{"id":2477,"date":"2011-08-14T20:41:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T00:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2023-01-24T02:27:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T07:27:30","slug":"movie-review-7-khoon-maaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/film\/2011\/08\/movie-review-7-khoon-maaf.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review : 7 Khoon Maaf"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"Rating : 2\/5
\nGenre<\/a> : Drama
\nYear<\/a> : 2011
\nRunning time : 2 hours 10 minutes
\nDirector : Vishal Bharadwaj
\nCast : Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, John Abraham, Annu Kapoor, Irfan Khan, Usha Uthup
\nKid rating<\/a> : PG-15<\/strong><\/p>\n

7 KHOON MAAF<\/a> : NO FORGIVENESS FOR THIS PECULIAR FILM !<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Although Vishal Bharadwaj is a certified genius when it comes to making films, I\u2019ve got to say that Saat Khoon Maaf was a peculiar film. It weirded me out, and not in an interesting way.<\/p>\n

As the title says, it\u2019s about 7 murders, all by one person. The person in question is mild-looking and very pretty Susanna, the product of an Anglo-Indian household, in what I gathered was some Goa-like town. Susanna is searching for true love, and she finds it 7 times. Unfortunately, familiarity breeds contempt, and none of the husbands can live upto their initial promise(s). Susanna of course dispatches them to the other world once she is done with each of them.<\/p>\n

The film is Susanna\u2019s \u2013 it\u2019s her life and her problems. The men just flit in and out. Susanna lives on unperturbed, surrounded by her helpful and fawning, aged servants. For them \u201cSaheb\u201d, as she is fondly called, can do no wrong. And even though she\u2019s a murderess, and mentally unhinged, even if not palpably so, you don\u2019t think of her as an evil, feral force \u2013 she\u2019s just Susanna. A bad situation, a bad egg \u2013 what to do ? Susanna had no choice \u2013 poor thing.<\/p>\n

The seven husbands are quite different from each other. From the almost-Anglo army officer Major Rodrigues(Neil Nitin Mukesh) to the rock singer Jamshed Singh Rathod (John Abraham) to the Kashmiri shairi-spouting poet (Irfan Khan) Susanna can certainly pick them. There is also the Russian diplomat, the salivating police-walla Keemat (Annu Kapoor), the naturopathy doctor Modhusudan Tarafdar (Naseeruddin Shah<\/a>) who fall for Susanna. All have different professions, native tongues and cultures, but Susanna is supple like quick-silver; she changes herself to suit them. Until she can change no more.<\/p>\n

Acting wise, all seven were well-portrayed, and Priyanka is nutty Susanna all the way. I was quite surprised to see singer Usha Uthup do a remarkable job as Susanna\u2019s mother-like, portly maid. And author Ruskin Bond, who\u2019s story this film is based upon appears in a cameo as the priest.<\/p>\n

The mood of the film is macabre. It is populated by weird looking characters, which gives the film a surreal feel. It\u2019s all rather black and white; there are very few shades of grey. The characters are all, each in their own way, eccentric and abnormal, in not being able to find a balance as regular folk would do. Eccentricity is doable but in small doses. Large helpings like this push the film over the edge.<\/p>\n

The film might have a unique angle to it, but it\u2019s not very interesting. Why is Susanna worth watching ? What makes this film worth watching ? I did not care too much about Susanna or her seven husbands. If there was pathos in Susanna\u2019s search for true love (and I thought that was what Bharadwaj was going for), I did not see it. If we were meant to nod our heads in silent sympathy to one poor soul (and so what if she\u2019s nuts ?) looking for happiness, I\u2019m not sure I got the memo. And the number game \u2013 whew ! Seven really ? After a while it grew dreary, and you were waiting for the seven husbands to show up (3 down, 4 to go . . .) so you could finish the movie and be done with it \u2013 reminded me of \u201cWhat\u2019s your Rashee ?\u201d<\/a>. Plus the film has a really wimpy ending.<\/p>\n

This is an agonizing film, with a weak plotline and unredeemable characters \u2013 you cannot root for them; you can barely watch them. The ending is a cop-out ; I haven\u2019t read the original story, but if it worked in prose, it definitely does not work on film. The music is slow and lilting in keeping with the mood of the film \u2013 Bekaraan is the only number I actually liked.\u00a0 Priyanka for all for her star power, and the other worthy veteran actors, cannot float this sinking boat. Avoid this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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