Review of Kurbaan (2009) by Vishal S — 28 Nov 2009
Avantika, a NYC professor, returns to her native India to visit her ailing father. She finds work at a prestigious University where she's taken by Ehsaan Khan a substitute teacher. Before long, her father agrees to bless their wedding and shortly after, leave to start a new life in New York.
They set out to look for a home for themselves & find themselves living in an Indian neighbourhood. The neighbors are conservative Muslims and their lifestyles are a revelation to Avantika. They all seem to blindly accept and obey the code of conduct set by Nasreen.
All of them look up to her. All accept another young woman, Salma. Salma visits Avantika the next day and asks her not to trust anyone. What follows are a series of bizarre events that turn Avantika's life upside down and drive her into a morass of emotions that spin madly out of control taking her to a point of no return.
This is ultimate Hitchcockian and despite the length of the movie, will have you hanging at the edge of your seat. It will also leave you pondering on all sides of muslim fundamentalism and is above all, a touching movie though filled with non stop suspense.
Don't miss it.
This review of Kurbaan (2009) was written by Vishal S on 28 Nov 2009.
Kurbaan has generally received mixed reviews.
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