SAATH KHOON MAAF- WHEN IT BECOMES UNBAREABLE .

                       Vishal Bharadwaj’s movie is a “literally” adapted from a Ruskin bond book “Susanna’s 7 husbands”. This movie revolves around the pretty protagonist Susanna played by piggy chops, who is in search of true love. Her expectations of true love disappoint her, every time she meets a bunch of men who are selfish, sadistic, immature, materialistic, liars, lustful and yes, boring. Piggy Chops plays the role very beautifully and boldly, and does full justice to her character, not only that she also manages to play the role double her age, with the same charm and zeal.

               She has her own set of loyal servants, who help her in every way possible. Vivaan, her Godson. And her pet vicious snakes are part of her small loveless life. Not only is Susanna bold, sensual, wicked but also merciful. Though when the trauma and torture become unbearable she doesn’t mind throwing her husband to a hungry panther, overdosing superstar with heroine, burying the shayar live in the blanket of snow, feeding her ‘darling’ to her pet vicious snakes, or giving the lustful old officer an overdose of Viagra, or for that matter putting a bullet in pharmacist Bengali husband’s body. She has done it all.

               The movie though manages to get the otherwise predictable movie fast. It seems to jump from one plot to another. The serious depth of killing a “husband” and mourning for him breaks the otherwise stereotypical set up, which is a little difficult to digest. The ending seems very weak, and is symbolical according to the Christian faith which needs to be decoded. Ultimately she becomes a nun, thus marrying God, who has redeemed her from her sins.

                Vivaan, piggy chops godson has made a very confident debut, and konkana Sharma as his wife has done full justice to her role. Usha Uttap has done her part very well. Though Vivaan, Irfan Khan and Neil Nitin Mukesh shine among other male leads. The music of 7 khoon Maaf is a package of everything, from the peppy song- “daaarling” which will make one groove, to the romantic soothing Sufi song – “bekaraan”, which will take one back to the memory lanes. The background score takes a viewer swiftly from the soft light tracks when Susanna meets her supposedly love, to the fast tempo of songs which are filled with intensity and frustration, whenever she makes her kill.

The actors have played their role with full integrity, but the fact is the movie lacks depth and somehow does not fit into the usual Hindi cinema criteria. Vishal Bharadwaj has failed to understand that the conclusion of this movie is something that suits the books, and will not attract the viewers.