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Best movie of this year hands down!

Nice effects though.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

I think this movie compares quite favorably with another Hindi crime thriller I watched recently, that being 2015's "Drishyam". The reason I liked this one just a bit better has to do with the plotting, which was meticulously done, and the length at two hours made it quicker paced, thus more thrilling to get to the conclusion. There's also the idea that the criminal in this story didn't get away with it, whereas the ambiguous nature of the accidental homicide in "Drishyam" leaves one somewhat conflicted about the story's resolution.I would probably have given this movie a full 'ten' rating had it not been for a weak scene involving the assassin Bob Biswas (Saswata Chatterjee) tracking Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan) through the streets of Kolkata. The way he was interrupted by the overweight bystander resulting in the innocent man's shooting was kind of lame. Bob had already been established as a cold, competent killer, so how he would have made an unforced error like that didn't seem credible. And then, when police inspector Rana (Parambrata Chatterjee) began chasing Bob, why wouldn't Bob have simply turned around and shot him? He had ample opportunity during that confusing chase to kill Rana and avoid identification if he had been successful. So that to me, brought the picture's credibility down a notch.But for all the rest, I thought this was a well thought out crime drama with some cleverly written characters. I watched it twice actually, in order to identify the man on the tram at the beginning of the story who wound up staring at the broken baby bottle with the lethal poison gas that killed so many victims. Without doing so, it might be difficult to understand what Vidya's motivation might have been to take on the assignment given her by retired Colonel Bajpai (Darshan Jariwala). I find it amusing reading other reviewers who continue to describe Vidya as a pregnant woman searching for her missing husband after watching the film, it's even used as the tag line for the movie here on IMDb. If you pay attention to the story, you'll know that none of that is true because the events portrayed in the story make those conditions a moot point. Which might explain how the movie gets away with showing a pregnant Vidya with her husband Arnab a couple of weeks before she arrives in Kolkata. At the time, we are no more the wiser until the story's twist comes into play at the finale.

A pregnant woman comes looking for her missing husband only to be told that no one has any memory of the man she describes. An infatuated policeman decides to chaperon her on her one-woman quest. The challenge with this kind of overt genre film-making is that you are taking on Hollywood at their own game, and setting yourself up for a stiff comparison. Kahaani is clearly going after a Usual Suspects, Prisoners, Taken kind of vibe. Where it stands up is a well-constructed plot, that sets up well and delivers at the end, though unfortunately leans too heavily on a rush of exposition from a key character in the climax. It also does a good job of establishing chemistry between the two leads, the quiet but relentless Rana (Parambrata Chatterjee), and the stunningly beautiful and charismatic Vidya Venkatesan-Bagchi (Vidya Balan). Where the film is less convincing is in a flabby second act, and a decision to go after rapid cuts that lack any sense of rhythm or aesthetic purpose. Technically, also, the film falls down in that there are digital motion glitches at times. Also, the decision to shoot on the streets of Kolkata is admirable, but unfortunately means a horde of people staring at camera in every wide shot, which rather punctures the suspension of disbelief. It has some nice comic moments and a rather cool assassin, and while the script garners plaudits, it does not really hold up to intense scrutiny - you'll fairly quickly realise soon after the film ends that the whole premise makes no sense. Enjoyable, but flawed, and not something Hollywood will be losing any sleep over.

It was OK. It wasn't bad. Maybe a bit better than average. The woman, I could not stand. She had that artificial trying to be cute/great mother/great wife that you see so often in movies but never in the real world. You know...all the men throwing themselves at her feet and kids adore her. Mrs. Perfect Woman.Yeah. Whatever.Top 250? No way in hell.If you are having doubts about investing 2 hours of your life watching this thing, it does not live up to the hype.Maybe they could have made a 1.5 hour movie out of this. But the extra time in it killed it. I was looking at my watch at the end. I could not wait for it to end.

the sole convict of this piece of Indian ART is the director.It is not easy for a single person to write story,screenplay and direct,unless you're apt in the trade or genius,so the director fails in all three aspects of this movie miserably.Considering Vidya Balan is not a bad actor,so it was directors fault to have her smiling and laughing after she reached kolkata from London,the situation of hers was a desperate and hectic one yet she was all giggling around. The script was loose and had many filler materials. A Khan,brilliantly acted though, but according to the script the IB had waited on Vidya Balan's entry to resume on the search of Damji's and virtually gave her almost full access to whatever investigation that was going on. SHE WAS A HACKER..pheww... Information gathering looked preety easy,even desi CID's toil hard for clues whereas Balan just moved around and kept getting clues.This made A.Khan look silly,couldn't IB get a hacker to simply trace back ip's.??? Also the concept of intelligence entity outsourcing its tasks was new. THE Depiction OF Indian SPY NETWORK IS FUNNY AND DUMB. if an either party involved in spy games(war) has/had an advantage,that does not mean one should try to kill the other party instantly and publicly on getting a first chance. OBJECTIVES CAN BE ACHIEVED EVEN LOOSING A FEW BATTLES,ULTIMATELY YOU GOTTA WIN THE WAR. this is a dumb movie and meant for half-wits or people new to the spy genera.