Film Review

Kahaani

 Kahaani is one of the blockbuster thriller film produced by Sujay Gosh. Vidya Balan is the protoganist in the film. It was released in the year 2012. The film explores the themes of feminism and motherhood in male dominated society. Vidya Balan act as the character Vidya Venkatesan Bagchi. There have many heroes like Parambrata Chatterjee, Nawazuddhi Siddiqui..etc. If there have many other characters the important and one of the leading role is done by Vidya Balan.
     
       The film goes through the journey of Vidya. Vidya Bagachi is just an ordinary women. She is seven month pregnant. She was a software programmer in London. She came to Kolkata looking for her missing husband Arnab Bagachi. The film begins with a poison attack on Kolkata metro rail compartment killing the passengers on the board. After 2 years Mrs Bagachi comes searching her husband. The film is contains full of twist and turns. It makes the audience the part of it.

            We can't fully avoid other supporting cast, most of whom are Bengalis. Parambrata has an almost similar screen time as Vidya and gives a very good account of himself. He is a find and deserves to be seen more often. Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the Intelligence officer plays his part convincingly and is very believable. So is the man who plays an assassin with smile on his face. Other then them there are close to half a dozen actors playing important characters, including Indraneil Sengupta and none of them ever tries to overshadow the scene by going over the top even once.

 Vidya's character in search of her husband shows fearlessness and patience. Although she becomes what the situation demands her to be. She becomes serious, humor,..according the context. Her acting in the guest house is like that. When Mrs Bagachi being pushed in front of the running metro rail,  it create a huge shock on viewers. only at the end of the film we knows that her pregnancy was a fake. But where acting with pregnancy was marvelous.The encounter with Damiji makes curious and anxiety among spectators. it's surprise to see a pregnant women travels alone in Kolkata. And it is said that she uses the fake pregnancy in order to survive from the major issue women faces. For an Indian women it is not possible to travel alone. She may be the victim of patriarchal society or the victim of man's exploitation. It's sure that the film is women centric. Vidya Balan has got many best actress award for this film's acting. It's rare to get women as the central characters in Indian film industry.