Story is 'different' for sure and the end is not to be guessed.
That said, there are a few flaws that cannot be ignored.
1, From their previous works, I had come to expect more nuanced performances from the three leads: Anjali (Newton, Afsos); Sharib (The Family Man) and Abhimanyu (Gulaal, Mom). The end explains why Anjali looked a bit off and that may be on purpose but could still have been a more subtle effort.
2, The 'suspense' background score is way too loud and is heard way too often. I had to constantly keep changing volume on my device between the 'music' parts and the 'dialogue' parts of the movie. It was counterproductive to it being an immersive experience. It felt as if they tried to emulate Hitchcock trillers to creat tension - except suspense movie scores have evolved over last half a century.
3, This is the 'spoiler' part: When we come to know who the woman in burqa is in the opening sequence - that feels extremely politically correct, an artistic cowardice - to the point of being communal pandering. Why does not Bollywood still not have the courage? Why does the moral rectitude belong to Muslims and why did the adulteress have to be a Hindu woman?
That said, there are a few flaws that cannot be ignored.
1, From their previous works, I had come to expect more nuanced performances from the three leads: Anjali (Newton, Afsos); Sharib (The Family Man) and Abhimanyu (Gulaal, Mom). The end explains why Anjali looked a bit off and that may be on purpose but could still have been a more subtle effort.
2, The 'suspense' background score is way too loud and is heard way too often. I had to constantly keep changing volume on my device between the 'music' parts and the 'dialogue' parts of the movie. It was counterproductive to it being an immersive experience. It felt as if they tried to emulate Hitchcock trillers to creat tension - except suspense movie scores have evolved over last half a century.
3, This is the 'spoiler' part: When we come to know who the woman in burqa is in the opening sequence - that feels extremely politically correct, an artistic cowardice - to the point of being communal pandering. Why does not Bollywood still not have the courage? Why does the moral rectitude belong to Muslims and why did the adulteress have to be a Hindu woman?