Maharathi
Maharathi is a songless murder mystery, or rather a suicide mystery. There is no suspense here as to who has committed the murder, as there isnt any. The drama is about how a suicide is made to look like a murder.
The strength of the movie is the water tight script (most probably lifted from a James Hadley Chase novel) and superb performances by the maharathis of Bollywood.
Paresh Rawal has the biggest role, and he is made to look younger and given a lot more physicality.
Naserruddin Shah and Om Puri have cameos. Boman Irani is excellent. Neha Dhupia is adeqyate.
The short movie length ( 2 hours) works in its favour, you hardly ever get bored.
Rating : 3.5/5
P.S. There were exactly 14 people in the theater ( I counted). I hope this movie does well with word of mouth publicity. Heres a start !!!
Indeed a decent watch!
Screenplay and performances are the biggest strengths. But for sure the director could have used the cast better! Also it becomes kinda predictable…
Still worth a watch…..
Rating - 3/5
The star-cast is impressive, but I feel the story would have had a greater impact on stage rather than on screen. Paresh Rawal hamming his way through the movie is another turn-off.
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This post was written by Hindi Songs on December 17, 2008