First time Director
Vishesh Bhatt is believed to have
said that their films are "succeeding backwards". True,
the quality is depleting but this hasn't really affected their business. So, is
this movie a game changer for Bhatt camp
or not?
An official re-make
of the 2011 Spanish film "La cara oculta", the film is
about a successful model photographer
Vikram (Randeep Hooda) who finds his
girlfriend Roshni (Aditi Rao Hydari) suddenly
gone missing and the events that follow thereafter. One drunken night in a bar gets Vikram
close to a hostess Nisha (Sara Loren) who soon start a romance. But Vikram's
house seems to have some dark secrets.
The dullest part in the movie is the first
half, which seems like a series of songs
with a bit of story thrown in and is exceptionally
boring. At first we are told how Vikram
met Roshni in Cape town, and then dealing with his romance with Nisha. The hero is shown to be living alone in a palatial home on the outskirts of
Mumbai. Wondering how on earth did he manage to commute everyday in a self-driven car! Phew!
And if you can
manage to sit through this for an hour, then comes the surprise! The whole story goes into a different tangent from there on. Although a bit contrived, you soon accept it and
flow along with the story. As with any suspense film, you are better off not knowing it till you
actually see it. Then, the problem is that, by the time the film starts to get
better, it may have alas, lost its
audience already.
Randeep Hooda, who looks more a goon than an actor makes
a sincere attempt to act, in a role
where he is brooding and mysterious. The girls on the other hand outshine him. Sara Loren, who earlier made a debut as
Mona Lisa in 'Kajraa Re' with Himesh
Reshammiya is here with a changed name.
And there's Aditi Rao Hydari playing
the kind hearted girl who leaves
everything behind to travel with her lover to India.
The biggest blunder is that the set hardly looks realistic. The home, which
we are made to believe that it is from the pre-independence
era doesn't remotely look like one. It is difficult to describe the lacunae further without discussing the suspense. Hence, leaving it at this so
that you can figure it out. But for
their own good the Bhatts need to pull
up thier socks rather than stay in the 'succeeding backwards' comfort zone.
Given the kind of
movie that 'Murder 3' is, it is an outright verdict is difficult. If you
are looking for Emraan Hashmi style sleaze
and songs a la Bhatt camp style, this movie doesn't have those. If are
looking for edge-of-the-seat thrills
throughout, then look elsewhere.
Instead, if you are willing to sit through and daydream till interval time, your immense patience would be
rewarded with a watchable suspense.
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