director trying too hard being artsy!

did anyone else feel this?! he's trying SO hard to give artistic shots, with the whole flashback deals, the memories, the way he's using color or fade-in/fade-out/ scene changes?

like there was that one scene where rahul bose's character breaks down at the end talking about his wife, and the way the director introduced this strange cinematographic effect where he skips a few frames between his crying.

Great movie, just trying too hard to be artsy.