Shaitan is a dark movie about 5 college students not unlike the cheerful gang of “Wake up Sid” who likes to enjoy life to the full, but one of their adventures goes horribly wrong and their life takes a U-turn. Now, in these difficult times comes the real test of their friendship. They have to trust each other wholly and completely in order to go through it. So, “will they be able to keep their bonds of friendship strong and intact in these dark times or will their inner Shaitan will get better of them and they will end up killing each other and cease to exist?”, is what Shaitan is all about.
Although the subject is a bit good but the story is not that much. Hence, the use of completely unnecessary rated R language (jokes and comments) and scenes in the beginning of the movie to grip the audience. Although there are a few very impressive things to watch in the movie:
The editing – The editing is awesome. The continuous switch to Amy’s (Kalki Koechlin’s) past, giving us a little bit information about her brings out the more from the story then there really is.
The background score – The background score is also very well composed. No doubt the theme tune is very attractive and catchy, but with the help of good sound mixing the action scenes and chase sequences have become a lot alluring.
Kalki Koechlin’s performance – Kalki Koechlin’s performance as a psychopathic, sociopathic and druggy teenager has been pretty impressive. A few lessons from Kangana Ranaut and she will be a pro in no time.
Overall it’s an OK sort of movie. No doubt there are the above mentioned cool things but the dark and unimpressive story line might not click to a few audiences. It was worth spending 120 bucks for me but some people might find themselves cheated. Overall I will rate it 3.5 out of 5.
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