Suffers due to inconsistencies Cast: Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Vinay Pathak, Purab Kohli, Shubham Saraf, Lilette Dubey Rating: 2.0* Streamin...
Suffers due to inconsistencies
Cast: Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Vinay Pathak,
Purab Kohli, Shubham Saraf, Lilette Dubey
Rating: 2.0*
Streaming on: Jio Cinema
Director Shome Makhija picks up an
intriguing adaptation of the 2011 Korean film Blind which was directed by Ahn
Sang-hoon. But, somewhere down the line Makhija falters despite having some
thrilling moments. The film is again very convenient based. Can you imagine in
a place like Glasgow there are no CCTVs to nab a culprit. Murders and
kidnappings are happening but no CCTV? Plus, smartphones with the latest technology are not being used for tracking? Ridiculous! Plus the motive
for the kidnappings and murders are not explained at all. But yes, there are
some positives too - Vinay Pathak and Purab Kohli’s (chilling) performances are
definitely the high points in this thriller and the tense nail-biter climax.
Gia Singh (a convincing Sonam) is a cop in
Glasgow who becomes visually impaired due to an accident when she handcuffs her
surrogate brother Adrian (Danesh Rizvi in a cameo) after dragging him out of a
nightclub to prevent him from running away. Adrian dies and Gia loses her
eyesight. One day, when Gia is waiting for a cab to arrive, a mysterious driver (Purab Kohli) offers to drop her off and hands over a bottle of water. In the cab, she hears a knock from the trunk of the car. Gia escapes from
the taxi and the next day she learns about the mysterious disappearance of a
young girl. She approaches the cops who don’t take her seriously, but one of the
officers DI Prithvi Khanna (Vinay Pathak) realizes that she may have a point.
On the other hand, Nikhil (a confident Shubham Saraf) sees the poster of the
missing girl and informs Khanna that it was not a taxi but a car and he had
seen the girl being pushed inside the car. Thus follows a cat-and-mouse game
between the cops and the killer.
Lilette Dubey as Aunt Maria the caretaker
of the orphanage gives a dependable performance.
The film has its share of thrills, but the chilling cold-blooded performances make Blind a must-view.
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