Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Starcast: Priyanka Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Naseeruddin Shah, Vivaan Shah, Usha Uthup, Irrfan Khan, Anu Kapoor, Alexandr Dyachenko
7 Khoon Maaf: Not intended for masses!!
Rating: 2.5/5
There will be two kinds of reactions from audience after watching Vishal Bhardwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf. 1 – What was that, a movie? 2 – What the hell was that? I belong to second category.
To bind 7 different stories in a 2 hour film is not a cake walk; it needs mettle to execute such difficult drama. Vishal in a unique style of his own one by one shows us the murders of 7 weird men who come across Susanna’s life. There are 3 other characters that are attached with Susanna; they are house keepers who help her directly or indirectly in assassination of her husbands. And the last character is Arun (played by Vivaan Shah); our protagonist who is dearest to Susanna, like her son & who partially narrates the story to us.
In the first half, we see the conviction & imagination of director who in a gripping manner advances the storyline with rich visuals & thrilling sequences. After the end of 3 stories, you are now almost aware what’s going to happen next & Vishal here fails because in the second half film loses its steam, humor disappears & it felt like film was literally asking us to check our cell phones for new texts. I guess that was not enough for Vishal, so he introduced us to bland lengthy scenes comprising of monotonous situations to make us yawn & yes, he succeeded in that also.
Film is shooted in an uncompromising manner. There are scenes which are provocative like the one in which we are asked to take a glimpse of Viagra packet and the other one in which Susanna getting tortured by Wasiullah Khan (played by Irrfan Khan).
Background score was haunting, but songs were less appealing. A try to rise above the standards of bollywood films would have been appreciable but here, many things fall short of which as a whole drags down the film. Male characters & dialogues are not appropriately written. Was editor involved in this film? Honestly, I don’t think so. Priyanka Chopra as Susanna does a magnificent job & might bag an award for it. From the male league, only Anu kapoor (Keemat lal) as a witty policeman gratifies, others might not have not understood their character; detrimental credit goes to writer.
Vishal only knows for whom he has made this film. This will be a particular film which will dissatisfy both, viewers & critics.
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