We all very well know Vishal Bhardwaj from the days of maqbool, omkara, kaminey and ishkiya. The common element is there is lot hard work done on vernacular of movies. Most characters are remembered long by their pervert use of words. So, what is that we didn’t know this time, when we watched 7 khoon maaf. The cast is as fine as it could be with naseeruddin, irfan and annu, priyanka, konkana.
But, friends, Sunday ke din zehmat hui, yeh sach hai. Especially after the reviews telecast on television and published in the newspapers, which just go praising it. You just can’t kill because Ruskin Bond’s Susanna’s seven husbands had 7 husbands killed by the protagonist. And if she really did in the book, you can’t go on killing until you have reached 7 in the film. I have not read Bond, but feel the author must have given good logics to kill 7hbs.
Here, Vishal forgot to treat the story well, and the weakness came in the screenplay. He made every effort to tell us the reason for finishing all hbs, but why was he defending Susanna. She must have had some nuisance in her mind, which makes it easy for her each time she decides to kill one hb. There is sophistry committed, the term here means a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone. After watching this hassle, I am not knowing what to write about it. But unlike others, VB has thanked RB, atleast we can read the novel now and know much better where did VB go wrong.
There are many reviews who say why did Susanna not opt for divorce each time rather than this mass killing(kidding). Perhaps they don’t know it takes longer than mass killing(not kidding). I’ll tell you why? Because VB wanted Susanna to kill all 7. No matter what, just marry, and just kill, Baby Suzy. But, let me give 3 to priyanka and konkana, 2 to irfan, annu and naseer, 1 to neil and less than 1 to john(y) baba. John, please start working hard, or else quit acting. Body can be swollen later any time.
Do not trouble yourself, not on Sunday Darling.
Ps: do not(mis) take hb for haemoglobin.