Anand, Jagdish, Baldev and myself went together for the ‘7 Khoon Maaf’.
My
first reaction was “what a slow but awesome movie was that!” Yet,
there were some of us who found the movie as boring as any Bhojpuri
movie flooding theatres these days. Such guys like only ‘ha ha ha ha’
kind of movies were you have to just laugh voluntarily even if it’s not a
comedy scene. I don’t like such movies.
Undoubtedly not only the script but also the acting from Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Niel Nitin Mukesh and others are the strengths of the movie. Overall it is a complete package for the true and sensible movie lovers.
Some important attributes of ‘7KM’:
Most
important was the acting from Priyanka Chopra. She has evolved as a
class actress in this movie. We witnessed it before only in Fashion. I
guess she’s gonno be a strong contender for best actress award this
year.
The direction by Vishal Bharadwaj
was good but not the best. The movie was a bit slower which gained the
pace only in the ending. But the end was superb and classic. The Jesus
plot that was created reminded me Pyaasa (1957) directed by Guru Dutt. This was the best part of the movie which I liked
The script is written by Ruskin Bond based on his novel ‘Susanna's Seven Husbands’.
Susanna is a girl who is in search of true love, a person who will love
her for ever but every time she thinks she has got it, because of her
evil fate destiny refuses to say so! This goes on six times ending in
brutal murder of her husbands by her. In the end she finds that
everything is worthless. There after she goes in the aegis of Jesus
Christ and becomes a Nun with confession of all her mistakes that she
did in her life time.
The music by vishal bharadwaj himself in
the movie was relaxing. Almost all the numbers were listenable and
according to the need of the story. Especially ‘oh mama’, ‘bekaraan’ and
most popular ‘darling’.
This movie is definitely a once more go.
