Sep 30, 20223 min read

Chhorii: A Good Socially Relevant Message with a Tinge of Fear

Updated: Feb 26, 2023

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Project Details

Director: Vishal Furia
Based On: "Lapachhapi" (2017) by Vishal Furia
Written By: Vishal Furia & Vishal Kapoor
Produced By: Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar Vikram Malhotra, Jack Davis, Shikhaa Sharma & Shiv Chanana
Production Houses: Abundantia Entertainment, Crypt TV, T-Series & A Pshych Film
Cinematography: Anshul Chobey
Music/Songs: Ranjan Patnaik
Background Score: Ketan Sodha
Edited By: Unnikrishnan P.P Sheetal Duggal & Hemant Kumar
Production Design: Vishakha Kullarwar
Costumes: Baylon
Sound Design: Fonseca
Run Time: 2 Hours & 09 Minutes
CBFC Rating: "U/A"

Direction & Story

The film is about an 8-month pregnant, named Sakshi who must save herself and her unborn child from the evil within society and from the fear that lies in the paranormal world. How will she do it? forms the rest. Chhorii is an official remake of the 2016’s critically acclaimed Marathi film 'Lapachhapi' by Vishal Furia. The story by Vishal Furia is superb. It talks about a very important message about female feticide and the way he wrote the film convincingly deserves applause. The screenplay by Vishal Furia & Vishal Kapoor is just about okay. The narrative moves at an excruciatingly slow pace & runs on a single track making it look a bit monotonous & repetitive at times. But the climax & a few well-written scenes save things towards the end. Vishal Furia’s direction is first-rate. The messaging of the remake stays true to its original and he doesn’t change the essence & has bettered it in a neat manner.

Lead Performances

Nushrratt Bharuccha is undoubtedly the stand-out performer of the film. She proves that she can play more versatile & performance-oriented roles with this film & gives out a memorable performance as Sakshi. Another best part of the whole film is Mita Vashisht’s portrayal of Bhanno Devi. Her character sees a complete 180-degree transformation & she does it to perfection with her dialogue delivery & body language. Saurabh Goyal is pretty decent as Sakshi’s husband. The young boys played by Nirvighna Pathe, Manas Tondwalkar, and Hayat Ali are quite good. Yaaneea Bharadwaj & Pallavi Ajay make their presence felt as Sunaini & Rani respectively. Rajesh Jais is neat in the role of driver Kajala. Manas Tondwalkar, Hayat Ali, Nirvighna Pathe, and the rest of the cast lend decent support & are good in their respective parts.

Detailed Analysis

The film starts off slowly. The first 15 minutes have nothing much to do. The actual plot starts from the point where they get into the sugarcane fields. The film keeps you engaged with the plot from then even if the pace is a bit slow at places. The pre-interval is gripping while the interval is good. The second half also runs on a dead slow pace and confuses a bit here and there. But the last 30 minutes & the message in the climax make it a worth watch. The horror scenes are decent and the thrill elements manage to hold our attention in most of the parts. What bothered me a lot is the age dynamics of the film. How is Bhanno’s elder son elder enough to kill people but her other three sons are less than 10 years? And if that is the case, why isn’t he ageing at all? The flashback scenes are narrated The dialogues are well-written. crisply which is a good plus

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