Chhorii

Chhorii

It is a beautiful coincidence that Kartik Aaryan and Nushrat Barucha began their careers together with Pyaar Ka Puchnama (2011). A decade later they both try to break out of their comfort zone and do a different film. 

Although they did a film called Akash vaani (2013) on a serious subject of marital rape that went completely unnoticed. 

Nushrat Barucha emotes well. In a few scenes where she is required to show her acting chops, she does well. The movie has a great message. It gets eerie and is seriously scary in the second half. The make up and special effects department have done well. The scene around the well towards the end sent a shiver down my spine. The final confrontation between Nushrat and the ghost is really scary too. The movie is predictable. There is a lot of foreshadowing before the actual events take place and hence you can easily predict what may have transpired. 

Mita Vashisht is the star performer. She gets the dialect and accent right. She plays the shades of the character beautifully . A loving mom and a menacing woman both form her layered character. Rajesh Jais has always been a dependable character actor. I was surprised to see the casting of Saurabh Goyal as the husband. He does well. I had seen him in a few episodes of Crime Patrol and he looks the part and plays it well. I had guessed the twist in the storyline about his character but I am sure many wouldn’t be able to predict. Chhorii has a premise similar to Kaali Khuhi, but Chhorii is definitely scarier and more fast paced compared to the Netflix movie with a similar theme of female infanticide.