Sunday, December 12, 2021

Chhorii, Director Vishal Furia’s horror film turning into a 'message movie' in its final moment

 

Directed by Vishal Furia ‘Chhorii’ is a Hindi remake of an award winning and critically acclaimed 2017 Marathi language film ‘Lapachhipi’. The film cast Nushrratt Bharuccha as a lead actor, alongside Mita Vashisht, Rajesh Jais and Saurabh Goyal. This horror film produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishna Kumar, Vikram Malhotra, Jack Davis, Shikhaa Sharma and Shiv Chanana. The film was premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 26th November 2021.

After released on OTT platform, it had been successfully catching audience eyes as well as critical review. Mostly audiences talked about its strong storyline and wonderful narratives which bringing up the social issues of female feticide in a subtle way. Despite a horror film ‘Chhorii’ leaves a message towards the end for audiences that, “What if those Chhorii’s weren’t given a chance?” which will force them ponder.    

On Friday, actor AkshayKumar shout out of the whole team of ‘Chhorii’ and sharing a video on social media and wrote, “As father to a girl who is my lifeline, I was deeply moved, and equally concerned about this, Kudos for taking up this sensitive topic.”

In the video, the lead actor of the film Nushrratt Bharuccha talked about the women achievers of India in several field and broken out all challenges and How they converted every challenges as their right opportunity? They did a wonderful job and showcase their talent in several field such as sports, medicine, acting, politics and so on. Those daughter proved our society that they can fit in any box and be an inspiration of one and all.           

Rohan Naahar of The Indian Express wrote about the ‘Chhorii’ that, "the film is a surprisingly well-made horror picture that actually respects the genre, but loses its way so tragically in its final moments" and turn it "into a message movie". Concluding the review, Naahar asks a question from director, "Does Furia (director) think that potential baby-killers are watching his film? Does he expect ‘Chhorii’ to change their mind about killing babies?

 

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