Chehre Review: Unprecedented concept and outstanding performances makes this film enjoyable
Chehre Movie Rating: 3.5 Stars
Just watched Chehre movie on Amazon Prime Video. So let’s focus on the cast, release date story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Emraan Hashmi, Annu Kapoor, Krystle D’Souza, Rhea Chakraborty, Drithiman Chatterjee, Raghubir Yadav and Siddhanth Kapoor
Director: Rumy Jafry
Release Date: 1st October 2021 on Amazon Prime Video
Story: It is the story of four retired friends and a young and ambitious man who is the CEO of his company. The four retired people are: A retired judge Jagdish Acharya (Dhritiman Chatterjee), a retired public prosecutor Lateef Zaidi (Amitabh Bachchan), a retired defense counsel Bhullar (Annu Kapoor) and a retired hangman Hariya (Raghubir Yadav). The young CEO is Sameer Mehra (Emraan Hashmi).
Sameer Mehra is in a hurry to reach Delhi for which he takes a shortcut. The shortcut proves a costly affair for him as a huge tree comes crashing down in front of his car. Bhullar, a stranger, takes him to close friend Jagdish Acharya’s house which is nearby. Hariya is already with Acharya when Bhullar and Sameer reach his bungalow. The three friends now await the arrival of the fourth friend, Lateef Zaidi. Meanwhile, Sameer makes himself comfortable in the huge mansion, assisted by a mysterious maid Anna (Rhea Chakraborty).
The quartet then informs Sameer that they meet everyday and play a unique game. As part of this game, they conduct a mock trial since all of them are retired law professionals. While Jagdish Acharya was a retired judge in a nearby court, Paramjeet was defence counsel and Lateef was chief prosecutor. They invite Sameer to play this game. Sameer agrees. Thinking that it is a harmless game, Sameer enjoys the game in the beginning but soon realises that there is more to it than meets the eye. What is so frightening and sinister about the mock trial? Who is Anna? What do the retired friends want?
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Cinematography
3. Story
4. Screenplay
5. Direction
Negatives
1. Lengthy
2. Climax
3. Music
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie when it will release on OTT and today I watched this film and loved its concept and performances.
The film is based on Ranjeet Kapoor’s stage play which itself is an adaptation of James Yaffe’s play titled Deadly Games. Deadly Games was based on Frederick Durrenmatt’s original story. In India, legendary Gujarati theatre director Kanti Madia had, years ago, made a play, Jagta Rahejo, in Gujarati, which had a similar story.
Chehre begins on a great note. Big B entry is clap worthy. The exchange of dialogues here is very smooth and convincing. The way Lateef manages to conclude that Sameer is a culprit through the power of his observation and experience of asking the correct questions keeps the interest going. The twist in the very final scene of the film is quite impressive and helps the film to end on a fine note. My view on this movie Highly Recommended.
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