Andhadhun

A Benchmark thriller

For some reason, the motives of most crime movies especially in India is retribution. And invariably, retribution dished out as a back story always brings down the pleasure of viewing, steals the excitement and manages to plunge us into a certain degree of gloom. Andhadhun departs from this norm. 

For some strange reason I was kept reminded of Jaane bhi Do Yaaron. Sriram Raghavan, may probably have used the movie as an excuse to just laugh at ourselves, self effacing humour at its best. The sarcasm is underplayed, but wit reigns supreme, again removing a certain darkness associated with the story.

Jaane Bhi Do yaron, observed that malignancy had set into the system in the mid 80s. May be Andha Dhun, confirms that the metastasis has set in completely now. There is no apology about us having become, what we are. A valueless world is a perfectly malleable platform for characters to act as is their wont. In a zany world, Crime is around the corner, just waiting to happen.

The tension is there, the suspense is there and every twist and turn is laced with quotient of laughs. Wickedly clever.

Well I did not mind a certain goodness associated with the protagonist and the poetic justice that prevailed, but I would have preferred the anger and resentment in the last frame could have been substituted by a sequence that represented the spirit of the movie..

I expect the spirit of this benchmark thriller to be emulated by other fellow countrymen.

Let the levity set in.