It would seem that my opinion of the movie is drastically different from those of the other viewers :-) Having said that, I will try to be balanced and not let the fact that I spent a 1000 bucks for this movie, influence me!
The movie starts with a bang, literally - as we see what appears to be a suicide bid by Priyanka Chopra's character Susanna. It then moves into flashback mode - Susanna is a supposedly psychologically affected person who is unable to find happiness with any of her six husbands. Rather than do the easy thing and divorce them, she chooses to kill them by various inventive means. This is the plot - paper thin to the point of non-existence.
The movie is a series of segments - each segment dealing with one husband. Each segment has a fixed storyline (almost like the director - was it REALLY vishal bhardwaj who gave us omkara and kaminey - had an excel spreadsheet with the mandated items needed per segment. Items are as follows:
1. Husband intro shot
2. Susanna eye-fluttering shot
3. Wedding ceremony
4. "Hot" sex scene, or a "daring" kissing scene.
5. Bad side of husband being brought to light.
6. Sidekicks and Susanna look menacingly at husband.
7. Husband dead.
8. Funeral.
9. Repeat steps 1-8 until audience is asleep.
Now for the good parts.
1. Neil Nitin Mukesh is awesome as the menacing brutish officer Edwin Rodrigues (aka husband #1). His baby face is able to display negative emotions to great effect. The fight scene between him and the goonga uncle is also fantastic. A great actor, sadly under-used in this movie. After his character dies, the entire movie went downhill for me - primarily because none of the other husbands even matched up to him.
2. The songs are gorgeous. "Oh mama" and "darrrrling" are just too amazing. Gulzar sir - you are the light among shadows.
3. The style of the movie - fabulous. Each segment has its own style, setting, fashions, and attitude. If the director had paid the same amount of attention to the storyline and the talent, this would have been a great movie - there was definitely potential here for a black comedy.
Speaking of black comedy, Kaminey was a much better example of the genre. In 7 khoon maaf, the genre is reduced to a bowlegged jockey cavorting in the dark. Not done Vishal sir, just not done.
The movie starts with a bang, literally - as we see what appears to be a suicide bid by Priyanka Chopra's character Susanna. It then moves into flashback mode - Susanna is a supposedly psychologically affected person who is unable to find happiness with any of her six husbands. Rather than do the easy thing and divorce them, she chooses to kill them by various inventive means. This is the plot - paper thin to the point of non-existence.
The movie is a series of segments - each segment dealing with one husband. Each segment has a fixed storyline (almost like the director - was it REALLY vishal bhardwaj who gave us omkara and kaminey - had an excel spreadsheet with the mandated items needed per segment. Items are as follows:
1. Husband intro shot
2. Susanna eye-fluttering shot
3. Wedding ceremony
4. "Hot" sex scene, or a "daring" kissing scene.
5. Bad side of husband being brought to light.
6. Sidekicks and Susanna look menacingly at husband.
7. Husband dead.
8. Funeral.
9. Repeat steps 1-8 until audience is asleep.
Now for the good parts.
1. Neil Nitin Mukesh is awesome as the menacing brutish officer Edwin Rodrigues (aka husband #1). His baby face is able to display negative emotions to great effect. The fight scene between him and the goonga uncle is also fantastic. A great actor, sadly under-used in this movie. After his character dies, the entire movie went downhill for me - primarily because none of the other husbands even matched up to him.
2. The songs are gorgeous. "Oh mama" and "darrrrling" are just too amazing. Gulzar sir - you are the light among shadows.
3. The style of the movie - fabulous. Each segment has its own style, setting, fashions, and attitude. If the director had paid the same amount of attention to the storyline and the talent, this would have been a great movie - there was definitely potential here for a black comedy.
Speaking of black comedy, Kaminey was a much better example of the genre. In 7 khoon maaf, the genre is reduced to a bowlegged jockey cavorting in the dark. Not done Vishal sir, just not done.