Another miss from one of the best directors of India
This has been Vishal Bharadwaj pattern if you see his works. I don't believe he intentionally makes a half hearted movie and this one seemed like a passion project and a new kind of work for him. But it just reeks of interference with producers or VB trying to be woke for the sake of it.
VB has been master at inserting social messages and cultural nuances in his films but this time it felt so forced. I was expecting a thriller like Raazi and to be honest first half kind of felt like slow burn Raazi with a lot of unnecessary plots inserted which I thought would have pay off in second half. But nope. Nothing. And whatever we got felt so unsatisfying. The writers are to be blamed of course for writing Tabu's character so boring and outdated. Ugh! Can we make a movie with spy who isn't brooding and has family issues? Raj & DK have already given us an interesting spy with family issues and no one can top that.
Tabu, poor woman can't catch a break. Last time VB's son Aasmaan betrayed her with his borefest Kuttey and this time VB himself thought he had great material but alas he didn't. She tries her best and to be honest the 6/10 is majorly for her and the other supporting cast. They all do their best except the foreigners. Every single white actor was EUGH!
Music was let down too. But atleast they tried. VFX was average at best. Please just use squibs and practical effects for blood and gore PLEASE!! Those CGI blood looked horrible in Kuttey and it looked worse in Khufiya. Production design was okay in some parts. Editing was let down and definitely not VB standards.
Can't wait for his next project. I hope he makes something that makes me say VB the maker of Maqbool, Omkara, Makdee, Kaminey, Haider is BACK!
VB has been master at inserting social messages and cultural nuances in his films but this time it felt so forced. I was expecting a thriller like Raazi and to be honest first half kind of felt like slow burn Raazi with a lot of unnecessary plots inserted which I thought would have pay off in second half. But nope. Nothing. And whatever we got felt so unsatisfying. The writers are to be blamed of course for writing Tabu's character so boring and outdated. Ugh! Can we make a movie with spy who isn't brooding and has family issues? Raj & DK have already given us an interesting spy with family issues and no one can top that.
Tabu, poor woman can't catch a break. Last time VB's son Aasmaan betrayed her with his borefest Kuttey and this time VB himself thought he had great material but alas he didn't. She tries her best and to be honest the 6/10 is majorly for her and the other supporting cast. They all do their best except the foreigners. Every single white actor was EUGH!
Music was let down too. But atleast they tried. VFX was average at best. Please just use squibs and practical effects for blood and gore PLEASE!! Those CGI blood looked horrible in Kuttey and it looked worse in Khufiya. Production design was okay in some parts. Editing was let down and definitely not VB standards.
Can't wait for his next project. I hope he makes something that makes me say VB the maker of Maqbool, Omkara, Makdee, Kaminey, Haider is BACK!
- matrixdukenukem
- Oct 29, 2023