Chehre is a thriller that falls flat. At a certain point, Chehre becomes so peculiar that even skilled actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Anu Kapoor, and Emraan Hashmi can’t rescue the film.
The Anand Pandit production movie is okay but the climax feels pressured and not completely conclusive.
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Chehre is not a fascinating courtroom tale. Rumi Jafry’s movie is hardly watchable. It’s brilliantly done, but the plotlines are excessively predictable. Some twists and turns are so stretched that it loses its pace.
Senior actors are halved to hyping their way through a pointless lengthy drama full of heavy dialogues.
The story opens on a hopeful note but swiftly commences to worsen. Chehre, directed by Rumy Jafry and co-written with Ranjit Kapoor, is a long-winded and exhausting movie.
Chehre Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Emraan Hashmi, Annu Kapoor, Rhea Chakraborty, Raghubir Yadav, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Krystle D’Souza, Siddhanth Kapoor
Chehre Director: Rumi Jafry
Amitabh Bacchan as Lateef Zaidi
Storyline
A snowfall takes an advertising entrepreneur Sameer Sharma (Emraan Hashmi) to a terrible mansion, Sameer is compelled to stay in the house with a pair of retired lawyers, a retired judge, a strange caretaker, including a mysterious face like a killer individual.
Emraan Hashmi as Sameer Mehra
Paramjeet (Annu Kapoor), Jagdish (Dhritiman Chatterjee), Hariya (Raghubir Yadav), and Lateef (Amitabh Bachchan) have identified their new puppet to pass the time. To keep their legal skills sharp, the oldsters, organize mock trials centered on real and made-up crimes.
Annu Kapoor as Paramjeet Singh Bhuller
Sameer was asked to engage in a trial based on his real-life by Lateef Zaidi (Amitabh Bachchan). This mock trial grows intense, and the movie is all about figuring out what Sameer is probably hiding.
Chehre: Script Analysis
Ranjit Kapoor’s tale is split into two significant parts, only one of which upholds the excitement. The first part is an exciting one in which a stranger blows up into an unknown mansion full of savvy but secretive strangers. You’re involved in the plot of what they’re heading to do with this innocent, intelligent, and powerful businessman.
However, what happens in the second half is just like a storm for the fancy house of cards laid in the first half. The difficult second half you’ve all been expecting to receive about is the flashback segments revealing Emraan Hashmi’s personal life. Those scenes are similar to Emraan Hashmi’s murder thrillers, but they are badly implemented. This is where the spectator becomes bothered by ‘an uninteresting, repetitive movie’ in ‘what showed up to be a savvy film.’
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Chehre: Music and Direction
Clinton Cerejo’s background score is fine because it blends in seamlessly with the proceedings. There are only two songs in the film, and neither of them creates any kind of interest for the audience and correlation with the situation.
On the other hand, a very attractive notion has been restricted off to insert pointless narrative, dulling the story’s preferred vibe.
There had a solid chance of becoming an unforgettable film if Rumy had been able to hold it all in the house focused solely on dialogues. The film suffers from a substantial inadequacy of direction.
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Chehre: Star Performance
Amitabh Bachchan renders a ‘friendly appearance’ that takes up the major portion of the film. His statements and counter-arguments are entertaining, and he does a fine job of trapping Emraan.
Emraan Hashmi is certainly worthy of far more than Chehre can provide. Amidst the half-baked character he is swamped with, Hashmi showed glimpses of what he is capable of.
Among the other actors, Raghubir Yadav, who rests on the sidelines for a quick cameo, renders every peek and every line count. He creates the most vibrant character of the bunch. The film completely ignores this.
Rhea and Siddhanth don’t have much to do, but it really is pleasant to see Krystle D’Souza in a spicy role once the flashback starts. Her character curve is well evolved, amidst being predictable.
Dhritiman Chatterjee’s acting is okay, it isn’t because he underperformed, but just because his character was written in an incredibly boring way. Annu Kapoor gives a sturdy performance, supported by his trademarked dialogue delivery.
