Despite a lot of hype and secrecy maintained by the media and the producers,Ittefaq doesn't turn out to be an average murder mystery.
The plot reveals that there are two versions of the same circumstances,the investigating officer Dev Verma ( Akshay Khanna) focuses on one of the two.Accordingly the results follow.In the other version the results are different.
Can one say complete justice has been done? This because a person can't be tried for the same offence twice.
What are the circumstances of the case? A writer Vikram Seth( Siddharth Malhotra) has filed a telephonic FIR about the death of her wife Katherine.The cops have come to investigate.The writer instead being charged for the crime runaways from the scene of the crime.He's been hotly pursued by the cops.The writer's car overturns.The cops time lag enables the victim cum suspect to take refuge in the nearest house.Maya Sinha( Sonakshi Sinha) is the occupant of this flat.
It's an Ittefaq that one Shekhar( the husband of Maya) has also been killed .
The investigation officer has to ascertain- the killer's of both deaths? the motives behind the same? According to the evidence and circumstances he arrives at a decision.The law accordingly takes it's course.
Based on the same facts the same cop realises his mistake.By now it's too late.
To me not much care was taken by the cops to pick the evidence.Barring Dev ,all others are misfits.None wears gloves to collect evidence.The views of the forensic experts is amenable to be twisted.The performances of Sid and Sona is below par.Akshay Khanna is unnecessarily 'stylish'.Editing has confused the viewers.High decible soundtrack over powers the spoken word.Scripting is ordinary.One would have preferred a court room drama in the climax. A larger point- evidence gathering must be fool proof.The mens rea of the homicide should be established beyond reasonable doubt,not based on conjectures.
All in all this reviewer would commend for the mystery being retained.
On an over all basis the remake could be a one time view.( the earlier Rajesh Khanna and Nanda version was more gripping and well made).
The plot reveals that there are two versions of the same circumstances,the investigating officer Dev Verma ( Akshay Khanna) focuses on one of the two.Accordingly the results follow.In the other version the results are different.
Can one say complete justice has been done? This because a person can't be tried for the same offence twice.
What are the circumstances of the case? A writer Vikram Seth( Siddharth Malhotra) has filed a telephonic FIR about the death of her wife Katherine.The cops have come to investigate.The writer instead being charged for the crime runaways from the scene of the crime.He's been hotly pursued by the cops.The writer's car overturns.The cops time lag enables the victim cum suspect to take refuge in the nearest house.Maya Sinha( Sonakshi Sinha) is the occupant of this flat.
It's an Ittefaq that one Shekhar( the husband of Maya) has also been killed .
The investigation officer has to ascertain- the killer's of both deaths? the motives behind the same? According to the evidence and circumstances he arrives at a decision.The law accordingly takes it's course.
Based on the same facts the same cop realises his mistake.By now it's too late.
To me not much care was taken by the cops to pick the evidence.Barring Dev ,all others are misfits.None wears gloves to collect evidence.The views of the forensic experts is amenable to be twisted.The performances of Sid and Sona is below par.Akshay Khanna is unnecessarily 'stylish'.Editing has confused the viewers.High decible soundtrack over powers the spoken word.Scripting is ordinary.One would have preferred a court room drama in the climax. A larger point- evidence gathering must be fool proof.The mens rea of the homicide should be established beyond reasonable doubt,not based on conjectures.
All in all this reviewer would commend for the mystery being retained.
On an over all basis the remake could be a one time view.( the earlier Rajesh Khanna and Nanda version was more gripping and well made).