KAHAANI 2 STORY: Vidya Sinha (Vidya Balan) has only one preoccupation in life. She wants to see her teenage daughter Mini, who is paralyzed waist-downwards, walk again. But, is this scenario as obvious as it seems? Or is Vidya an impersonator of Durga Rani Singh from Kalimpong, who is wanted for kidnapping and hard?
This sequel directed by Sujoy Ghosh following a hole of four years is a whodunit that definitely delivers conspiracy, but doesn't keep a decent grip on the process throughout its duration. So unlike the first part, that hit the bottom running and set a benchmark for the type, this one lacks the shark-bite. But you do invest in Vidya Sinha, a harrowed, working mom from Chandan Nagar in Western side Bengal and her differently abled teenage daughter, who like most middle-class people overcome difficulties to go through the daily slow. So much so, anytime Mini goes missing and Vidya meets an accident, there is a sense of void. Enter, Indrajit(Arjun Rampal), the cop-on-the-case, who is the first one to discover that at least 18 in a coma appears like Durga(Vidya Balan again! ), a school clerk from Kalimpong, who is a fugitive-on-the-run.
Here it is important to say that the film works because Vidya mom or Durga the killer are both believable and solid characters. As is the policeman piecing the mystery together. And, to give out something about the plot is not fair.
Shot majorly at night and on real locations, the film has the authentic texture. If you chop down fond of Kolkata in the 2012 outing, you will love Kalimpong here. The backdrop score gives stomach-knots (as it must) and the camera work is good.
Vidya, shorn of make-up and glamor breezes through her dual role in autopilot mode. Arjun impresses as the policeman hankering for a promotion and is believable as the husband. If you have an appetite for thrillers (albeit, with some flaws) give this one a go.
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