Haseen Dillruba (2021)
Directed by: Vinil Mathhew
Written by: Kanika Dhillon
Streaming on Netflix.
We see Kanika Dhillon's elements - women who mess up, cheat, and have complicated notions of love. I just loved that portion of the film where Rani is narrating about Rishu, where he becomes psychotic and acts weird - that part has a possibility of an unreliable narration and the film suddenly turns dark, into a psychological thriller space which I absolutely loved. The mystery and the reveal didn't work for me, but I didn't mind it as much too either. It felt like there isn't much happening in the film throughout, except for the portions where Rishu is trying to kill her, the film could've perhaps expanded on that. The tone of the film in those portions was terrific.
There is interesting drama in the triangle love story, the lengths Rani goes to impress the new guy just shows us how granted she takes Rishu for and it's heartbreaking how it is. It is what it is, sometimes you can't help it. She wants someone and she got someone else and desire is desire at the end of the day. There is interesting usage of elements in the writing itself, like her cooking mutton for him, and how she is later reminded of the entire meat sequence, which is also a segway to the ending. Once, the mystery was out - the film could've stopped as soon as possible - it was no fun watching what exactly happened. I was thinking that Vikrant Massey was a bit miscast for the role, of a guy who is not man enough - because his vulnerability didn't come through as much. Though he looks lean, he looks great with his beard and not for a moment does he not look like he's man enough. But it was an interesting transition to see Vikrant in the monster part of Rishu.
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