Kahaani: Vidya Balan rocks!!

....Continuing from my previous movie review of Agneepath, next movie I saw was Kahaani.

Kahaani:
If Agneepath was an entertainer, Kahaani was a thriller with brilliant performances by Vidya Balan and Parambrata Chatterjee!!

Vidya Balan plays the role of Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman who have come from London all alone in search of her missing husband in the city of Kolkatta.  She finds herself lost when every door closes that can lead to the finding of her husband, but she is determined and motivated to get to the bottom of the truth to get answers for her unborn child.  Vidya Balan's performance is so convincing and brilliant that she has kept the audience believing in her till the climax when she actually reveals herself to be someone on a revenge rampage!!  She is strong and she is the Hero of the movie! Her performance is so real that you can not find any flaws or anything fake!! I can go on and on about her performance which will sum up to only one thing: Vidya Balan Rocks!! :)

Now, every movie who has a great performer like Vidya Balan also has a great supporter to carry the movie forward!!! That supporter is played by Parambrata Chatterjee who essays the role of Rana (also, Satyaki).  Rana happens to be a junior police officer who tries to help Vidya Bagchi find her husband and in the process develops a soft corner for her.  His affection towards her makes him help her all the way till the end.  He breaks every rule and takes any risk with her to help her find her husband whether it's breaking into an old corporate office or someone's locked house, and even letting Vidya hack into one of the higher cooperative's computers....he is there!!  He even risks his life to save her from any trouble like a good cop (well that's what we think, but he like her).  Parambrata's performance is just as brilliant as Vidya's and very commendable because Kahaani wouldn't have shaped up the way it did if he wasn't in the picture.  I hope we see him more in future Bollywood Cinema.

Well, talking about the two main protagonists, I completely got sidetracked about the movie.  This movie is brilliant, a total thriller which keeps the audiences glued to their seats and has a twist and turns from scene to scene.  It was so refreshing to see such a good movie after a long time of this genre.  The beauty of this movie is that it gets you so involved in the story that you can't wait to know what happens next.....all the way to the climax when they surprise you with Vidya's character.  Another angle of this movie is how they have portrayed the city of Kolkatta, in such a festive manner, right around the time of Durga Puja.  What a great way to show the limelight of city in a festive mood alongside a completely unknown thriller in the story!!  I haven't really heard the songs of this movie, except one, so can't give you any insight on that.  The only song I have heard from this movie is "Ekla cholo re" sung by our own Amitabh Bacchan!  Boy, he can sing!! It's such a soft-soothing song and Big B gives a special touch to this song.  For some reason, it feels like the song was written to be sung by him.  Definitely listen to it!

I read somewhere before seeing the movie that the story was penned by Sujoy Ghosh, and Advaita Kala.  I was really happy to see Advaita Kala's name because the first book I ever read was by her, Almost Single, and I really enjoyed that book.  It was such a fun book and I completed reading that book within a week which is completely unexpected of me because I am not into reading at all :P.  I was surprised myself but the book was so engaging and funny that it kept me going!!  Without a doubt, Kahaani is a Must Watch!! One of the best movies so far....Go Watch It!!

.....Next up is the review of Agent Vinod (I guess I saved the best for last! Hahaha)