Movie Review: Murder 3
Sara Loren's characters first dialogues in Murder 3 go like this: Mujhay akaylay aur tanha aadmiyon ki aankhon mai aansoon acchay nahin lagtay.” Literally translated to, “I don’t like seeing tears in the eyes of alone and lonely men”
Tells you a lot about the movie doesn’t it?
Murder 3, a bland, borderline comatose, “official” adaptation of the Columbian thriller La Cara Oculta (The Hidden Face) flaunts the stock elements from Vishesh Films – gratuitous sensuality, lip-locking and bad dialogues – with wonted candor and of course that is perhaps the best reason to skip the ticket line at the cinema (unless, of course, you’re into what Vishesh Films are selling).
First thing first though: the only thing murdered in Murder 3 is one’s endurance and perhaps The Hidden Face’s originality.
Opening in South Africa, Vikram (Randeep Hooda), a struggling photographer, gets a job prospect and flies to Mumbai with his considerate girlfriend Roshni (Aditi Rao Hyderi), a prospering architect.
Vikram, however, has a problem with fidelity, and soon Roshni disappears, leaving behind a video-message on a SLR camera.
Truly hurt, Vikram resorts to an urban man’s best friend in these circumstances, alcohol.
Drunk to the core, Vikram’s intoxicated charms draw him to Nisha, a waitress with a knack for the disheartened.
They click, and shift into Vikram and Roshni’s out-of-city house, tailor made for haunting. Color-coded furniture, finely placed light sources, a haunted bathroom and as if you haven’t guessed, Roshni’s still there.
