The Girl on the Train Review: If one has to review in a sentence is cliché yet watchable thriller. It charters the thriller territory, and it may not please you if you have watched the Paula Hawkins’s bestseller The Girl on the Train which was an unsuccessful Hollywood adaptation in 2016
In the desi version, Parineeti Chopra plays Mira, a divorcee in London. Her law practice has been devastated by her drinking habit. She is still stuck on her ex-husband Shekhar (Avinash Tiwary. Deeply resentful of his second marriage, Mira turns into a perpetual drinker and drowns herself in sadness.
The Girl on the Train Review
The couple she sees from her train window on her everyday commute gives her thoughtful direction. Both Nusrat (Aditi Rao Hydari) and Anand (Shamaun Ahmed) portray a picture of fulfillment . Mira’s desires takes her to a journey to build a fantasy narrative around Nusrat.
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When Nusrat goes missing and Mira is spotted in the vicinity, the alcoholic who has memory losses and can barely hold herself together but never forgets to put on eyeshade and matching color outfits becomes a major suspect. Kirti Kulhari’s police officer gathers a several evidences against Mira, pushing the alcoholic to question her movements.
The self-destructive and pathetic Mira is left to gather her wits to save herself. While Parineeta Chopra gives the entertainment some hope. The main premise of Hawkins’s intelligent and sensitive page-turner, the Hindi version comes up with a absurd replacement theory for Nusrat’s disappearance. It encompasses non-linear episodes, flat-voiced ruminations by Mira, and the crisscrossing of several redundant characters.
In one of the movie’s more laughable moments, a drunk and hysterical Mira expresses a violent fantasy about killing one of the key characters. Her friend in an asserting manner says, don’t do anything stupid, you will regret it.
The weak characterisation and intent makes you feel disappointed in the 120-minute film, from Parineeti Chopra’s unconvincing shambolic heroine to Kirti Kulhari’s purposeful policewoman.
Perhaps the only character who retains the strength is Aditi Rao Hydari’s Nusrat, whose ethereal beauty hides a horrible secret. In this train wreck of an adaptation, Nusrat lets you feel the joy of watching the movie.
Audience review:
it was a fine watch…. Honestly I did not keep very high expectations because I am very well know that Bollywood isn’t capable of churning out good thrillers
Talking about the good points Well the locations are nice. You get to see you a lot of London…There are 1-2 Gud twists which are unexpected… Aditi Rao does a fab job
The acting of rest of the cast is very dull. Parineeti has not done a bad job but still she overdoes it in important segments and you don’t connect to her character…. I don’t think it was necessary to show so many scenes to prove her alcoholic and disturbed…. The police cops are very bland.. Kirti kulhari did a fab job in Pink and criminal justice but here her role is not Written properly hence she comes across as unconvincing….I don’t understand why they choose to have setting of London.
It really didn’t serve any purpose..They should have adapted it to an Indian setting
The editor here also needs to be talked about because he should have cut the film by at least 30 to 40 minutes. Some of the scenes they are just unnecessary like this initial wedding Song….
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— Aditi Rao Hydari (@aditiraohydari) February 14, 2021
Bollywood you can’t make a good movie despite being given a full novel and an already made Hollywood movie then you seriously need to think about your talent and standards.
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The Girl on the Train is available in Tamil and Telugu too, only on Netflix.