EK HASINA THI (2004) :
Brief Review -
A very good one line Revenge Drama noniridescently known as a Thriller. Ek Hasina Thi is like a open book from the first scene, there are no backdrops or unknown thrilling facts. It's the same woman's revenge formula which was cracked almost 6 decades ago in Hollywood and 2-3 decades ago in Bollywood. Ek Hasina Thi very much justifies it's title as it tells a story of a Girl/Woman Sarika who has been betrayed by an underworld mafia Karan. She was put in jail by the honey trap and then she escapes to take a solid and Cruel revenge. As far as you can you can read there is only one plot in the film and it was very much predictable for me after the first 30 minutes only. I just had to watch rest of the 100 minutes as a formality but somewhere in my mind was expecting a two or three liner plot which never happened. That was a big disappointment for me and nobody is at fault for this except me. I should have controlled my optimistic nature while watching this Bollywood flick after watching plenty of Classic thrillers from World Cinema. Urmila Matondkar looks so gorgeous, those greeny Browny eyes, oh my god. I am shivering. Saif Ali Khan proves his versatility yet again and supporting cast is very good. Screenplay is fine considering the real motive and overall impact of the woman centric idea. Not to mention it could have been Mind-blowing if it had the secondary plot included. Sriram Raghvan debuts with a Primary Revenge Drama which is really very good and definitely a promising start to his career but causelessly known as a Thriller. It is just an ordinary Revenge Drama with an excellent pick up but nowhere near to the Thriller tag. Overall, Ek Hasina Thi manages to deliver a sweet, solid and outdated Revenge drama and if you haven't seen much of those then give it watch.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest
A very good one line Revenge Drama noniridescently known as a Thriller. Ek Hasina Thi is like a open book from the first scene, there are no backdrops or unknown thrilling facts. It's the same woman's revenge formula which was cracked almost 6 decades ago in Hollywood and 2-3 decades ago in Bollywood. Ek Hasina Thi very much justifies it's title as it tells a story of a Girl/Woman Sarika who has been betrayed by an underworld mafia Karan. She was put in jail by the honey trap and then she escapes to take a solid and Cruel revenge. As far as you can you can read there is only one plot in the film and it was very much predictable for me after the first 30 minutes only. I just had to watch rest of the 100 minutes as a formality but somewhere in my mind was expecting a two or three liner plot which never happened. That was a big disappointment for me and nobody is at fault for this except me. I should have controlled my optimistic nature while watching this Bollywood flick after watching plenty of Classic thrillers from World Cinema. Urmila Matondkar looks so gorgeous, those greeny Browny eyes, oh my god. I am shivering. Saif Ali Khan proves his versatility yet again and supporting cast is very good. Screenplay is fine considering the real motive and overall impact of the woman centric idea. Not to mention it could have been Mind-blowing if it had the secondary plot included. Sriram Raghvan debuts with a Primary Revenge Drama which is really very good and definitely a promising start to his career but causelessly known as a Thriller. It is just an ordinary Revenge Drama with an excellent pick up but nowhere near to the Thriller tag. Overall, Ek Hasina Thi manages to deliver a sweet, solid and outdated Revenge drama and if you haven't seen much of those then give it watch.
RATING - 6.5/10*
By - #samthebestest