Shaitan Review

The story opens with brief introductory scenes of the lead characters that give you an insight into what each character's personality is like. The story unfolds to show an unruly group of spoilt brat teenagers who believe in the adage 'if you got it, you gotta flaunt it'. A NRIs daughter Amy (Kalki Koelchin), with a traumatic past, is new in town. She joins the spoilt teenager group and finally starts to enjoy her life. After a night of partying, drinking, doing drugs & racing their Hummer on the empty roads, these guys happen to mow down two innocent people and subsequently flee the scene.At this point the story actually starts taking pace. In order to escape judicial custody they make an arrangement with a cop who for a huge sum of money will take care of their case. Since none of them has enough money to pay the cop off, they hatch a plan of staging the kidnapping of Amy and demanding the ransom money.From here the story starts to spiral towards things that neither of them imagined would happen. What was considered to be a harmless plan turns out to be something that will change their lives forever.

First time director Bejoy seems to have done his homework well and impresses with innovative camera techniques. proves his talent with a strong grip over the performances, camera angles and presentation of the movie. He shows a remarkable sense of shooting tense sequencs and action packed chases with interesting musical tracks being played in the background. There's a shot through a beer bottle during a song and the introduction of Insepector Mathur which is done in POV camera style. The story has nothing new to offer but when a filmmaker like Anurag Kashyap is involved even if only as a producer, he makes sure we get nothing but the best. Producer Anurag kashyap is a prolific director himself and some of the scenes in the film seem like they've been lifted straight from his previous films. He has his own unique style of storytelling which keeps you hooked till the very end. The movie is a cinematic achievement and is a must watch for every cinema lover.

This movie provide an entirely different aspect of human nature which is not very often depicted in Bollywood.Basically is shows us there is a dark side of every individual; its just one needs that moment to let this cat out of bag.

Watch the movie for the brilliant camera work, indeed. Cinematography. The music, especially Bali and Fareeda. The acting