Inspector Surjan Singh Shekhawat(Aamir) is assigned to investigate if this was a freak accident or does it reek of foul play, purely because it mirror reflects two previous accidents which inexplicably took place at the same spot. With speed, intoxication, technical failures ruled out, what could have caused the drive home to turn into a funeral?
In the course of his investigation Surjan meets a sex worker Rosie who lures him deeper into the mystery of the dead body unfolding various incidents connected to the crime. Surjan Shekhawat’s tormented past makes him an intense loner and he finds solace from his failing marriage and the darkness within him in Rosie’s shadowy but mystical presence.
The story and direction is mind engaging in parts, especially pre interval. However the latter half gets caught up in being descriptive and unnecessarily over dramatic.
Zoya and Katgi have used their creative license card a little too many times during their narration.
M Night Shyamalan, in Sixth Sense very intelligently and realistically, without drawing attention to Bruce Will’s character, had managed to weave a story around him and make him believable. Zoya/ Katgi are clearly torn between narrating a story and adding masala to appease the Bollywood palette. If Kareena’s soul is trapped in the in-between space waiting for vengeance, then adding emotions like spunk, sensuousness and romance purely to build drama between Surjan and Rosie is nothing but misleading.
The cinematography of the opening sequences along with the title track ‘Muskaan jhooti hai’ establishes a sense of solitude even amongst the glitz and glamour of the ostracized world. Unfortunately the rest of the film is devoid of any further visual stimulation. The scene where various if’s and maybe’s play out in Surjan’s head as a possibility of having averted a life changing disaster, is interestingly played out.
Ram Sampath’s audio score is relieving on the senses .‘Jiya lage na’ and ‘Je le zara’ are my personal fav’s.
What starts off as a promise of being a gripping thriller ends up only in as a Talaash for one.
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