old fashioned titillation

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Hindi Film review

Johnson Thomas

Old-fashioned titillation

Film: Hate Story

Cast: Paoli Dham, Joy SenGupta, Mohan Kapoor, Gushan Devaiya, Nikhil Dwivedi, Saurabh Dubey, Iravati Harshey,Bhairavi Goswami, Gopal Singh

Director: Vivek Agnihotri

Rating: * * out of 5

From love to vengeance and brutality, this Vikram Bhatt offering directed by former TV serial specialist Vivek Agnihotri, starring seasoned Bengali actress Paoli Dham, in the pivotal role, is sort of eye candy for those who get their thrills from conspicuously plotted eroticism.

Kaavya(Paoli Dham), a middle class girl who works as a journalist ends up as a sex-worker plotting revenge on her exploiters. As the tag line insinuates, she uses her body as her weapon of revenge. Kaavya's main target is Siddharth (Gulshan Devaiah) and all his associates . Hard to believe that in the post millennium era our filmmakers are still churning out such a trite, unconceivable vendetta story that eventually ends-up glorifies the oldest profession in the book.

It's a crude film masquerading as an erotic thriller. There are plenty of scenes designed to titillate the viewer and the gamey plot is specially structured to tease the senses. The overt sexual posturing, exploitative content and highly crude language may act as a magnet for the depraved. The incredible lengths to which the protagonist goes to seek revenge have to be seen to be believed. The plotting is in fact not in the least credible or believable. But Vivek Agnihotri's narrative style allows for some much needed visual appeal. Attar Singh Saini's camera-work aids the cat and mouse plotting quite vicariously. Rohit Malhotra's spiky dialogues lends added vitriol to the vengeance scheming. The background score, as is wont for such a venture, works hard to electrify the proceedings. Paoli asserts her strong presence and so does Gulshan, Joy Sen Gupta, Mohan Kapoor and Nikhil Dwivedi. But even so, the credibility and conviction appears suspect. The story is reminiscent of the Icchadhari Nagin staple that bollywood churns out every other decade. The sense of incredulity that takes root with Kaavya's first foray into vengeance only increases with every subsequent hit. So in effect, this film really flatters to deceive!

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score 4/10

johnsont307 20 April 2012

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2599723/