Kaabil
2017 · Directed by Sanjay Gupta
Original language: Hindi
- action
- thriller
- drama
The story
Rohan is a kind, happy young man who has been blind since birth and works as a voice-over artist for a living. Through friends, he meets Supriya, a working woman who is also blind, but proudly independent. The two start liking each other and get married. Rohan toughest journey starts in his quest of vengeance for Supriya's indirect murderers.
What it’s like
Kaabil is a glossy, saturated Bollywood thriller, with warm amber domestic interiors that turn cold and blue-grey once the story darkens, and crisp, high-contrast Mumbai street scenes full of traffic, crowds and sodium-yellow evening haze. The camera moves often: quick handheld cuts during action sequences, sweeping crane shots in song numbers, and tight close-ups that linger on faces when the characters are alone together. Music carries a lot of the emotional weight, with a lush, romantic score in the first half giving way to pulsing, percussive cues during the revenge pursuit. The pace is brisk and melodramatic, swinging between tender scenes of two people building a life together and sharp, tense set pieces. Its mood is earnest and heightened, a mix of romance, grief and grim determination. Intensity is high: an early sexual assault is shown with real distress and its aftermath dwells on the victim's pain, there is violence and murder, and the revenge plot is cruel and unflinching, though gore is limited. It suits a sit-down evening with the full runtime, and it is for viewers who want a large, emotional genre film about love, injustice and a disabled protagonist's fierce resolve, not something gentle.
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