Vishal Bharadwaj movies always have a special corner for me, just like Anurag Kashyap or Imtiaz Ali movies have. Though, his last film ‘Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola’ wasn’t upto the level mainly for wrong casting of leads. Going by the trailer of ‘Haider’, it looks like he’s got everything right this time perfectly, and might well give another 7 Khoon Maaf or Kaminey kind of movies which I madly loved.

Lots of stunning visuals from Kashmir, plus we see Shahid transform through various looks as he seeks revenge of his father. Based on Shakespeare Hamlet (yet to read), keen to see how much Shahid gets his act right, specially the one where he gets totally insane, like the shot at 2:00 where he is imitating shooting himself or the dialogue scene ‘hello mike testing, 123, awaaz aa rahi hai aap logo ko.. hello hello o o o’. Watch his expressions in 1:48 shot, killer.

Needless to say, the best part of trailer (there are hell lot to be frank) is Haider i.e Shahid telling Shraddha about his intentions, ‘To be or Not to be’ (quote from Hamlet) ..

For a change, Shraddha is looking so different and maybe the level of her acting will be high too or atleast I am assuming at the moment.

The cast is amazing, with trustable actors like Tabu, Kay Kay Menon and Irrfan Khan (in a special appearance as ghost). I hope Tabu-Shahid romantic mother-son plot is restrained..

Not to forget, music will be by Vishal Bharadwaj and there are 10 songs with lyrics by Gulzar. The rock song used in the trailer totally sets the mood for Haider’s journey to revenge.
Ek phoonk se miya, sab udh gaya dhuan, woh jo saans ki ek phaans thi, woh nikal gayi jo kharaash thi. 

 Still don’t know what part those actors in 1:04 shot are playing. But looks like it will be mad and insane…

Its been just a month when I said Ek Villain is best trailer of 2014, and now Haider has overtaken it, there’s nothing to not like in this trailer, absolutely nothing.


Dil ki agar sunu, toh hai
Dimaag ki, toh hai nahi
Jaan lun, ki jaan dun
Main rahoon, ki main nahi.