Talvar Trailer Review

I am a little late in reviewing the trailer of this movie, but I just could not leave it. 

The most intelligent thing about the movie is the title, ‘Talvar’ – it connotes the surname of Arushi (God bless her soul), on whose murder the entire story is based and as seen in the trailer, it related to the sword which indicates punishment. All those who have been following the story would know that anyone (guilty or not) related to the story has already faced the brunt of the sword through the public and media trials that have happened.

Leaving the reality away, Vishal Bhardwaj has always played with dark topics and this time it is couples with Meghna Gulzar, who knows that art of handling controversial stories with maturity. They both have one common thread – Gulzar’s blessing and this combination has the capability to produce brilliance. Now coming to the trailer, the story build up has been done beautifully starting with the crux of the story – Shruti’s murder. The opening scene tears you apart showing the plight of the parents whose daughter has died, against the hard reality.

 The movie navigation that follows with the police investigation, corners you to believe the story that parents have a hand in it and that they are hiding something. Then comes Irrfan Khan who tosses the other angle challenging the theories so far. If someone had not caught the twist, the change is also summarized in the trailer itself. In fact the movie makers have chosen the background score to subtly depict what their view is. In the initial phase when the police is investigating, the music depicts thrill, tension, mystery, whereas post Irrfan Khan the music suddenly changes to melody depicting justice, then when Irrfan Khan is challenged the music again changes to depict struggle and at the end it moves to a subtle self-believing song ‘Insaaf’ that coupled with the dialogues shows that Irrfan Khan is fighting for the right cause and may be able to get justice. In fact the last song reminded me of the song ‘Dua’ from No One Killed Jessica.

What overall this trailer depicts is what the movie will also have to offer - there will be different perspectives put out and from the trailer it looks like the movie is expected to bend towards the parents perspective. What has been really done well in the trailer is that they have stuck to the real events (at least that is what it looks like), and that they have not unnecessarily sensationalized it. This could be one of the best thrillers seen lately after Kahaani. Vishal Bhardwaj knows the art of writing good movies and even in this case the screenplay appears to be thought through and well written, and the dialogues will definitely become a vogue.

Meghna Gulzar and Honey Trehan have done a brilliant job with casting of the ensemble, especially the protagonists – Irrfan is his powerful self - fighting for justice, Konkana does not even have to speak to express herself and from the trailers, it appears that the powerhouse of this movie would be Neeraj Kabi, who is playing Rajesh Tandon. 

Basis the trailer, I can say that this movie will get a 4/5 rating.