A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.
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I was bit unhappy as they couldn't find who is the exact murderer
"Talvar" is based on Noida Double Murder Case of 2008, in which a 14 year old girl (Arushi Talwar) and 45 year old servant Hemraj Banjade) were found murdered for which the parents of the girl were convicted for life time imprisonment. The murder case gathered a lot of light in the media and still the case remains unsolved. The makers of the film should be commended for the subject they have chosen. Indeed the film makers had the guts to tell a story which many won't dare to. The story has a lot of strengths such as it exposes how the police, the first ones to reach the crime scene, work carelessly and are unsuccessful to secure the evidences. Besides, it exposes different methods of interrogation by CBI, like narcotic interrogation. The film dramatizes the names of the incident and turns into a feature film instead of documentary. Despite the strong story, the film has its weaknesses. It hasn't freed itself from the regular image of a CBI officer played by Irfan Khan. Don't know why the second phase of investigation by CBI doesn't look very interesting or convincing as the first phase. Anyway, on the aspect of the story, the film still remains disturbing yet mind blowing.Rating: 2 stars out of 4
Well, I am at a loss for words. This is a comedy, and a tragedy. You'd laugh on how stupid things are, how stupid the people are, how stupid the media is. Wanna laugh more : this is real. And here is the punchline : We all know this, everyone who has exercised a little bit of his/her own judgement and not swayed by the media propaganda knows this. But none of that matters. And we kind of expect our country and country people to keep letting us down like this now. Nothing out of the expectations here. You see the tragedy if you ever think that we could have been better. Now, something about the movie. Beautifully made. Great storyline, the way it is shown. Great actings. Irfan and Konkana have been my favorites.
Well written (albeit disturbingly closer to the facts reported on the case), the film is an excellent reflection of the bias exhibited by the police forces, media and to some extend the society towards what seems like a double homicide. The murders, very disturbing, were consequences of a drunken mishap; but it seems it is convenient and spicy to lay the blame on the parents and tarnish the image of the victim. With a media screaming for sensationalism, the case caught national attention and became front page material of all the newspapers. Having looked at the facts and read about it, it seems that it was all a constantino of ineptitude and then covering backsides on multiple levels. It is a sad film, with a sad outcome. It also shows up the glaring loopholes in the Indian legal justice system and cynicism in some of the methods used by it.