7 Khoon Maaf Speak India (Speak Movies) About the Movie 7 Khoon Maaf Review 7 Khoon Maaf (Hindi Pronunciation: Saat Type: Hindi drama thriller Khoon Maaf) and comedy Cast Director: Vishal Bhardwaj Priyanka Chopra (lead role). Naseeruddin Shah Rating 7 Khoon Maaf is based on Ruskin Bond's story, Susanna's Seven Husbands. Movie Rating: 3.5/5 7 Khoon Maaf features 7 male leads. Music Rating: 4/5 Male Leads (7 husbands) Script: 3.5/5 1. Naseeruddin Shah (oldest husband) Acting: 4/5 2. Neil Nitin Mukesh (youngest husband) 3. John Abraham 4. Irrfan Khan 5. Annu Kapoor “Strikingly boring but Cute” 6. Vivaan Shah (Naseeruddin Shah's youngest son) ` Rediff.com 7. Aleksandr Dyachenko (Russian actor) Priyanka Chopra will be seen playing a negative character in 7 Khoon Maaf 7 Khoon Maaf was first scheduled for release on 21 January 2011, but has been postponed to release on 18th February 2011. The movie 7 Khoon Maaf will have its premiere at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival. Movie Review Priyanka Chopra: Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, a beautiful lass who over the course of thirty-five odd years, gets married seven times due to the untimely and mysterious deaths of half a dozen of her hapless husbands. The strange circumstances of their deaths make Susanna a prime suspect. Enigmatic and irresistibly charming in equal measure - Susanna is the kind of woman any man would die for! Literally! (1) 7 Khoon Maaf is told by a character (Vivaan Shah) who calls Susannah 'Saheb'. He worked in her home as a servant, tortured by his uncle but 'Saheb' made sure he went to school. Since then he developed a fierce loyalty and love for her. At no point does writer-director Vishal Bhardwaj permit the viewer to blame Susannah (Priyanka Chopra) for any of her crimes; the viewer is to remain consistently sympathetic to her. And the film is so luscious for this reason: the way Bhardwaj makes us root for this semi-villain of a heroine (2). And while The Police song might have gone on about a slaughtering spree as easy as ABC, Vishal Bhardwaj [ Images ] takes it far too literally and gives us a film so linear, so simplistic in narrative, that it never quite http://speakindia.wordpress.com/ 7 Khoon Maaf Speak India (Speak Movies) manages to arouse interest. 7 Khoon Maaf may well be about a demented deity with a fetish for husband-killing, but -- incredible as it may seem -- it is a strikingly boring film. It starts off promisingly enough, an investigation tray being wheeled into a government forensics lab -- the kind of place Bollywood never shows us. An expert opens up the box, looks at pictures of a presumably dead Priyanka, and a tear rolls down his cheek. Most of the rest of the film is photo-album driven flashback, involving him telling her story to his shrill, curious wife.Yet the heartbreak is in watching Bhardwaj, that fantastic master director, make a bloated film that plods sluggishly along, a film that doesn't connect either emotionally or sensually (3). Music Review (Hindustan Times) The soundtrack gets a startling start with the already hit number Darling and it's an addictive number. The Indian version of traditional Russian folk song Kalinka, Darling instantly strikes a chord with the listeners. The Russian flavour is captivating and makes you shake a leg on the foot-tapping tune. The unusual combination of two singers - Usha Uthup and Rekha Bharadwaj - works well for the song. The mischievous lyrics and the energy in the music makes it a winner all the way (4). Bibliography 1. Bollywood Hungama. Bollywood Hungama. Bollywood Hungama. [Online] Bollywood Hungama, 2011. [Cited: 17 February 2011.] http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/preview/14249/index.html. 2. Sify Movies. 7 Khoon Maaf review: Dark, delicious, daring! Sify Movies. [Online] Sify, 18 February 2011. [Cited: 18 February 2011.] http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood/review.php?id=14963177&ctid=5&cid=2425. 3. Sen, Raja. 7 Khoon Maaf review: Strikingly boring but cute. Rediff. [Online] Rediff.com, 18 February 2011. [Cited: 18 February 2011.] http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/raja-sen-reviews-7-khoon- maaf/20110218.htm. 4. Hindustan Times. Music Review: 7 Khoon Maaf. Hindustan Times. [Online] Hindustan Times, 2011. [Cited: 17 February 2011.] http://www.hindustantimes.com/Music-Review-7-Khoon-Maaf/Article1- 656092.aspx. http://speakindia.wordpress.com/ .