Kahaani Review

Vidya Balan is on the prowl. When her contemporaries went about looking at the glamour quotients to project their place, she chose roles. Resultantly she is the unquestioned talent of our cinema. Soon after playing the seductress and even as she is busy winning accolades and awards, she comes up with yet another amazing performance- restraint filled and literally takes you through Kolkata for two hours. The experience of this thriller is one you have not had for years on end now.
Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) arrives in Kolkata in search of her lost husband Arnab. He had been hear a couple of months ago and has suddenly stopped getting in touch with her. Straight from the airport she arrives at the airport and finds a police force, part willing part cynical to help trace her lost husband.
Satyoki Sinha (Parambrata Chatopadya) is the local Inspector who is willing to help and helps Vidya find her moorings and later go about searching for her husband in a Kolkata that is vibrant and wonderful. In fact the two stars of the film are: Vidya and Kolkata. The search is on and strewn in the city are clues of another plan that has its own goals. For the prologue you have a terrorist attack with some mice filled experiment and left to connect much later.
To tell the story line is to deprive one of the pleasure of watching with engrossed interest a tale told with the right speed and correct punch. Rarely has our cinema handled a thriller with such approach, leave alone success. Sujoy Gosh (Director) is in complete command of the situation and ensures that what ever flirtations the script makes out side the story line, it is strictly only to move the story line further ahead.
Vidya as she goes in search of her husband in Kolkata is fortunately saved of the many clichés and pitfalls that a film maker is tempted to linger on with. IN fact Vidya’s face scripts fear, search ,dilemma and pierces through the festival readying Kolkata to pattern a s style that is unique and blissfully keeps the viewer away from the predictable. The cast and crew double up with great sincerity and give narration cameos worth the recall.
Often thrillers and whodunits are not expected to have re run value but you would be attracted to watch this film again. It is not often that a film goers gets opportunity in two weeks to view two winner films. First Paan Singh Tomar and now Kahaani make loud statements that our cinema is worth its space, and expanse is engrossing.
Does Vidya find her husband? What happened to him? Has been a victim of the terrorist attack? Will the pregnant Vidya find the child’s dad? What further tribulations and turmoil lie ahead? The script weaves an constantly engrossing tale and lifts your expectations. Is the solution lurking round the street corner, or is it another danger? Above all after a pate of Mumbai dekho films, here comes vibrant loud, moving Kolkata.
Don’t miss the movie for anything. Watch it , for you have not something of this level for a long time in this part . If you are not a Vidya Balan fan watch this and get converted. In case you are, if you miss this outing you will legitimately kick your self for it.
Kahaani is also about the craft of story telling. The camera, the script, the stars and the actors- all in unison. This Kahaani is not just a watch it is not to be missed.

L. Ravichander.