The Indian suspense film "The Tuner", which was just released last week, has become the best reputation among several new films in this small holiday. Just like last year's "Invisible Guest", what is the truth of the movie, which has been interpreted by fans in various crazy ways on major platforms!
Under this tree, which resembles a lung leaf, hides the biggest mystery of the movie
This suspenseful film based on a 2011 French short film remake gives us a glimpse into the unfamiliar side of Indian cinema. After all, in the previous year's Indian film boom, we basically contacted comedy, family type narrative, suspense? It's completely inconsistent with those hip-hop painting styles.
As a result, the temperament of "The Tuner" completely calmed the fans! More than 50 reversals aside, those refined mirrors and atmosphere creation are definitely mature works that are old in suspense shooting.
The world of Indian suspense cinema has just opened its doors to us.
The Tuner
Andhadhun
Director: Sriram Ragwan
Writers: Arigit Bisworth / Jogosh Chadkar / Sriram Ragwan
Starring: Ayusman Kurana / Tabu / Radika Apt
Genre: Comedy / Suspense / Thriller / Crime
Country of Production: India
Release: 2019-04-03(Chinese mainland)
Runtime: 139 minutes
Through this film, we can actually see some interesting styles of Indian suspense, whether it is a remake or an original.
The original French short film is actually a very black work. Although the setting is very interesting, a tuner disguised as a blind person witnesses many people in front of blind people "disrespectful", such as nudity or nostrils, such as murder...
Stills from the short film "The Tuner"
But indian movies turned the story into a farce, and the original 11-minute story was expanded to 140 minutes without seemingly lengthy.
The story begins to get better from the scene of the murder. Akash, the protagonist who witnessed the corpse, pretended to go to the bathroom in order to calm his mood. Unexpectedly, I went to the bathroom to find that there was a strong man with a gun hidden in the bathtub...
After pretending to be invisible, Akash immediately ran to the police station to report the crime, only to find that the strong man with the gun was actually in the police station, and it was the chief!
The events continue to play out such a crying and laughable reversal throughout the film, and Akash is also killed by the murderous housewife from false blindness to true blindness. The depth of the story may not expand much compared to the short film, but the details that are extremely Indian make this film a very independent work.
The uselessness of the police, the desperate risks of the poor in order to live, the black market organ trade, etc., these common social problems in India have been embedded in the movie, becoming the most active and pyrotechnic part of the story, pulling the original elite short film into the most common narrative space at the bottom of India.
It can be said that the success of "The Tuner" is really not entirely due to the short story, which is simply a big victory of Indian suspense films!
In fact, this is not the first time that Indian suspense films have succeeded. Perhaps many of the previous divine works are not familiar to mainland film fans, so next, I will introduce you to the absolute classics of several Indian suspense movies.
If you like Tuner, these movies are definitely not to be missed!
1
Manslaughter (2015)
Drishyam
Indian version of "The Dedication of Suspect X"
Director: Nisikat Cammaat
Starring: Ajaye Deugan / Tabu / Shria Saran
Genre: Drama / Suspense / Crime
Runtime: 163 minutes
In one sentence you know the story: the Indian version of "The Dedication of Suspect X"! Only this time, it was the story of a father trying to save his daughter.
This relatively unpopular film in the mainland was praised by the media as "the new benchmark of Indian suspense films" in that year, and scored a high score of 8.3 on Douban and IMDb.
The male protagonist Vijay, a middle-aged man who works every day and watches a lot of movies, although he dropped out of school in the fourth grade of primary school, his logic and reasoning skills are quite strong.
When her daughter An Jiu attended the school summer camp, she was targeted by sam, the son of the prosecutor general, and actually ran to Vijay's house to try to rape. An Enraged An Jiu picked up the iron rod, and in the confusion, he killed Sam!
If you turn yourself in as your daughter says, your daughter's life will be ruined. As a result, Vijay began all kinds of riots, falsifying the family's alibi during this time, and the police could not convict him at all.
But the police, who have a grudge with Vijay, and Sam's prosecutor general father, have tortured the vijay family, the biggest suspect, to extract confessions. How do they get out?
Although it is a story adapted from Japan, the film reveals too much content that will make the Indian people feel painful, rape cases, police corruption, class differences... And this kind of sincere expression has become a very national texture of the film.
2
Murder in Heaven (2017)
Ittefaq
Remake of a classic Indian suspense movie
Director / Writer: Ngapoi Chopra
Starring: Stan Malosa / Sonash Sinha / Akshaye Kanna
Genre: Suspense / Thriller
Runtime: 105 minutes
This is a remake of the 1969 Indian classic suspense film "Murder in Heaven", which once again set off a movie-going frenzy in 2017.
The famous British novelist Vigram came to India with his wife Catherine to promote the new novel. A few days later, Catherine was found dead in the hotel bathroom.
Without saying that, Vigram became the prime suspect. Originally, he was the policeman, but he could not resist under the interrogation of the police, and actually drove away to stage a car chase drama! He was seriously injured and escaped into the home of lawyer Shekal.
Unexpectedly, when Shekal's wife stopped the police on the street and led them into the house, she found that Shekal had been dead in the house, next to a stunned Vigram...
It seems that Vigram is carrying two murders, but it doesn't make sense! He killed Shekhar with no motive, not even at all, on the contrary, the Maya of the day was quite suspicious.
So the two suspects began to communicate with the police at the same time, and they each had a set of statements, completely pushing all the responsibility on the other party. How many of their words are true?
One of the characteristics of the crime suspense genre is that it exposes many of the dark sides of Indian society. And the response of the police system throughout the case, including the novelist's bottomless creation, has deepened to the level of human nature.
3
Unknown Death (2008)
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Indian Edition of Fragments of Memory
Directed by: A.R. Megudos
Starring: Amir Khan / Tinu Anand / Asin / Gya Khan
Genre: Drama / Action / Romance / Suspense / Thriller
Runtime: 183 minutes
Another remake, the Indian version of Fragments of Memory. And the lead actor is more familiar to everyone, "Andy Lau of India" Amir Khan! In order to star in the film, he also gained muscles like crazy, becoming another badge in the career of this "rubber man".
Nolan's original labyrinth of memories, in this action suspense movie, has become the secret garden for the male and female protagonists to talk about love.
You guessed it right, there are song and dance scenes!
The male protagonist, Sanjay, as a telecommunications tycoon, actually saw the news of his love to the little model Karpachetti in the newspaper one day, and in anger, he directly killed the door to ask the teacher for questioning, but found that this was a beautiful and kind girl.
As a result, the tycoon fell, pretending to be a nobody approaching Carl... At this point, this is a simple Indian love story. But then, because of one of Carl's good deeds, the two are hunted down by the gang!
Sanjay, who suffered a head injury, can only retain a memory for 15 minutes, and he must find the truth of the time and find his love in the process of retrieving his memory again and again...
Although the structure of the film is complex, the story itself is a touching love story. And the heroine Ashin, really beautiful enough to make people heartwarming, and the domineering president Amir Khan is completely the standard of idol dramas!
4
Fearless Heart (2012)
Story
More complicated than Gone WithEr
Director: Sujoy Gosh
Starring: Vidia Balaam / Parambarata Chategi / Navazuddin Siddigui
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Runtime: 122 minutes
It's a story that started with a pregnant woman. Pregnant with Liujia, Vidia travels to the police station in Calcutta to find her husband, who has come on a business trip but is completely missing after a while.
As a result, the hotel that the husband said had no check-in record, no one had seen the relatives' house, and even the husband's company said that it had never heard of this person! It's not a question of not being able to find a husband, but, does her husband really exist?
This "disappearing husband" drama looks more and more strange in the back. When the hr director of the husband's company said that this person seemed to be Alain who left his job two years ago, he was shot and killed!
The next person to find Vidia was the National Security Agency! Her husband appears to have been the culprit in a terrorist attack two years ago, and they hope to use the pregnant woman to catch out the wanted man.
In addition, the pregnant Vidia is running around, quick and strong, this... Is it really pregnant...
The whole logic of the movie is online, the heroine IQ is online, this story of violence against violence, after watching it, there will be an inexplicable and evil feeling of coolness.
5
26 Special Robbers (2013)
Special Chabbis
Comparable to "Eleven Arhats"
Director / Writer: Niraki Pandy
Starring: Akshay Kumar / Kajal Aggarwal / Jimmy Scherguile
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Crime
Runtime: 144 minutes
The film is based on real events and tells the story of a notorious fraud gang in Indian history.
In 1987, Ajay, an official of the Central Bureau of Investigation, and three of his men entered the home of a bureau chief, and with keen investigative power, he discovered all the stolen money hidden by the director and left the bureau chief's house with a big wave.
Seeing this, do you think this is the Indian version of "In the Name of the People"? Not! Shortly after they evacuated from the bureau chief's house, another wave of CIA men arrived. And the four people before them were actually changing their clothes and escaping!
The case caught the attention of Police Officer Wassam, and the two sides began a series of battle of wits. And it was during this time that Ajay met the love of his life...
Starring AkshaKumar, the star of "Indian Partner", a crime god film considered to be comparable to "Eleven Arhats", it is definitely worth watching.
6
"Strike Hard" (2010)
Knock Out
Indian Version of Sniper Phone Booth
Director: Mani Shankar
Starring: Sanjay Dart / Irfan Khan / Congena Ranaut
Genre: Drama / Action / Crime
Runtime: 117 minutes
The remake is still the same, this "Hard Hit" is adapted from the Hollywood crime film "Sniper Phone Booth". However, the story of the original peach news opening is embedded in a more ironic and dark Indian social topic.
Bach, a successful man with his hands stained with sin, is trading secretly at a phone booth. When he was about to leave, he actually received a phone call, and the person across from him told him that all the evil deeds had been mastered, and dared to shoot him if he dared to act rashly!
Bach was still a bit unbelieving, and as a result, an addict died in front of the phone booth on the spot. At this time, passers-by found that the phone booth was actually the celebrity Bach. As a result, the police and the media flocked to the scene, and many politicians also messed up.
And Bach in the phone booth, at the request of the other side, began to expose many dark sides of the country, even the earth-shattering scandals of politics! Who the hell is on the other side and what does he want to do? Take your time.
7
Sin (2015)
Talvar
Resembling Memories of a Killing
Director: Mekna Gulzar
Starring: Irfan Khan / Konkona Sen Sharma / Tabu
Genre: Drama / Suspense / Thriller
Runtime: 132 minutes
The film is based on a true case from 2008. Arush, a 14-year-old flower girl who is the jewel in the palm of the Tavar couple, was murdered in her bedroom late at night, and when the 45-year-old servant, Banzadeh, was listed as a suspect for his disappearance, the careless police found Banzadeh's body very late.
So the police decided that the murderer was his father, Taval... As a result, another group of police officers took evidence on the spot to completely overturn this claim.
The police solve the case completely by guessing, fingerprints, scene traces, blood handprints and other important clues, there is no first time to preserve and collect evidence, the police put the scene as a vegetable market, reporters and neighbors are casually in and out, how to break this case!
The police launched three rounds of investigation, and the result was that until the court, there was still no reliable conclusion. Two groups of police officers scolded and attacked each other at the scene of the courtroom, turning the incident into a farce.
In the end, the court arbitrarily convicted the Tavars, which was a big joke.
It's a sterile crime story reminiscent of Memories of a Killing, but the incompetence, ferocity, and absurdity of the justice system that is reflected behind it is a plot that appears many times in Indian cinema. They have caused real sin.
It should be said that Indian suspense films are a category that will break your impression of Indian films, there is not much song and dance (except for a small number of love scenes), and the must-have funny is more logical than nonsensical, they appear more serious and darker.
At the same time, indian cinema pays attention to the characteristics of reality, which is further amplified in such works! The incompetence of the police to waste firewood, the chaos of social order, the poor education of the people, the corruption and dereliction of duty of officials, these have become a reality of social ills in India, creating one tragedy after another in the film.
Stills from "Manslaughter"
If you are a fan of suspense films, or like the temperament and feeling of "The Tuner", you may wish to find these movies to see, but don't watch them continuously, otherwise the brain cells are definitely not enough!
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