Vishal Bhardwaj is brave, and lucky too. Brave - because he always takes the road less traveled. He never makes run-of-a-mill Bollywood stuff. Lucky - because most of his recent movies have done well at the box office too, thus raising expectation from him by the classes and the masses alike.
But bravado doesn't make you impeccable. Similar thing happened with Sanjay L. Bhansali with Saawariya. With 7KM Vishal flounders, though not as bad as SLB. 7KM has an interesting beginning with nice build up through the first couple of murders. But then, the plot looses its sheen. The characters and the murders go unexplained leaving the story limping with not much excitement to look forward too. The pace is too slow to keep you gripped.
Positives - the performances (in that order) by PC, Annu Kapoor, Neil Nitin, Irrfan, John. Naseer goes underutilized. Special praise for Vivaan on his nice debut. Dialogs, music, and art direction are some more positives of 7KM.
Negatives - lots of them. Pace, screenplay, unexplained entry and exit of characters in the plot, and most of all, the disastrous lack-lusture climax. A Good ending could have otherwise saved the movie.
Watch it if you are a fan of 'different genre' in Bollywood or PC. Avoid if you are looking for wholesome entertainment.
But bravado doesn't make you impeccable. Similar thing happened with Sanjay L. Bhansali with Saawariya. With 7KM Vishal flounders, though not as bad as SLB. 7KM has an interesting beginning with nice build up through the first couple of murders. But then, the plot looses its sheen. The characters and the murders go unexplained leaving the story limping with not much excitement to look forward too. The pace is too slow to keep you gripped.
Positives - the performances (in that order) by PC, Annu Kapoor, Neil Nitin, Irrfan, John. Naseer goes underutilized. Special praise for Vivaan on his nice debut. Dialogs, music, and art direction are some more positives of 7KM.
Negatives - lots of them. Pace, screenplay, unexplained entry and exit of characters in the plot, and most of all, the disastrous lack-lusture climax. A Good ending could have otherwise saved the movie.
Watch it if you are a fan of 'different genre' in Bollywood or PC. Avoid if you are looking for wholesome entertainment.