To see R Balki's Ka and Ki is to see a gigantic missed opportunity, both politically and artistically, but also, to see that these two ambitions — the political and the creative — are intertwined. Both require the power to reimagine forms, social or artistic, with genuine insight.

In the film Arjun Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor — Ka and Ki respectively — switch gender roles. Which is to say, she is ambitious, career-driven and aggressive and works outside the house while he is supportive, house-proud, creative and a homemaker. A shift in this power balance leads to certain tensions and resolutions.