Bollywood has been experimenting with movies, scripts, characters and actors for quite some time. For avid cine goers, this is another experiment from the director of dark comedies Vishal Bharadwaj.
The movie “Saat Khoon Maaf”, is based on a short story by Ruskin Bond titled “Susanna and her seven husbands”. Susanna is played by his muse Priyanka Chopra.
Susanna Marie Jones doesn’t really want anything in life, except a man who really loves her. And to add to her troubles, she loves to marry good looking men.
But none of these men actually give her what she wants. Every time, she gets hitched to the wrong husband. Her husbands include men who love two timing her, beating her, junkies, murderers, sadists and of course sex-hungry beasts.
So, most women would be able to empathize with this murderous who is simply trying to correct her mistakes every time.
The director takes us through a mind-boggling journey which allows us to experience Susanna’s turmoil and grief as she keeps trying to give a second chance to love right from the age 20 to 65.
She is hopeful that she will finally find someone who will love her, but she ends up being disappointed all the time and eventually ends the guy’s life in a number of innovative ways!
The story is narrated by Arun Kumar played by Vivaan Shah, who loves Susanna. Besides Arun, Susanna has a bevy of servants who help her to plot all these murders including a butler and Maggie Aunty.
Her husbands are played by seasoned actors like Naseeruddin Shah, his son Vivaan Shah, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irfan Khan, John Abraham, Annu Kapoor and Aleksandr Dyachenko. All the actors are great in their parts, but Vivaan Shah is particularly good. The music is quite apt and the movie delivers on its promises.
