“Andhadhun” is very much a Sriram Raghavan movie right from the opening stretches that showcases his pulp demeanor which is a quality we’ve been seeing only in his movies. This is a thriller that actually makes us laugh and “Andhadhun” establishes the kind of movie it is early on.

Akash ( Ayushmann Khuraana) a blind pianist ( or is he ? ) gets entangled into a murder case by chase and the following events is what the movie all about. Sriram Raghavan in “Agent Vinod” showed us a stretch in which a pianist sits in the midst of an action scene and this movie feels like an extension of that one. In between them we get a mixture of superb flavorful characters like the mistress Simi ( Tabu ), police inspector Manohar ( Manav Viji), the immoral yet family man Dr Swami ( Zakir Hussain) everybody is so wonderfully written, so delightfully performed ( even the actors in smaller roles are great especially Radhika Apte as Sophie ) that its hard to find a flaw.

Its really difficult to write a review about this movie without giving away spoilers, this is a movie that needs to be savored on the big screen without any expectations. If there is a flaw that needs to be pointed out then its the second half that felt a bit slapsticky and a tad overlong. Also KU Mohanan’s cinematography is a bit too focused, too uptight, i felt like it could have had a more loose trippy kind of vibe to it.

But Ayushman Khuranna and Tabu ( the movie Maqbool in which she starred which was an adaptation on Macbeth is referenced over here) gives us a knockout of a performance. Both of them cuts loose and its fun to see their dynamics on screen. Seeing them perform gives us the ultimate high.

Rating – 4 stars ( out of 5)