Chhorii Review: This horror drama has limited appeal due to its excruciatingly slow screenplay
Chhorii Movie Rating: 2 Stars
Just watched Chhorii 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: Nushrratt Bharuccha, Mita Vasisht, Saurabh Goyal, Rajesh Jais, Pallavi Ajay and Yaaneea Bharadwaj
Director: Vishal Furia
Release Date: 26th November 2021 on Amazon Prime Video
Story: It is official remake of Marathi film “Lapachpi”. Sakshi (Nushrratt Bharuccha) is pregnant for 8 months and living happily with his husband Hemant (Saurabh Goyal). Hemant is a businessman have drowned in debt and unable to pay money He gets threats of dire consequences if he doesn’t repay the money. They threaten to kill him if he does not return the money due to this both of them think of leaving their home and going somewhere far away.
Due to this fear this couple leaves their home and shifts to his driver Kajala’s (Rajesh Jais) village so that they can be safe and get some time to arrange money. Village homes are is hidden inside a sugarcane field. Kajala’s wife Bhanno Devi (Mita Vasisht) behaves weirdly after being good for some time. Sakshi soon realizes that all’s not well and tries to escape from the village. But she fails and after that she gets visions of what had transpired in Kajala’s house. She compares that with the information which Bhanno Devi has fed her with.
She tries to talk with Rani (Pallavi Ajay) who is the first wife of Bhanno Devi’s eldest son Rajbir, but the lady won’t utter a word. There are also references to Sunaini (Yaaneea Bharadwaj) who was the wife of Kajala’s younger brother and of Kajala’s three younger sons. What is the truth about Kajala’s house? Why does Sakshi feel trapped in it? Does husband Hemant come to rescue Sakshi? What about the child in Sakshi’s womb?
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Climax
3. Cinematography
4. Story
Negatives
1. Length
2. Direction
3. Screenplay
4. Horror Element Missing
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie in my free time as trailer looks engaging and different from other horror films I have watched.
Chhorii tells a haunting tale of a modern young couple Sakshi and Hemant based in the heartland of India. Sakshi is 8 months pregnant and Hemant are forced by challenging life circumstances to seek shelter in an isolated house surrounded by large sugarcane fields. The house is inhabited by an old couple who seem to know more than they tell. Unknown to Sakshi, there are mysterious evil forces in the fields who are after her and her unborn child. Even though she tries her best to save her unborn baby and herself, her sanity is affected by the scary sights of three mysterious kids and a charred monster along with a frightening lullaby playing on an old transistor. Will Sakshi be able to get out of it safely? Will she be able to protect her unborn child?
The major drawback of this film is slow screenplay which unable to justify the film and its excruciatingly slow. The entire drama is also very depressing and moves on a single track and making it monotonous too. There isn’t much for the masses and family audiences in his narrative style as also in the script. Fewer characters and tremendous thrill and surprise will keep you hooked to the film. The film has been shot in such a way that you will find everything real. The camera work is quite spectacular as where the horror scene comes, the movement of the camera has been done in the right way. The story line of the film is very good. It also talks about a social issue. My view on this movie Time Pass only if you are fan of horror films.
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