The ‘Murder’ series produced by Vishesh films is one of the most successful franchises
in Bollywood. The last two editions were huge hits where the star cast
was led by the Bhatt camp’s blue eyed boy Emraan Hashmi. In a major
change, Randeep Hooda has replaced Emraan in this edition of ‘Murder 3’
which has been generating a buzz since it was announced.
Randeep is cast opposite Aditi Rao Hydari and Sara Loren and the movie
finally had a wide release today. The movie also marks the directorial
debut of Vishesh Bhatt and let’s see how it is.
Story :
The movie starts off with Vikram(Randeep Hooda) and Roshni(Aditi Rao Hydari) as a happy couple based in South Africa. Soon, Vikram gets a good job offer in India and moves bag and baggage
to Mumbai with Roshni. The couple move into a huge bungalow in Mumbai
and re-start their lives and very soon Roshni finds out that Vikram is
cheating on her and leaves him for good.
Vikram is distraught and files a missing person complaint with the cops and starts searching
for her. As time passes by and with no clue on Roshni, Vikram slowly
moves on with his life. He soon meets Nisha(Sara Loren) and they start dating
and quickly enough start living together in Vikram’s house. Soon Nisha
starts hearing weird sounds from the bathroom which terrifies her and
makes her suspicious of Vikram.
Nisha is totally stressed out and starts bugging
Vikram to know more of these spooky incidents, but is cold-shouldered by
Vikram who ignores her. What is actually happening in the house? Why is
Vikram silent on the whole issue and where is Roshni missing ? That
forms the rest of the ‘Murder 3’.
Plus Points :
The script is the major advantage of this film.
Though the story idea is inspired from a Hollywood film, it has been
nicely adapted to the Indian nativity. Aditi Rao Hydari gets a meaty
role to bite into and she does complete justice to the character with
her acting skills. Randeep Hooda does not have much to do in the film
and is apt for his character. New find, Sara Loren, makes a decent debut
and looks ravishing.
The whole suspense element and the complete
second half is quite interesting. Right when you think the first half
has nothing to offer, and is yet another routine horror flick from the
Bhatt’s, you are in for a huge twist. The film starts to move at a brisk
pace and the thrilling moments will make you enjoy the film completely.
Negative Points :
Audience who come expecting a interesting murder
mystery and some steamy scenes which the Muder brand associated with,
are in for a huge disappointment. Murder 3 does not have any murder
mystery or the so called steamy scenes, and most importantly there is no
Emraan Hashmi in it.
Murder 3 is a intelligently made thriller, which has its ups and downs. Cinematic liberties
have been taken in plenty, as there are many scenes which are clueless.
First half of the film is quite routine and has the routine horror
elements.
One gets the complete idea of the story once the
suspense in revealed. Songs are a big let-down in Murder 3 and do not
have a high recall value when compared to the earlier two films. Randeep
Hooda’s characterization lacks justice and is used only for major
scenes and that’s where you miss the comforting presence of Emraan
Hashmi in the film.
Technical Aspects :
Murder 3 has decent technical effects. Dialogues are
quite OK and have been well written. Lyrics of the song ‘Teri Har
Nazaar’ are romantically written and has allows been shot well. The
editing is quite average since many of the horror scenes seem to have
rushed feeling that don’t convey the urgency of the scene.
Screenplay of the movie is good, and is particularly
well drafted in the second half. Camera work is decent as the whole
look of the movie has a decent feel. One can say that Vishesh Bhatt has
chosen a decent subject and handled it quite well. Though the first half
is slow, Vishesh raises the plot quiet interestingly.
He narrates important scenes in the second half
quite beautifully. He has tried to mix all three elements such as
horror, thrill and suspense in Murder 3 and has come out decently
successful.
Verdict :
On the whole, Murder 3 is one film which has its
highs and lows. An interesting suspense line and some thrilling moments
are some positives. On the flip side, lack of a Murder mystery as the posters
suggest, and a quiet predictable story are some negatives. Finally, if
you erase the effect of Murder and Murder 2 from your mind, then Murder 2
is quite a decent watch..
Movie Rating...............3.5/5
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