Lord Curzon Ki Haveli

Nowadays I mostly tend to go into movies blind (watch no trailers, read no reviews), so that's what I did with this one. This is a film that will keep you guessing about what it's going to turn into. I wouldn't have thought that a film that started off as calmly as it did would have such an unexpected climax!

The highlight for me here was the acting by Made in Heaven's Arjun Mathur - he was SO good in this! The other actors were pretty good too, but Arjun took the cake - or should I say, the pizza... 😋

I liked the movie quite a lot, but I felt that one plot point that occurs somewhere in the middle of the movie felt a bit amiss to me - it seemed out of character for that character, and I couldn't understand why the other 2-3 characters weren't reacting enough to it vs to what people would've in reality, if faced with such a situation. And then that event escalates into a whole other thing which made me feel that this whole sequence (from the out of character moment to the escalation) simply felt written in for extra drama or suspense.

Other than that, I had no complaints. There are some lovely shots of the surrounding English countryside which I loved. Also, stick around for the full credits to watch the security camera perspective of how all the events transpired before and during what you witness in the film's runtime.

The plot is quite engaging & keeps you at the edge of your seat due to unexpected twists and turns. Splendid performances by Arjun Mathur, Rasika Dugal, Paresh Pahuja, Zoha Rahman & Tanmay Dhanania.

The backdrop of England is pleasant to look at. The dynamic between Rasika's character & her husband's character is interesting to say the least. Every character's comic timing lands exactly right!

Love how the topic of integration is explored. As someone who has lived in the West for a while, I completely understand how people of colour are not accepted as one of their own by white people inspite of making attempts at integration & even having citizenship!

Overall, kudos to the director Anshuman Jha!