of insecurity about her wayward drummer husband, Dev, and Mridula’s own emotionally unbalanced relationship with her only child also keep interrupting her thoughts.

As Mridula unravels the past her grandson and his girlfriend, Tara, they begin to understand the choices she had to make – for herself as well as for Rohan. And why, in the end, she was forced to reveal a strictly guarded secret to her daughter, and then move on, alone, despite her daughter’s death and the possibility of a second chance with her lover.

Jaya Bachchan has lived up as Mridula Chatterjee throughout the film and she has done a commendable job portraying the subtleties involved in the character of Mridula. Jaya Bachchan has received good critical acclaim for her portrayal, which is one of her best after her comeback into films.

Shahana Chatterjee essays the role of Palaash, the strong-headed daughter of Mridula. By the way Shahana has got into the skin of Palaash so much that this hardly seems like her debut film.

The director feels that cinema has to provoke. It has to touch the hearts of its audience. ‘Lovesongs’ looks at the human predicament. This film, which touches the inner feelings and emotions of life, is a fantastic effort by the director. He has beautifully brought out the finer subtleties of life through the lives of the characters.

Usha Uthup’s music graces though out this film.