The more the number of hip-sounding, scientific terms used, the smarter the film will appear, directors increasingly seem to think. While it was Vanishing Twin Syndrome / Alien Hand Syndrome in Savyasachi and Porphyria in Surya Vs Surya, iSMart Shankar features memory transfer from a dead person to a living one. Sure, the theme by itself shouldn't make us derisive - and it doesn't. As always, it's the execution.
The film opens at a science conference where Sarah (Nidhi Agerwal), a neuroscientist, speaks about her research in this area. But soon enough, the movie changes tracks a....