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Producers: Sujoy Ghosh & Jayantilal Gada
Director: Sujoy Ghosh
Star Cast: Vidya Balan, Arjun Rampal, Naisha Khanna, Jugal Hansraj, Tota Roychoudhury,
Kharaj Mukherjee, Kaushik Sen, Manini Chadha
Music: Clinton Cerejo
Producer – Director Sujoy Ghosh claim to fame has been his recent directorial venture TE3N and of course Kahani in the past and now he has yet again come up with an intriguing & riveting sequel of Kahani aptly named Kahani 2.
The scripted scenario of Kahaani 2 –
Durga Rani Singh film starts off with a day in the life of Vidya Sinha (Vidya Balan), which oscillates between her wheel chair ridden daughter Mini (Naisha Khanna / Tunisha Sharma) and her office (in that order). 1 day she returns home from her office to find her house empty and her darling daughter Mini missing. Soon after she receives an image of her daughter bound & gagged, along with a phone call from an unknown number stating that her daughter has been kidnapped and that she should reach a stipulated spot if she wants to save her daughter. A visibly distorted Mini wastes no time and rushes to the said spot. On the way, she meets with an untimely accident, which lands her in a coma. There enters the “promotion hungry” police officer Sub – Inspector Inderjeet Singh (Arjun Rampal), who is the officer – in -charge of the case. While investigating, he gets hold of Vidya’s personal diary (in which she has written about all the events involving her & Mini), which shakes his world completely. When Inderjeet Singh reaches the hospital to meet Vidya Sinha, he gets a shock of his life when he discovers that Vidya Sinha’s face is an exact replica of a person he knew a long time ago named Durga Rani Singh. Unable to comprehend this, Inderjeet gets to work on the case to find out more whether the comatose accident victim is Vidyya Sinha or Durga Rani Singh. In the interim phase Inderjeet is informed by his superior officer that a dreaded killer & kidnapper Durga Rani Singh, was last spotted in their city. On his journey to uncover the truth Inderjeet discovers Vidya Sinha’s diary that shocks him completely.
Amongst all the sequel movies released recently director Sujoy Ghosh’ Kahani 2 is really captivating and stands apart from the rest of the herd of sequels raining this season and for this his entire crew & cast deserves a standing ovation. A special mention must be made of Editor Namrata Rao & Cinematographer Tapan Basu.
Performance wise Kahaani 2 – Durga Rani Singh is a Vidya Balan film all the way. If Vidya Balan was the heart of Kahani she is the soul of the sequel namely Kahaani 2 – Durga Rani Singh. The supremacy of Vidya Balan’s performance is so high that, it makes its predecessor Kahaani look like a teaser of what to expect from its sequel. In the true sense of the word, Vidya Balan owns the film totally, so much so that, it’s impossible to think of the Kahaani franchise without her. While On Arjun Rampal on his part has tried his best to march nay match up to Vidya Balan’s par excellence act. He enacts his role with utmost aplomb, conviction & confidence. Arjun Rampal, besides being excellent in his role, brings in a lot of compassion & smartness to his character. Next in line is the cute little child artiste namely Naisha Khanna who strongly makes her presence felt in the film and how! Director Sujoy Ghosh has extracted a superlative performance out of Naisa. Jugal Hansraj, who returns to the celluloid silver screen after a long hiatus is marvellos in tandem with his ever green screen presence.
Tail Piece: Kahaani 2 – Durga Rani Singh is an excellently crafted dark thriller. At the Box Office turnstiles, the movie will be appreciated on the account of its engaging narrative. A must watch film.
