Directed by Sujoy Ghosh
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821480/
Arnab ke baad, zindagi hi majaak ban ke reh gayi hai ..
I love watching thriller films, and to be able to keep you guessing till the final sequence of the film is a great achievement for a director in such films. Kahaani comes in that category.
Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) comes to Kolkata in search of her missing husband. Rana (Parambrata Chatterjee), a sub inspector helps her lot in the search but all the clues leads to another person who is a look alike of her husband. Now, whether both the people are same or her husband is affected due to the look alike guy is the answer Vidya or the audience wants to know.
There are very few give-aways in the whole narrative where you could feel that somewhere Vidya is lying, but the reason you end up ignoring them is the fast editing, Namrata Rao is one major reason the film becomes so tight and edge of the seat thriller. The way she fast cuts places of Kolkata, and gives Vidya a major entry in 'Aami Shotti Bolchi' is mindblowing.
The scene where Rana tells Vidya 'aap bahut acchi maa banegi', and Vidya quickly turns other way with a painful sigh. Your 1st guess (if watching film first time) would be how badly she is missing Arnab, later on you find what the pain was for her in that conversation!
The various sub-plots Sujoy uses increases the impact of the film, and the emotional content of the film. For instance, relationship between Vishnu and Vidya because later on you know how good moments those were for Vidya. The bond between Rana and Vidya, it was secret love from the side of Rana. Those bus scenes where Rana intereacts with his mom through phone calls, we just listen him saying 'on the way' in his mother tongue, while once he ignores the call due to the problems he just had with Vidya.
The Kolkata is beautifully captured throughout the film, and also the use of old songs at various places, one of which was bengali song. Screenplay and Editing are fantastic. Very good choice of interval sequence. The climax is hell shocking, and the final scene also brings a devotional feeling (for those who believe in God) with the Amitabh's voiceover.
Also, I loved the background score of the film, those bells ringing when Vidya gets escaped into same dressed woman in the puja. Or the very emotional theme used when we are revealed the truth of Vidya. The flashbacks are also perfectly thought of, which you can later analyse to know how logical they all were.
Only two songs are used in the narrative, which was a very good thought. Aami Shotti Bolchi presents Kolkata and Vidya to us, while Ekla Cholo re is perfectly used for Vidya who has to herself find the path. Very well rendered by Amitabh Bachchan.
Vidya Balan excels once again in her performance, one of those actors who keeps outdoing themselves in every new film. I believe if you are fooling audience for 110 mins out of the 122 mins successfully, then you have to be a fool to not adore your acting! I would rate this performance among her top 3 best performances till date. She is challenging while talking to Khan, friendly with Rana, child with Vishnu and all the time fighting with the deep pain which she can't reveal to anyone until the climax. Her 'kya fark padta hai' in the climax sequence, was one of the 'Wow' moments for me.
Parambrata Chatterjee gave a very honest performance, not a typical strict policeman you would often see. Sasawata Chatterjee was hillarious, nomaskaar main bob biwas - ek minute! Dhiskiyaaun. Amazing harkats he did, like the instance when his 1st scene comes, sleeping, playing with fingers or the smile he has while walking or before killing a person.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui brought lots of attitude into his portrayal of Khan, IB Officer. Plus, his looks slightly reminds of Manoj Vajpayee. He certainly is a actor to look forward to as he has the confidence and power in his acting. Rest supporting cast did a fair job.
Overall, Kahaani is gonna be remembered among one of best suspense thriller hindi films.
Verdict : EXCELLENT
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821480/
Arnab ke baad, zindagi hi majaak ban ke reh gayi hai ..
I love watching thriller films, and to be able to keep you guessing till the final sequence of the film is a great achievement for a director in such films. Kahaani comes in that category.
Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) comes to Kolkata in search of her missing husband. Rana (Parambrata Chatterjee), a sub inspector helps her lot in the search but all the clues leads to another person who is a look alike of her husband. Now, whether both the people are same or her husband is affected due to the look alike guy is the answer Vidya or the audience wants to know.
There are very few give-aways in the whole narrative where you could feel that somewhere Vidya is lying, but the reason you end up ignoring them is the fast editing, Namrata Rao is one major reason the film becomes so tight and edge of the seat thriller. The way she fast cuts places of Kolkata, and gives Vidya a major entry in 'Aami Shotti Bolchi' is mindblowing.
The scene where Rana tells Vidya 'aap bahut acchi maa banegi', and Vidya quickly turns other way with a painful sigh. Your 1st guess (if watching film first time) would be how badly she is missing Arnab, later on you find what the pain was for her in that conversation!
The various sub-plots Sujoy uses increases the impact of the film, and the emotional content of the film. For instance, relationship between Vishnu and Vidya because later on you know how good moments those were for Vidya. The bond between Rana and Vidya, it was secret love from the side of Rana. Those bus scenes where Rana intereacts with his mom through phone calls, we just listen him saying 'on the way' in his mother tongue, while once he ignores the call due to the problems he just had with Vidya.
The Kolkata is beautifully captured throughout the film, and also the use of old songs at various places, one of which was bengali song. Screenplay and Editing are fantastic. Very good choice of interval sequence. The climax is hell shocking, and the final scene also brings a devotional feeling (for those who believe in God) with the Amitabh's voiceover.
Also, I loved the background score of the film, those bells ringing when Vidya gets escaped into same dressed woman in the puja. Or the very emotional theme used when we are revealed the truth of Vidya. The flashbacks are also perfectly thought of, which you can later analyse to know how logical they all were.
Only two songs are used in the narrative, which was a very good thought. Aami Shotti Bolchi presents Kolkata and Vidya to us, while Ekla Cholo re is perfectly used for Vidya who has to herself find the path. Very well rendered by Amitabh Bachchan.
Vidya Balan excels once again in her performance, one of those actors who keeps outdoing themselves in every new film. I believe if you are fooling audience for 110 mins out of the 122 mins successfully, then you have to be a fool to not adore your acting! I would rate this performance among her top 3 best performances till date. She is challenging while talking to Khan, friendly with Rana, child with Vishnu and all the time fighting with the deep pain which she can't reveal to anyone until the climax. Her 'kya fark padta hai' in the climax sequence, was one of the 'Wow' moments for me.
Parambrata Chatterjee gave a very honest performance, not a typical strict policeman you would often see. Sasawata Chatterjee was hillarious, nomaskaar main bob biwas - ek minute! Dhiskiyaaun. Amazing harkats he did, like the instance when his 1st scene comes, sleeping, playing with fingers or the smile he has while walking or before killing a person.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui brought lots of attitude into his portrayal of Khan, IB Officer. Plus, his looks slightly reminds of Manoj Vajpayee. He certainly is a actor to look forward to as he has the confidence and power in his acting. Rest supporting cast did a fair job.
Overall, Kahaani is gonna be remembered among one of best suspense thriller hindi films.
Verdict : EXCELLENT
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