The movie is made with much love and passion but it may fall flat with some viewers, a bit like me. I kept wondering what was missing.
The story of a woman,marrying the wrong man every time, almost 7 times. She slowly turns into a killer, little by little Susanna changes from an innocent beauty looking for love to a protagonist killing for love-lessness. Her soft exterior hardens with every marriage, her belief in love, life and God takes a beating each time a man strikes a blow, betrays her trust. She lives on.
Her admirer Arun (Vivaan) spins the tale of this intriguing lady, who he was in awe as a kid and charmed in his youth to a woman he feared as an adult. Every man she falls in love with, ends up being overwhelmed with her charm, her coy, her independence. Their manhood feels challenged in her presence. They want to take over her spirit guess, by first marrying her, then humiliating her, cheating on her, abusing her, lying to her, lusting for her. But she destroys them all. Against all sins committed against her, she passes the judgement of death.
I love to watch Vishal Bharadwaj's movies. They are so intense in drama and style. Just one critical comment and why I cannot forgive him this time. In his need for commercial success, he uses a cast of stars like Priyanka Chopra, Neel Nitin Mukesh and John Abraham in the first half of the movie, who drags the movie down with their shallow performance against a superb second half with impressive performance by Anu Kapoor, Irfan Khan and Nassiruddin Shah. A talent like Konkona Sen was utterly not used. VB's earlier works like Omkara was the same, but thanks to Saif and Konkona's extensive screen presence, low grade performance of Kareena and Bipasa was less obvious. Maqbool would be closer to my heart from that perspective. I definitely missed someone like Tabu in this film. I am sure if she played Susanna, the movie would have left a lasting impression.
7 Khoon Maaf, a movie, is like a bottle of wine you will pick from a wine list, you taste and find it ok, and after emptying the bottle, you wish that the taste was little more fuller, it was bit more smooth and it wouldn't leave a tinge of hangover. I am sure the only cure for this slight hangover is the lovely lyrics by Gulzar and the music spun around them.
The story of a woman,marrying the wrong man every time, almost 7 times. She slowly turns into a killer, little by little Susanna changes from an innocent beauty looking for love to a protagonist killing for love-lessness. Her soft exterior hardens with every marriage, her belief in love, life and God takes a beating each time a man strikes a blow, betrays her trust. She lives on.
Her admirer Arun (Vivaan) spins the tale of this intriguing lady, who he was in awe as a kid and charmed in his youth to a woman he feared as an adult. Every man she falls in love with, ends up being overwhelmed with her charm, her coy, her independence. Their manhood feels challenged in her presence. They want to take over her spirit guess, by first marrying her, then humiliating her, cheating on her, abusing her, lying to her, lusting for her. But she destroys them all. Against all sins committed against her, she passes the judgement of death.
I love to watch Vishal Bharadwaj's movies. They are so intense in drama and style. Just one critical comment and why I cannot forgive him this time. In his need for commercial success, he uses a cast of stars like Priyanka Chopra, Neel Nitin Mukesh and John Abraham in the first half of the movie, who drags the movie down with their shallow performance against a superb second half with impressive performance by Anu Kapoor, Irfan Khan and Nassiruddin Shah. A talent like Konkona Sen was utterly not used. VB's earlier works like Omkara was the same, but thanks to Saif and Konkona's extensive screen presence, low grade performance of Kareena and Bipasa was less obvious. Maqbool would be closer to my heart from that perspective. I definitely missed someone like Tabu in this film. I am sure if she played Susanna, the movie would have left a lasting impression.
7 Khoon Maaf, a movie, is like a bottle of wine you will pick from a wine list, you taste and find it ok, and after emptying the bottle, you wish that the taste was little more fuller, it was bit more smooth and it wouldn't leave a tinge of hangover. I am sure the only cure for this slight hangover is the lovely lyrics by Gulzar and the music spun around them.
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