Feb 22, 2011 03:44 PM
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(Updated Feb 23, 2011 03:54 PM)
This VB’s direction is a two way tale and if one antagonizes woman to be the culprit and buys ticket to watch a thriller, than it’s not there cup of tea.
It is not only a black comedy however a satire. A depressed schizophrenic meets alike men. And the tirade begins. This flick is meant only for who want to explore and unravel, as being a normal man and woman one would not be able to identify. The jest of her mind is when the butler describes her mindset post third murder.” She chooses to blow the dog's head off instead of choosing the other way” . It is a story of a mind way beyond normal psyche . A normal lady would commit suicide instead of killing her most rotten husband. Indian mindset readily would agree to it, maximum rebel is divorce with women who have their ground set. Whilst some critiques took it personally, if you reverse the game, we would have loved the movie had the man been the murderer.
The flick offers the audience a plethora they have never been exposed, however,” My friends it is reality!” I have seen women with dozen divorces. They choose the other way, leave! Put in on a different perspective, we all think of killing the politicians, in the end we do not vote for them as we are safe, however one in a million might kill all! What one must know that it is not a folk story; it is stark reality which we do not want to accept. We want a graphical imagery and would get if you watch with absolute neutral inhibitions. The depiction has no whirlwind twists but one twist which missed is when she tells the Russian guy, “why marry? Want to remain in love”. The other angle is the lady is not devoid of humane limitations as she sponsors the education of the destitute child who grows up to be the forensic expert and narrates it to his wife the saga of Susanne, his childhood crush. The schizophrenic mindset has two divisions and 80% of Indian women go through it, either they go through depression or aggression leading to massacre and self destruction. This story depicts the other. And it depicts a woman with free will however with too much lament and depression curled within. Although VB offers enough reasons to empathize with Susanna, however the transitions from one marriage to other at times show her in light of desperation. The viewers are left with a point of what next when Susanne marries for the seventh time with one who knows all her past sins and is already ‘dead’.
Priyanka’s 35 year old journey and its transitions have been handled with élan and she does full justice to each of the transformations.In the end what viewers would notice is her predicament of why this way, however, the agony aunt playing Susanne has more to tell. Wrong lady full of wrong choices in attempt to find true love!
Vivaan Shah the narrator made an intriguing debut and is one to watch out for. Irfan , John,Annu Kapoor, Naseer, Neil and all played their part . Aleksandr Dyachenko did not have much scope. However the dark theme of the film predicted the film’s box office fortune. The hind side behind the narration though is some parts of the movie could have been more narrative and some of them were stretched.
The soundtrack of the film is limited with its best offering ‘Darling’ which is quite a chartbuster. The editing by Sreekar is brisk and the transitions from marriage to funeral and vice versa need viewer’s attention.
Overall the movie needs to be watched for its dark narrative style which will not get it heavy in your head, Priyanka Chopra’s another superlative performance and of course those who want to explore the dark side of human nature and want to view this film in category of world cinema.
