Kahani 2 Review – Part 1 (For readers who have not seen the movie)

The movie starts with a very powerful walk-through into the life of any other single mother, working middle class Bengali woman. The first 30 minutes are so power packed, audience would definitely feel a chill with every twist. Vidya Balan, is awesome both in acting and dialogue delivery. The audience gets carried away with her at times. She has done the role so well that you would forget her gorgeous diva avtar. The carelessly unkempt hair, rough saree and dirty by lanes everything feels so real.

Movie is written extremely well. It has everything that a perfect suspense thriller normally offers. A strong character, good choice of twists and a big suspense reserved for the end. The final twist was, however, not as awesome as that of Kahani. But let us not tie the burden of outperforming a superhit movie Kahani on Kahani 2.

(image credits – Internet – Rediff.com)

One more good thing about this movie is that there are no un necessary songs, no dilli dallying on exotic locations. Even the limited romantic scenes are kept very simple and realistic.

The movie gives a solid message against domestic child abuse and how it may easily go un-noticed.

There are however a few short comings that I could find. There are a lot of, lot of coincidences. Almost all strong characters are somehow connected. Although even large number of coincidences could not remove the tinge of realism from this movie.

Few movie critics argued that story line was to some extent predictable, however I did not felt so. This was partly because I did not see the trailer which was allegedly too revealing.

I have refrained from giving away story line or suspense. I will write another section “For readers who have already seen the movie” for more detailing.

Technicals :

1. Editing – Superb work by Namrata Rao
2. Costume Design – Average – Nothing special – Opportunity lost in displaying the character of Vidya Balan.
3. Cinematography – Awesome
4. Direction – Fabulous

Who should go :

People who love non romantic, fast paced thrillers. The movie has some violent scenes also, viewer’s discretion is therefore advised.

Go watch this movie for the charm of Maninin Chadda and acting of Vidya Balan.

My Star Ratings : 3.5/5