7 Sins Forgiven
"Looking for love in all the wrong places" could be the catchphrase for 7 Sins Forgiven, a delightfully wicked and deliciously subversive romp tracking a woman through seven husbands and seven untimely deaths. Vishal Bhardwaj's follow-up to his critically acclaimed Kaminey is another kettle of fish, light on action sequences and driven largely by sharply defined characters whose peccadilloes make for a very enjoyable ride.
(...) The story is partly told through the lovestruck eyes of Arun (Vivaan Shah, debuting son of Naseeruddin Shah), an orphan who comes under the protection of Susanna (Priyanka Chopra, in the role of a lifetime) (...). Arun forms a triumvirate of protectors around Susanna along with butler Ghalib and servant Maggie.
(...) Unlike male-focused successive-murder sagas in which motivations stem from mercenary or social impulses, 7 Sins filters Susanna's misalliances through the prism of her search for love. Or at least, that's how Arun views his goddess' story, though Bhardwaj mischievously questions that interpretation by the pic's end. Susanna is a Scarlett O'Hara type with more than a touch of the noir femme fatale about her, and Chopra delights in the role, building and deepening the character as she moves from one husband to another.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
Original title: 7 Khoon Maaf
Duration: 150 min
Dialogue: Hindi, English
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K15
