My first reaction - This movie is like a namaste to Quen Tarantino :)
Anurag Kashyap and his production house never disappoints whether its Black Friday, Dev D, No smoking or Udaan. Extraordinary directorial debut by Bejoy Namibiar, who makes each scene look like a masterpiece. Having seen some of his short films (thanks to a friend of mine), i kind of expected it to be good but it turned out to be way more than that. The use of camera angles, capturing close up emotions, flashbacks and slow motion shots are simply superb.
The movie is about the story of 5 brash youngsters whose lives are aimlessly drifting and they waste their rich parents money for drugs, alcohol and make merry. When they run down two innocent people in a rash-driving accident, they must come up with big money to close the case. Going to their parents is not an option; hence one of them, Amy (played by Kalki Koechlin), an NRI with unresolved mommy issues, suggests that her friends fake her kidnapping so they can demand ransom from her dad. Obviously their plan goes caput very soon and this becomes a national issue for the news channels, and that's when the "shaitaan" inside each of them decides show its color.
Its made in a way that it seems like a dark movie but it has elements of drama, psychedelia, humor and violence. Each scene has so much directorial effort and each frame leaves so much impact, especially the ones where slow motion is used to draw parallels in the story. The movie questions our conscience at each level and each act. The background score and sound adds so much character to each frame and enhances the impact on the viewer by making it more dramatic.The use of "Khoya Khoya chand" as a narrative during parallel shooting/killing sequence is the highlight.
The central theme is that there is a "shaitan" of a different kind in each of the characters and Bejoy sticks to that. Rajeev Khandelwal shines in the movie with a stellar performance and makes even simple scenes look very convincing and engaging. The film loses steam towards the second half of the story but the technical flaboyance of the director keeps the movie afloat.
Only film after Dev D to have this much impact with its technical brilliance.
Rating: 8/10
Anurag Kashyap and his production house never disappoints whether its Black Friday, Dev D, No smoking or Udaan. Extraordinary directorial debut by Bejoy Namibiar, who makes each scene look like a masterpiece. Having seen some of his short films (thanks to a friend of mine), i kind of expected it to be good but it turned out to be way more than that. The use of camera angles, capturing close up emotions, flashbacks and slow motion shots are simply superb.
The movie is about the story of 5 brash youngsters whose lives are aimlessly drifting and they waste their rich parents money for drugs, alcohol and make merry. When they run down two innocent people in a rash-driving accident, they must come up with big money to close the case. Going to their parents is not an option; hence one of them, Amy (played by Kalki Koechlin), an NRI with unresolved mommy issues, suggests that her friends fake her kidnapping so they can demand ransom from her dad. Obviously their plan goes caput very soon and this becomes a national issue for the news channels, and that's when the "shaitaan" inside each of them decides show its color.
Its made in a way that it seems like a dark movie but it has elements of drama, psychedelia, humor and violence. Each scene has so much directorial effort and each frame leaves so much impact, especially the ones where slow motion is used to draw parallels in the story. The movie questions our conscience at each level and each act. The background score and sound adds so much character to each frame and enhances the impact on the viewer by making it more dramatic.The use of "Khoya Khoya chand" as a narrative during parallel shooting/killing sequence is the highlight.
The central theme is that there is a "shaitan" of a different kind in each of the characters and Bejoy sticks to that. Rajeev Khandelwal shines in the movie with a stellar performance and makes even simple scenes look very convincing and engaging. The film loses steam towards the second half of the story but the technical flaboyance of the director keeps the movie afloat.
Only film after Dev D to have this much impact with its technical brilliance.
Rating: 8/10
