Rog | Musical At Heart | The Critique

I just stumbled across the song, “Maine dil se kaha” on Youtube and few Google searches told me that it’s a Bhatt camp’s murder mystery movie starring Irrfan Kahn and I was…..”WOW !!”

 

The story starts with a super model (llene) being shot dead in her own house. Uday Rathod (Irrfan), an insomniac super cop comes to investigate the case. Is it just a coincidence or most cops are called Rathod in Hindi films (Sarfarosh, Insaan) ? Coming back to the plot, Uday falls in love with the dead girl after seeing her photograph!!  We have seen cops doing routine investigations in thrillers, but this one just stares at victim’s photo, gulps in liquor and makes crime scene his home. One day the girl resurfaces, is he hallucinating? is she back from dead ? if not she, then who was murdered ? who is the murderer ?

 

Sometimes, a good idea can get ruined by inept writing, the twist actually slows down the pace of movie. What could’ve been an edge-of-the-seat thriller loses focus and turns into a confusing love story. As the two-hour mark nears, debutant director Himanshu realizes that the movie should end and the climax is so abrupt, the audience can predict who the killer is.

 

The movie has been made with the idea of depicting how love can be a sickness and director has successfully shredded that motive. I am yet to see Irrfan do bad acting, he is the savior. Ilene is as beautiful as she is expressionless and fails to make an impact through this debut opportunity which you already know, as you have never heard her name before today. Stating supporting cast as horrible would be putting it mildly. The music is awesome and even as I am writing this review, the songs, “maine dil” and “khoobsurat hai who itna” are playing in loop on my laptop. I know songs can be avoided in thrillers but I being a fan will be little biased in this regard.

 

My take – 2/5 (including special points for music and Irrfan)

 

Written By: Neha Jain