Film Review: Raman Raghav 2.0
Date: 24 June 2016
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal
Rating: 3.5 stars
The
opening credit reads: this is NOT the
story of Raman Raghav 2.0 and you
think it is a clever strategy on part of the filmmaker. As the film progresses
you discover that this is indeed not the story of the 60’s serial killer but
somebody like him somewhere.
Shot
on real locations and in available lights the story is divided in episodes to
enhance the lives of different victims but finally it is a chase between
criminal Raman/Nawazuddin Siddiqui and cop Raghav/Vicky Kaushal. There are no
surprises in the story and yet writer-director Anurag Kashyap engages you in a riveting narrative that you are unable to move in your seat.
From
Paanch, Dev D and Gangs of Wasseypur
to Uddta Punjab, Anurag Kashyap has
traveled us through the dark alleys of human damage, and devastation. He is
probably the only director of his generation who has the art of expressing
silence in cinema, there are occasions when his screen turns completely Black
and there is pin drop silece in the cinema hall. His films are about his
observations of human relationships and expressions - all extremely attractive but rattling too!
So
the choice is whether you have the nerves to take Kashyap brand of cinema, I
don’t but that does not stop me from watching him!
Raman
Raghav 2.0 excels in every department particularly sound and writing. All the
performances Amruta, Vickey Kaushal are extra-ordinary but the scene stealer as
always is Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Siddiqui is so simple that he is magical! His molten
eyes and composure haunts you long after the film has ended.
Watch
Raman Raghav 2.0 it only if you are
prepared for sleepless nights.
@bhawanasomaaya
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