Login and logout are two of the most used terms in today’s times. These two words are often used by social media influencers and corporate employees. The white-collar people get gratified by the idea of logging out and social media influencers get excited by the idea of logging in. And Hindi filmmakers are also milking the idea of this obsession. Irrfan Khan’s son Babil Khan stars in his new film called Logout. The title itself is a giveaway of what to expect. Babil plays a social media influencer who is on the brink of amassing10 million followers. His character is more successful and popular than he is in real life, which only makes the narrative more interesting. And going by the trailer, you can expect all hell is going to break loose.

We have seen Hollywood classic like Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and in the Hindi content landscape and language, a film like CTRL. These are the movies where social media is also one of the central characters. But Logout is not a clone, but bears a faint resemblance to the idea. This time, it’s not the Artificial Intelligence but a human being who begins to play games with our hero. Babil gets the jittery performance nearly right when the shaky camera angle captures his restlessness and horror. He also puts his best foot forward when it comes to jumping into an opposite direction and dynamic of his personality. Writer Biswapati Sarkar and director Amit Golani also lace the film with a sense of unexpected humor.