Talvar (2015)

Powerful

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

I was bit unhappy as they couldn't find who is the exact murderer

I have read the Arushi murder case and heard about the 2 movies that came. This one and Rahasya. I had a chance to see Rahasya when it was aired on TV and I saw only 30 min of it. Later I couldn't and I made a mental note to see both these movies when I got a chance. I got the chance to watch Talvar last weekend when it came on TV and I saw it in one go.I read it here that this movie is like rashomon in terms of story telling.That made me watch it even more and boy I was tricked. I hate that line. I don't know if it was a publicity gimmick or cheap fact but Rashomon ???? If that is written by the movie team for publicity then its an insult to the cult rashomon.I don't have to tell the plot or the other relevant items as we all know about it, but I will tell why the movie sucked !!!Once again, as with lots or I would say most of the genres, Bollywod cannot make a genuine movie without adding the masala into it: We cant stick to the bare bones of a true incident and have to add cheap cliche's masala to sell itWhy was even Tabu in the movie with the divorce sub plot with irfan khan? Just to buy some time and increase the length and add a sense of personality to irfan's character. Well it sucked and just took the mind off from the already boring narrativeWhy did we had to bear songs ( in the BG ) but why?The aarushi murder case itself was pumped with emotions and suspense and drama, which handled well could have been thrill of a lifetime but no, Director needs to add all the jazz to spice it up and in the end it left a bland tasteThe screenplay and edit was illogical and vague for the most part if he was trying to create rashomon effect which by the way was not even miles nearIf you have seen rashomon, you can feel every word, scene and the way it seamlessly flows on the screen to capture the 3 perspectives of the same story and doesn't leave a gap or a moment for us to breathe outTalvar does exactly the opposite, its just 1 level up than Crime Patrol but Crime patrol on Sony is hell better in retaining suspense and making it enjoyable. Talvar was just a power-point presentation with some good actors and sub plots thrown in at randomVery disappointed, and considering the stars here on IMDb, I can feel how easy it is to get better ranking in Bollywood movies. It doesn't deserve more than 6 stars, but people in reviews are praising it like anything which is sad. I am sure most of them have not seen rashomon or other movies that create, maintain, thrill and evoke drama and emotions from the audiences when we have such a topic.Most of the scenes in the movies were dramatically enforced to the audience that "wanted" to show what is being done. and most of it was irritating as the cop who came to investigate for the first time. Deliberate attempt to show that the investigation was botched up and it looked naive. I have seen police investigation in India and I know they are not top quality but in this movie they wantedly made them look like jokers and it was irritating.Irfaan Khan was straight out from the Vodaphone Ad and just like in almost all movies, he had the same straight head expression.Its based on true events, so basically the makers had full option to make it RAW and Brutal as it was and ensure full grip over the presentation. But it wasn't, It had all good actors for sure but the presentation was too naive and amateurish. highly disappointing and the ending was too hurried and simple. We all know the ending but still it was far from perfection for an adaption. Need to wait for a few more decades to get a good True story movie to be made in Bollywood. Watch Crime Patrol instead, you wont be disappointing anyone !!

Here are the 10 flaws in Talvar Movie1. Narco analysis as on YouTube shows that Krishna says that He did not murder 2. Irfaan Khan thinks you need to be superman to move a fridge 3. No scene to show why mother left the key on Aarushis door 4. Irfaan Khan doesn't bother to check mobile tower data 5. Shows 2 plus 5 people in house. Even watchman enters but parents unaware due to AC. But they can hear the door bell from the maid !!6. Krishna rather drinks after murder and goes to Aarushis room again to slit her throat .. 7. Parents never seek revenge or justice or look for any reason or evidence for death of their only daughter8. Hemraj is allowed to entertain guests after 12 midnight and also he is allowed to steal liquor from owner !9. 5 doors open and close at least 2 times .. Main Door, Grill, Terrace door, Aarushi's door, Hemraj's door.. Mother dint hear.. Father also dint hear.. 10. Thick Khurki can make surgical precision cut on some important nerveConclusion - Parents may not have murdered.. but they know more

Well, I am at a loss for words. This is a comedy, and a tragedy. You'd laugh on how stupid things are, how stupid the people are, how stupid the media is. Wanna laugh more : this is real. And here is the punchline : We all know this, everyone who has exercised a little bit of his/her own judgement and not swayed by the media propaganda knows this. But none of that matters. And we kind of expect our country and country people to keep letting us down like this now. Nothing out of the expectations here. You see the tragedy if you ever think that we could have been better. Now, something about the movie. Beautifully made. Great storyline, the way it is shown. Great actings. Irfan and Konkana have been my favorites.