When the promos of this movie first came out, I knew that I’d like to watch the movie. In order to avoid an anti-climax, I started telling myself that perhaps this movie wouldn’t be as good as the promos made it out to be. When I later saw why the movie is titled “Talaash: The Answer Lies Within”, I got to know that there was another movie by the same name – “Talaash: The Hunt Begins”.
The surprising bit – Kareena Kapoor has starred in both movies.
I watched the 2012 movie on the last day of November 2012 in the theatre and liked it. I watched it in bits and pieces when it was telecast on one of the TV channels in April this year, and liked it even more. Surprising, I know.
The inspiration from The Sixth Sense is hard to ignore (I had earlier mentioned this movie here), and if you are like me, you’d spend some time during the interval in order to figure out the twist and lo behold, it is clear. Kareena’s clothes told me that something was wrong. She was too well-dressed when compared to the average Hindi movie prostitute, and that set me thinking. I then waited to see how the twist would unravel itself on screen, and was quite happy with the treatment.
As the opening credits roll, this song plays. It sets the mood very well.
The movie starts with the death of the actor Armaan Kapoor (Vivan Bhatena) in a mysterious car accident. Aamir Khan’s character Surjan “Suri” Singh Shekhawat investigates the accident and speaks to the two junkies (?). He almost speaks to the dog who witnessed the accident as well.
Suri is married to Roshni (Rani Mukerji). They have lost their only child in an accident. This has left Suri feeling perennially guilty for not being able to protect his son, and he withdraws from his wife. He also becomes an insomniac. Suri then meets Rosie, the prostitute played by Kareena Kapoor. She aids him in his investigation. He also finds himself being able to share his thoughts with her, and he often seeks her. Rosie leads him to Temur, a lame pimp played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
The name Temur is a delightful reference to Timur Lang. Temur’s love story is told really well. He is love with an older prostitute, and their anguish is best depicted in the scene towards the end of the movie when she opens a bag in the train. She finds several bundles of currency notes – the pimp has bought her freedom. He loses his life in the process.
When Rosie mentions to Suri that nobody wanted to investigate into how a girl disappeared into thin air, it made me wonder. How exactly are death certificates issued in India?
Roshni is left upset dealing with her withdrawn husband and the loss of her child. He has refused to have another child, and she finds her offbeat methods of finding solace being torn apart by him. Finally, when they fight in front of his subordinate (played by Raj Kumar Yadav), she asks her husband as to whether she ever questions him on his nocturnal jaunts. She understands that he derives happiness from whatever he does, then why mustn’t she indulge in what gives her peace and happiness?
Peace. Happiness. Both are much abused words these days.
Suri and Roshni reunite at the end of the movie. Watch them when they live in their past. As for the handlebar moustache, the sight made me relive my past.
The surprising bit – Kareena Kapoor has starred in both movies.
I watched the 2012 movie on the last day of November 2012 in the theatre and liked it. I watched it in bits and pieces when it was telecast on one of the TV channels in April this year, and liked it even more. Surprising, I know.
The inspiration from The Sixth Sense is hard to ignore (I had earlier mentioned this movie here), and if you are like me, you’d spend some time during the interval in order to figure out the twist and lo behold, it is clear. Kareena’s clothes told me that something was wrong. She was too well-dressed when compared to the average Hindi movie prostitute, and that set me thinking. I then waited to see how the twist would unravel itself on screen, and was quite happy with the treatment.
As the opening credits roll, this song plays. It sets the mood very well.
The movie starts with the death of the actor Armaan Kapoor (Vivan Bhatena) in a mysterious car accident. Aamir Khan’s character Surjan “Suri” Singh Shekhawat investigates the accident and speaks to the two junkies (?). He almost speaks to the dog who witnessed the accident as well.
Suri is married to Roshni (Rani Mukerji). They have lost their only child in an accident. This has left Suri feeling perennially guilty for not being able to protect his son, and he withdraws from his wife. He also becomes an insomniac. Suri then meets Rosie, the prostitute played by Kareena Kapoor. She aids him in his investigation. He also finds himself being able to share his thoughts with her, and he often seeks her. Rosie leads him to Temur, a lame pimp played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
The name Temur is a delightful reference to Timur Lang. Temur’s love story is told really well. He is love with an older prostitute, and their anguish is best depicted in the scene towards the end of the movie when she opens a bag in the train. She finds several bundles of currency notes – the pimp has bought her freedom. He loses his life in the process.
When Rosie mentions to Suri that nobody wanted to investigate into how a girl disappeared into thin air, it made me wonder. How exactly are death certificates issued in India?
Roshni is left upset dealing with her withdrawn husband and the loss of her child. He has refused to have another child, and she finds her offbeat methods of finding solace being torn apart by him. Finally, when they fight in front of his subordinate (played by Raj Kumar Yadav), she asks her husband as to whether she ever questions him on his nocturnal jaunts. She understands that he derives happiness from whatever he does, then why mustn’t she indulge in what gives her peace and happiness?
Peace. Happiness. Both are much abused words these days.
Suri and Roshni reunite at the end of the movie. Watch them when they live in their past. As for the handlebar moustache, the sight made me relive my past.
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