Kasoor, a film from the Bhatt family, is a murder mystery. A stylish suspense film that hits the right note.

A rich and famous newspaper editor's wife is murdered and the police frames the husband for the murder. The role of the editor is played by Aftab Shivdasani, the Mast boy, who proves after a long break that he is here to stay.

To fight his case, insted of hiring top criminal lawyers in the country, Shekhar Saxena, the editor, prefers to a lady lawyer to fight his weak case. Kasoor introduces the Canadian model Lisa Ray who plays Simran Bhargav, the lawyer who defends Shekhar Saxena. She looks stunningly beautiful, but an actress she is not. With flat dialogue delivery and wooden expressions, all Ray manages to do, is take her clothes off.

The police inspector, Lokhande, who framed the editor, and the lawyer in the past, is played by Ashutosh Rana, who did full justice to the thrilling script. The mystery of the story deepens as the lawyers receives anonymous letters, reading that the convicted editor is innocent. On the process of defending Shekhar's case, the lady lawyer fails to defend her heart. Both of them finds themselves madly in love with each other. Of the supporting cast, Apoorva Aghinotri has a blink-and-you-miss-me role, which is sad because he showed plenty of potential in Subhash Ghai´s Pardes. He is the man who is envy of Shekhar, as he can sense that he is loosing his lady love to Shekhar.

After a long court room drama, finally she wins the case. This is where the whole story begins. The film moves at a slow pace in the first half, but gains a lot of momentum in the latter part. The first half of the movie generally revolves around the tree, both of them dreaming and singing. Vikram Bhatt has succeded in capturing the audiences' attention with his twist in the story. The twist is for you to find out.

Excellent music scored by Nadeem Shravan is definitely a plus point for the film, with "Kitni Bechain" and "Mohobbat Ho Na Jaaye" being the numbers that stand out. The cinematography by another Bhatt family member, Pravin Bhatt is also fantastic, capturing some gorgeous locales. Technically, the film is well-made.

By: Sharmistha Chakraborty

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