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Chup Reviews

Chup is absolutely hilarious when it focuses on its slasher aspect. The murders are incredibly creative. Balki uses the freedom that comes with the A-rating to its fullest.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 20, 2023

For this critic Chup remains an interesting, intriguing idea that couldn’t quite execute what it ambitiously set out to achieve .

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 2, 2023

Director R Balki's Chup: Revenge of the Artist isn't a slasher horror or a serial killer thriller; it's actually a parody of those genres, with lots to say about the state of films and film criticism.

Full Review | Dec 2, 2022

It surely left me asking for more...

Full Review | Oct 17, 2022

The smug reply isn’t actually aimed at him. No such movie exists, a character declares. (It does: it’s called Chup...)

Full Review | Oct 1, 2022

Chup: Revenge of the Artist can only be described as an experiment. Watch the film for the fine performances by the entire ensemble cast and for its homage to Guru Dutt and his brand of cinema.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 26, 2022

That it ventures into uncharted territory is undeniably commendable. But it needed something more to elevate itself above a mere idiosyncratic concept.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 26, 2022

Dulquer Salmaan is better than the Hindi films he's choosing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 26, 2022

Dulquer Salmaan gives in his best to play a loner and a lover. One can see the actor’s struggle in juggling his complex character and he does a satisfactory job of it.

R Balki's film mixes a serial killer thriller with a take on film critics but fails to effectively tackle both.

Full Review | Sep 26, 2022

This Dulquer Salmaan film, about dream-makers and those who destroy those dreams, is less satisfactory than it should have been.

Sunny Deol and Dulquer Salmaan try to salvage this film, but it’s an uphill task.

Attributing violent vendetta to psychological imbalance is an easy crutch to fall on when makers are reluctant to debate righteous anger over difference of opinion.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 25, 2022

It's hard to not be excited, amused, or even invested in any of these premises. Except, it's easy to forget one crucial thing -- what might prevent these one-line plots from ending up as a gimmick is intelligent filmmaking. There is no shortcut to that.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 23, 2022

Not only is this premise a droll kick up the arse for the Scream-style meta-slasher, it has to be the first film in which someone says “I need a critic” in the same imperative tone usually reserved for a Swat team or an elite hitman.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 22, 2022

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Chup review: Dulquer Salmaan gets a perfect score for bringing his A-game in R Balki's gory thriller

One cannot deny the fact that Chup: Revenge of the Artist is flawed, but R. Balki's charm with his work is undeniable and crisp.

Aishwarya Vasudevan

Last Updated: 02.22 PM, Sep 22, 2022

The story of Chup is about a psychopath killer who preys on movie critics. Mumbai is being rocked by a string of strange and disturbing murders. Every new film's release results in the weekly murder of cinema critics. In charge of the Mumbai Crime Branch, Arvind Mathur (Sunny Deol) has a case to solve. He tries to grasp the killer's thoughts in order to catch him with the aid of Zenobia (Pooja Bhatt), a criminal psychologist.

" Jane Kya Tune Kahi " is a romantic song from Pyaasa (1957) that is constantly played in Chup: Revenge of the Artist . The track shows an aloof Guru Dutt looking at a joyous Waheeda Rehman (sung by Geeta Dutt) while she sings her heart out. However, in the film, the song, even though it comes during a romantic sequence, is also an indication to the masses about how a filmmaker speaks about a film and how the audience/critics take it.

Chup starts off in the most thrilling way, and we just have to be prepared to see how one can be murdered in the goriest way. The first killing shows that the film is going to leave you on the edge of your seat, and there's no way you can turn around now.

R. Balki, the filmmaker, is known to bring twisted plots that are true to nature and execute them in the most entertaining way. We have seen him do that with Cheeni Kum, Paa, Ki & Ka , and more. Here, in Chup , he attempts something heinous that we have not seen before: a serial killer who is slashing film critics and marking their foreheads with stars.

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The assignment is understood and the execution takes the plunge in the right way. We've become accustomed to the gruesome visuals that cinema has reserved in every way thanks to the era of OTT, with less regulation. But with Chup , we just can't deal with it right then and there while preparing how the next murder will be performed.

The psychopath's nature is shown through patterns, such as taking a paragraph out of a review and performing the murder in exactly the same way. "Bang on with that execution!"

I, still being an amateur critic, was dreading how to perceive this film, with fear or just as another piece of art and a filmmaker's labour of love.

Chup is a film that pays homage to cinephiles who live, breathe, and sleep cinema. Their lives revolve around giving references to movies every now and then, watching movies, and even getting their hearts broken when movies fail to impress. The film shows all kinds of critics, from the world of print to videos; some are genuine, while others are paid. So how does the killer decide on his next target? He is such a film buff that he has not only seen Indian films but has also been exposed to global culture.

The psyche of the serial killer is kind of convenient, but hey, mental illness cannot be put into a box and the motive cannot be always justified. A movie lover can take cues from any of the films he has watched over the years or cook up a mission that looks like a perfect script to be made into a movie or a series in the future.

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There's no intended cat-and-mouse chase between Sunny Deol's character as investigating officer Arvind Mathur and the serial killer. But as the story unfolds, the pattern looks very interesting, so to speak.

On one hand, Deol's character is solving this man, who is making the world of movies a slaughterhouse with the killings of film critics. On the other hand, there's a love story brewing between Danny (Dulquer Salmaan), the owner of a flower shop, and an entertainment reporter, Nila Menon (Shreya Dhanwanthary).

Their love story in the first half gives another mysterious angle on how it's related to the serial killer. The first half thus runs parallelly well and leaves you intrigued. However, in the second half, the romantic angle doesn't help much with the story and makes you impatient to know about the hunt for the serial killer.

As mentioned earlier, Jane Kya Tune Kahi 's context in this film. Another beautiful song, Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam from Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), is also a kind of metaphor for Chup . We saw Guru Dutt never direct a film after Kaagaz Ke Phool , knowing how the film was heavily criticised for its content. He died just a few years after the release of the film. But now, times have changed, and the criticism has become harsher with the rise of social media too.

These metaphors work beautifully with Chup , as Guru Dutt is remembered with utmost respect and regret that he didn't get his due for his contribution to Indian cinema when he was alive.

However, a little criticism of Chup would indeed be a matter of convenience. The film slightly loses logic and seems fictitious in terms of giving the benefit of the doubt to the plot. It thickens once Zenobia (Pooja Bhatt), a criminal psychologist, comes into the picture. Her way of showing the "pattern" of the serial killer is kind of a known fact but is shown as a shocking twist in the film.

When it comes to performances, Chup is an out-and-out Dulquer Salmaan show. The actor is terrific in every scene, and you can't take your eyes off him. Knowing his body of work in the past decade, the actor has shown every shade in the films he has starred in, irrespective of the language. But the way Balki oozes out the more hidden talent he has is incredible to watch.

Sunny Deol as a cop is brilliant and brings back the charm he had with his performances in Damini, Ghayal, Ghatak and more. The one scene where he jumps off from the top floor and limps while he walks shows that he has aged but will never be less than the action hero he has been.

Pooja Bhatt's presence in the second half is just fabulous and proves how she has always been a talented actor. She deserves to be on screen more often.

Shreya Dhanwanthary looks promising with the way her character starts. But it just doesn't gel well as the film shapes up. The actor feels like a love interest who does have a role to play in the climax, but it is less impactful.

Saranya Ponvannan as the visually impaired mother of Shreya's character is just picture-perfect. She is the kind of millennial mother one would root for and want in their lives.

The music, which is a blend of the old-world charm of tracks from Guru Dutt movies composed by SD Burman and a modern twist by Amit Trivedi and Sneha Khanwalkar, sets Chup apart from the rest of the serial killer movies. Even the background score by Aman Pant is top-notch, which sets the thrilling pace just right. Even the constant sounds of crickets fit in perfectly between the songs.

Chup is a brave attempt by Balki in every sense, which he penned with former critic Raja Sen and Rishi Virmani. Brave for taking on a subject that no one had considered, braver for carrying it out by demonstrating how a film can be gory and uncomfortable to watch, and bravest for pulling off such a casting coup that will be remembered for a long time.

Chup: Revenge of the Artist has one scene which shows a poster saying "Woody Allen is innocent," which is equally disturbing to be present at a woman's house. That's another metaphor for how the film is designed to be. Moreover, Dulquer Salmaan takes the cake that Balki bakes and decorates it with a sharp icing.

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'Chup' review: The nuttiest R Balki film

Balki’s Chup unfolds in an alternate universe where film critics call the shots. I’m not kidding. This is a world where film critics wield tremendous, impossible power. They’re capable — or so the film will like us to believe — of great cultural influence, making or breaking movies with a withheld half-star here or an effusive headline there.

This is all, of course, an exaggeration. “Who would kill a film critic?” wonders Sunny Deol’s investigative cop at one point. The sad (yet wholly realistic) answer is that no one, absolutely no one would kill a film critic. We don’t matter and that’s just the way it is.

Sunny is fantastic in the new movie. I had a blast watching him keep his hair on and solve crimes diligently (It’s worth the `75 on National Cinema Day ticket price alone). Stroking his chin, scratching his beard, Sunny pieces together clues instead of, you know, beating them out of people.

He’s investigating a spate of murders that have rocked Mumbai: the city’s finest film critics are falling. The killer (whoever he or she might be) isn’t playing around. He’s murdering them in gruesome, painstaking detail. This is death by wordplay. Writing “the first half stays on track…”, for instance, lands one dead critic on the railway tracks.

In a parallel storyline, far from all the violence and gore, newbie entertainment journalist Nila (Shreya Dhanwanthary) is falling for reclusive florist Danny (Dulquer Salmaan). Their budding love story—get it? plays out in the streets and bylanes of Bandra.

The eminently Catholic neighbourhood is nicely captured Danny cycling down the famous zig-zagging Bandra steps is a neat idea—though the overall bluish colour grade makes everything look dull. Meanwhile, any proof of Nila’s gullibility lies in the ‘Woody Allen is innocent’ quote hanging on her wall.

Chup, with its tagline of ‘Revenge of the Artist’, is also meant as a tribute to Guru Dutt. ‘Yeh Duniya’, ‘Jaane Kya Tune Kahi’ and ‘Waqt Ne Kiya’ play on the soundtrack (the two original songs, ‘Gaya Gaya Gaya’ and ‘Mera Love,’ aren’t much, though it’s nice to see Swanand Kirkire share a lyrics credit with Kaifi Azmi and Sahir Ludhianvi). Guru Dutt’s seminal Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) is referenced as an example of critics sounding the death knell of a great artistic voice.

“You critics are killers”—Zenobia, a criminal psychologist played by Pooja Bhatt with bad teeth, says. Yet this is a shallow assessment of Guru Dutt’s legacy. Dutt, for all his heartbreak and acrimony over his rejected masterpiece, continued to act in films till the early 60s. And isn’t Kaagaz Ke Phool all the richer for its initial dismissal, since it also tells the story of a shunned and forgotten filmmaker?

Indeed, Balki (with co-writers Raja Sen and Rishi Virmani) seems to want to have it both ways: sympathizing with the obscure artist while extolling the virtues of fair and unbiased criticism. It doesn’t matter. I, for one, don’t watch serial killer movies for deep insights into life and art.

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I watch them for the thrill, the chase, the cheesy yet entertaining genre beats. All of Balki’s films are essentially comedies, and the same is true of Chup. Three critics stand around at a compatriot’s funeral. “There’s a screening at 6,” one says. “Isn’t it tomorrow?” asks another, clearly debarred from exclusive preview shows.

The made-up film names are equally hilarious: Ding Dong, Pani Pani Re, Kalinga: The War is Not Over. Sunny’s cool demeanour is broken by sudden flashes of anger (“I feel like killing somebody!” he shouts in frustration in one scene).

Dulquer effortlessly accommodates dark shades in his shaggy romantic lead. The ‘Is he, isn’t he?’ portions of the film clearly bring out his best. He’s helped, in no small part, by Shreya, who’s become Hindi cinema’s go-to girl for earnest journalist types. “One day, one day,” she sighs, labouring over an interview while the cooler cats in her office go out for reviews.

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Just let it go, friend. Just let it go.

Director: R Balki Cast: Dulquer Salmaan, Sunny Deol, Shreya Dhanwanthary Rating : 3/5

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Film review: ‘Chup: Revenge of the Artist’ led by Dulquer Salmaan strikes hot and cold

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R Balki shines the spotlight on a dark and twisted mind in his sobering thriller ‘Chup’

How do you review a bloody thriller about a brutal serial killer who hunts down film critics and slices them open for their written words?

A whole lot of trepidation and a smidgen of survivor’s guilt, I say.

But jokes aside, director R Balki’s atmospheric ‘why-dunnit’ transports you into a dreamy-yet-dreary world of a florist recluse Danny (Dulquer Salmaan) living in the metropolis if Mumbai with a gore-happy serial killer on the loose.

The rakish and reserved Danny, with his tousled hair and nervous energy, talks more to his carefully-tended flowers than his customers.

He’s socially awkward and tense, but his sombre existence blooms when a twentysomething entertainment journalist Nila Menon, played efficiently by Shreya Dhanwanthary, walks into his nursery/store.

Sparks fly instantly and they embark on this sweet and meditative adventure of discovering each other. Guru Dutt’s haunting melody from his critically-mutilated classic ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’ lends incredible atmospherics to their monsoon rendezvous. The effective background score and the moody visuals work.

But their whimsical love story is playing out in a city that’s being terrorised by a serial killer who chooses his victims based on their film reviews and star ratings. ‘A critic’s critic’ is how the cop (Sunny Deol) describes the deviant mind. It’s a definite dampener, but these two young guns seem immune to it largely as they lean into each other.

After every kill, the violent murderer carves out a star rating on his prey’s forehead. The degree of violence and gore is directly proportional to the killer’s critiquing of their review. If it doesn’t pass muster, then your death shall be more grotesque and violent.

From very early on, we are given broad cues on who the killer is, but the focus is largely on what triggered those bloody and brazenly butchering episodes. The body count is mounting and the serial killer is getting emboldened with each target.

When it comes to setting a scene and building a tense tone of a film, nobody does it better than director R Balki. The cloudy skies and the murky weather is a fair match to the dark, disturbed, and warped mind at work. The build-up is real and raw.

But be warned, it’s a thriller that takes its own time to unravel and the violence on display is not for the faint hearted. The critics — mostly ageing rotund males — who are perhaps just doing their job shabbily, meet undignified ends. Their crime and punishment is unevenly balanced.

But it’s the assured acting by the lead pair — Salmaan and Dhanwanthary — that makes this dark thriller with a wicked sense of humour throb with life. Both are in impressive form and have an easy chemistry. Both exude an aching vulnerability and are an emotional minefield.

Barring cinephile and Guru Dutt groupie Dhanwanthary’s questionable poster choices that has ‘Woody Allen is Innocent’ emblazoned on it (for those in the dark, acclaimed filmmaker Woody Allen has been accused of sexually abusing his daughter, an allegation that he has consistently denied), she exhibits a good grip on her character. Her equation with her sassy specially-abled mother (Saranya Ponvannan) is wonderfully captured. While these actors seem to be marching to tunes of subtlety, a bit of star dust appeared in the form of Sunny Deol.

Deol as the cop facing the heat for the rise in crime under his watch exercises considerable restraint, but he lets loose towards the end and succumbs to overdramatic histrionics. Just when you think that the high-decibel stereotype around Deol had faded, he’s back in his screechy hyper-masculine role screeching ‘bastard’ and jumping off a building in rage after he’s outwitted by a criminal. All the good work that he did when it came to being sardonic was undone with that melodramatic screech.

Sunny Deol plays a cop in 'Chup: Revenge Of The Artist'

Actress Pooja Bhatt on call as an expert on serial killers’ psychology does what’s on the tin, but her dialogues sometimes appear contrived. But she nailed the part where she questions the cop about manipulating an idealistic journalist to pose as a prey for the serial killer. The film is filled with some shining moments, but there are bits that appear laboured. The climax, that’s supposed to provide us with all the answers, is underwhelming and pedestrian.

Perhaps it’s the makers’s bid to humanise the serial killer that doesn’t land well.

His motives seem almost romantic, making you forget that here’s a desperate sick man who bludgeons someone to death because he’s narcissistic and is averse to criticism — constructive or otherwise. His back-story isn’t wholly convincing and the ease with which he carries out his murders makes it look borderline silly. But if you can silence those thoughts, then you might enjoy this thriller that’s adequately sly and sobering.

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A lonesome florist with a new-found love interest and a psychopath killer who targets film critics in Mumbai. Are the two related? Inspector Arvind Mathur and Dr. Zenobia are about to find out.
A psychopath killer, targeting film critics. The film is a fast-paced thriller that raises many questions of the ethics of criticism. Can an Artist's fate be decided by the opinions of a few? And on the other hand can art exist and evolve without being critiqued? Artists are artists because of their sensitivity.
Chup is the story of a psychopath killer who is targeting film critics. A series of bizarre and disturbing murders rock the city of Mumbai. Film critics are being killed week after week with the release of every new film. Arvind Mathur, Head of Crime Branch Mumbai, is tasked with solving the case. With the help of Zenobia, a criminal psychologist, he tries to understand the mind of the killer to trap him.
A top film critic Nitin Shrivastav is brutally murdered which puts question to investigating officer Arvind Mathur about the motive behind such brutal killing without any rivalry.Danny runs a florist shop in Bandra and meets an upcoming film critic Nila and both get close to each other.The city is shocked by two more murders again both being film critics but killed in a different passion which clears that a serial killer is on the prowl.Arvind further realizes that the killer targets the one's who have written bad about a newly released film and the murder's are committed according to the the badly written reviews. — [email protected]
Chup is the story of a psychopath killer who is targeting film critics. A series of bizarre and disturbing murders rock the city of Mumbai. Film critics are being killed week after week with the release of every new film. Arvind Mathur, Head of Crime Branch Mumbai, is tasked with solving the case. There has never been a serial killing case like this before. The victims are all executed very very differently. Every clue raises new questions. Each time they think they understand the killer's modus operandi, the next murder flips the script. With the help of Zenobia, a criminal psychologist, they try and understand the mind of the killer. In the midst of the killings, Nila Menon - a Journalist who is passionate about cinema - is struggling to be given the opportunity to write a film review. Her dream is to be a film critic. For her, cinema makes life interesting, more beautiful and worth living. In a strange twist of fate, she finds herself aiding Arvind and Zenobia with her knowledge about cinema and enthusiasm to become a film critic in order to trap the serial killer. Her dream of being a film critic becomes a nightmare. It's a fast-paced thriller that raises many questions on the ethics of criticism. Can an Artist's fate be decided by the opinions of a few? While on the other hand can art exist and evolve without being critiqued? Artists are artists because of their sensitivity. Is it fair to expect them to toughen up and absorb criticism with objectivity? Is it fair to expect critics to soften their opinions because of the fragility of an artist? What happens when an artist loses that balance?

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Chup Review: Dulquer Salmaan Carries The Film, Sunny Deol Delivers A Star Turn

Chup review: that it ventures into uncharted territory is undeniably commendable. but it needed something more to elevate itself above a mere idiosyncratic concept..

<i>Chup</i> Review: Dulquer Salmaan Carries The Film, Sunny Deol Delivers A Star Turn

Cast: Sunny Deol, Dulquer Salmaan, Pooja Bhatt, Shreya Dhanwanthary

Director: R Balki

Rating: 2 stars (out of 5)

Every filmmaker isn't an artist. Neither is every film a work of art. Similarly, not every movie reviewer is a film critic. Chup - Revenge of the Artist - ignores these distinctions between the magical and the humdrum to craft a thriller about a serial killer who believes criticism is evil and targets film critics for their opinions.

The technical attributes of the film - the camerawork and the lighting, the editing, the soundscape and the production design - are perfectly orchestrated to create an air of foreboding. They yield the desired results. Sadly, most of it lingers on the surface, leaving the heart of the plot rather soulless and incapable of triggering emotions any stronger than mild repulsion at the graphic and gory killings by a deranged man.

A mild-mannered Bandra florist Danny (Dulquer Salmaan), an enthusiastic rookie reporter Nila Menon (Shreya Dhanwanthary), a hardened police investigator Arvind Mathur (Sunny Deol) and a business-like criminal psychologist Zenobia Shroff (Pooja Bhatt) serve as the four pillars on which the screenplay, written by Balki with film reviewer Raja Sen and Rishi Virmani, stands. And then there is Guru Dutt. More on him later.

The 135-minute film opens with the gruesome killing of a veteran film critic, found bloodied in the loo of his own apartment. Before the halfway mark, three other murders of middle-aged men - yes, only men - from the same fraternity rock the city. In the course of the fourth kill - an art gallery is the site of the crime - the identity of the killer is revealed.

Leading up to this point, the film provides other visual clues for the audience to be able to guess who the serial killer is. The mystery surrounding the gruesome murders does not take firm roots because Chup goes back and forth between the who/why-dunnit and a blossoming romance between a lonesome flower seller and a young woman who has only just moved to Mumbai to further her journalistic prospects.

Post-interval, both the police and the audience anticipate another murder but what we get is a tame cat-and-mouse game involving a decoy critic and a fake negative review of a widely loved film. It ends with evocatively lit sequences that pay tribute to both Guru Dutt and his storied cinematographer V.K. Murthy, with replications of folkloric visual compositions from two of the duo's most celebrated collaborations - Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool .

Not only are these two films frequently evoked either directly and through their timeless songs, a couple of the murders are staged with the haunting SD Burman-composed numbers playing on the background. Never before have the sounds of Guru Dutt's two classic films accompanied the spilling of blood on the big screen.

Original, audacious, godawful - call them what you will, these moments are among the more memorable ones in a film that seems to take itself far too seriously for its own good. Largely devoid of humour, Chup could have used some darkly comic touches to go with its twisted plot.

What the unusual premise lacks, therefore, are a few additional layers that could have helped it transcend the superficial binary of good and bad, appreciative and harsh critiques.

Chup hinges on the inference that Guru Dutt was pushed to an untimely death by the fact that critics pilloried Kaagaz Ke Phool , a deeply personal essay that enumerated the struggles of being a filmmaker in a highly commercialised industry. Much is also made of the fact that the film in question is today universally regarded as a masterpiece. The first supposition is specious, the second is spot-on.

The history of art and literature - and cinema, too - abounds in instances of works that were trashed at the time of their appearance but then went on to grow in value and influence with the passage of time. Indeed, the value of art is rarely determined by instant critical approval (this can only gurantee immediate material gains) but by its capacity for longevity as a cultural artefact. In fact, somebody in Chup acknowledges that Kaagaz Ke Phool was a film way ahead of its time.

So what, pray, is the big deal? Well, Chup ties itself up in knots in trying to find a rationale for the actions of the killer, laboriously delving into the character's past and the long-term impact it has had on his mind and heart. Too pat, too casual, too bereft of imagination. Not something Guru Dutt would be proud of.

Geeta Dutt's ethereal voice comes in handy every time Danny and Nila meet. A chance meeting - looking for flowers for her visually impaired mother, Nila finds that Danny grows tulips - a rarity of rarities in Mumbai - in his backyard. Tulips and Geeta Dutt in a 2022 Hindi movie! Wow, talk of method in the madness.

In a way, Chup has the feel of an extended cinematic exercise by a troll intent on showing film critics their place in the food chain. It errs in suggesting that those that pass judgement on cinema for a living - the film gets Amitabh Bachchan (playing himself) to assert that cinema needs critics for its growth - wield the power to make or break the fate of a film.

They definitely don't in the case of movies that have a life beyond instant reviews either because the star power that drives them is too immense to be affected by criticism or owing to the sheer purity of the art inherent in it. The latter was true of Kaagaz Ke Phool , an ambitious leap of artistic faith that sank not because it fell short, but because in 1959 neither critics nor audiences were ready for it.

One performance that stands out in Chup is Shreya Dhanwanthary's. She fleshes out a film-loving journo who dares to put her life on the line to achieve her goal and literally at that (like filmmakers of the ilk of Guru Dutt, Ritwik Ghatak and John Abraham did), and gets the nuances right.

Dulquer Salmaan, as always, oozes easy-going charm. If only he went just a tad easier on that aspect of his personality, he would have done more justice to the wide range of emotions that he is required to pack into the performance. Be that as it may, he carries the film on shoulders with aplomb.

Sunny Deol delivers a restrained star turn that goes slightly off-track in the climactic passages. Pooja Bhatt does enough to leave you wondering why more of her character wasn't written into the film.

Chup is a muddle but certainly not of monumental proportions. That it ventures into uncharted territory is undeniably commendable. But it needed something more to elevate itself above a mere idiosyncratic concept.

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Some of R Balki’s movies can be summed up by one-liners. Real-life father and son cast as son and father with some help from a genetic disease: Paa . Mute actor borrows thespian’s voice to hit the big league: Shamitabh . She works, he doesn’t: Ki & Ka . Guru Dutt as the inspiration for a serial killer who murders film critics: Chup: Revenge of the Artist.

Balki’s slash-the-messenger thriller claims to have identified the real problem that is hurting the Hindi film industry. It isn’t bad scripts, Bollywood-hating trolls, paid publicity that creates false expectations or hard-to-please audiences. It’s film reviewers. To justify bringing a sword to a bout of arm-wrestling, Balki invokes no less than Guru Dutt.

Guru Dutt’s masterpiece Pyaasa (1957) and the critical and commercial failure Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) serve as lodestars for Balki’s script. Shot compositions from Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool inspire some of Chup ’s visuals. Songs from his films are used in their original form or as covers, as well as sung (badly) by Chup’ s antagonist.

There’s a Freudian touch too to the grudge report about the impact of criticism on a creator’s mental state. The writers of Chup include film reviewer Raja Sen, alongside Balki and Rishi Virmani.

Kaagaz Ke Phool , Guru Dutt’s cri de coeur about the travails of filmmaking, is of particular interest to Chup . Kaagaz Ke Phool traces the decline of a director who loses his audience, the woman he loves and cinema itself. It was the last film Guru Dutt officially directed (he made immeasurable contributions to his subsequent productions, including Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam and Chaudhvin Ka Chand ).

The director himself acknowledged that Kaagaz Ke Phool was unwieldy and far too maudlin for public taste. Although now regarded as a cult classic, Kaagaz Ke Phool is better seen as a deeply flawed diamond, reflecting Guru Dutt’s troubled mind rather than as the crowning glory of his achievements.

According to Chup’ s alt-history, though, Kaagaz Ke Phool was demolished by bad reviews. Like wights swarming over Winterfell, critics descended on Kaagaz Ke Phool , denying the film and its maker the greatness they deserve, Chup dubiously claims.

Danny (Dulquer Salmaan) is a hunky florist who catches the eye of journalist Nila (Shreya Dhanwanthary). Danny is actually a “critic of the critics”, eviscerating reviewers in the same manner in which they rip apart films. Danny’s calling card is carved into the foreheads of his victims – the numbers of stars that accompany movie reviews and are regarded as markers of a film’s worth.

Might the killer be a copy-cat inspired by a film, wonders police investigator Arvind (Sunny Deol)? The smug reply isn’t actually aimed at him. No such movie exists, a character declares. (It does: it’s called Chup .)

Arvind’s floundering investigation gets a boost from psychologist Zenobia (Pooja Bhatt). While the source of Danny’s actions is clear enough, Chup itself is never quite coherent about the role of critique in the ecosystem of cinema.

In a cameo, Amitabh Bachchan declaims about the importance of constructive criticism. Danny tells a victim, be a critic by all means but be a good one. The film holds the contradictory position that downbeat reviews can harm the box office but also have zero impact on ticket sales.

There’s a missing element in the equation, which was wonderfully articulated in Ram Gopal Varma’s Rangeela (1995). Aamir Khan’s Munna declares, we are the paying public, we can say whatever we want about the quality of movies. Chup has no equivalent moment of coruscating insight.

The film’s intent is more explicitly conveyed by the gratuitous depiction of Danny’s gruesomeness and its empathy for his psychosis. In the kangaroo court of Danny’s mind, he is judge, jury and executioner, with film critics cowering in the dock, wishing they had been soft instead of honest.

There are patches of humour in the gore. Nila’s mother (Saranya Ponnvanan) is to Chup what Zohra Sehgal was to Balki’s directorial debut Cheeni Kum (2007): a dispenser of wisecracks and welcome distraction.

Some comic moments are surely unintentional. Sunny Deol is encouraged to bellow and leap into the unknown in spectacular fashion. Except in these moments, Deol is exceptionally understated and a surprisingly steadying presence.

The use of SD Burman’s music from Guru Dutt’s films, taken out of their original context and set against grimy visuals, has flashes of spark. The sound made by temple blocks in Jaane Kya Tune Kahi from Pyaasa serve as a sinister sonic marker of Danny’s actions. Sneha Khanwalkar bravely covers Ye Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye , also from Pyaasa , transporting lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi’s 1950s lament to a contemporary tale of madness.

There’s plenty going on in Guru Dutt’s name, including the proposition that the sensitive filmmaker’s brooding themes can lend themselves to murderous sentiment. But Guru Dutt is ultimately a prop, plaything and convenient blank canvas for a scattershot and unevenly paced psychological thriller.

If Chup encourages viewers to seek out the real article, it might achieve half its purpose. As for critics, they are well-advised to keep their distance from florists, steer clear of anybody named Danny, and avoid using similes and metaphors that could give serial killers odd ideas.

As the deranged dispatcher, Dulquer Salmaan unleashes an evil laugh and gamely chews through sad wordplay on industry terms such as “editing” and “director’s first cut”. The more convincing actor is Shreya Dhanwanthary, who turns out a warm and nuanced performance.

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Chup is a unique tale of a serial killer that boasts of some fine performances., chup review {3.0/5} & review rating.

CHUP is the story of a serial killer. Danny ( Dulquer Salmaan ) is a florist in Bandra, Mumbai. A young journalist Nila ( Shreya Dhanwanthary ), who has recently shifted to Mumbai, discovers his shop and is impressed that he sells tulips, his mother's favourite. Both get attracted to each other. Meanwhile, a prominent movie critic, Nitin Srivastav, is killed ruthlessly at his residence. Inspector Arvind Mathur ( Sunny Deol ) is given charge of the case. A few days later, another critic named Irshad Ali is murdered, by pushing him under a local train. The next week, another critic gets killed. Arvind discovers that the killer of all the critics is the same and also discovers his unique pattern. The killer kills as per the criticism written by the critic. As he tries to find out who the killer is, the critics in the city get scared. Arvind Mathur advises them to play safe and give a positive review to films, for their own safety. For the upcoming release, all critics shower praises on the film, whether or not they have liked it. However, Kartik, who works for Nila's publication, refuses to bow down. He slams the film heavily. Arvind immediately rushes to his place along with a huge police force, as he could be the killer's next target. What happens next forms the rest of the film.

R Balki's story is unique. There have been many films on serial killers on the loose. But there has been no film about a serial killer killing film critics. This gives a nice touch to the overall plot. R Balki, Raja Sen and Rishi Virmani's screenplay is effective and creative. The way the two tracks run parallel makes for a fine watch. Also, the manner in which Guru Dutt, flowers and murder all come together is seamless. However, the investigation angle could have been more convincing. R Balki, Raja Sen and Rishi Virmani's dialogues are sharp and witty.

R Balki's direction is praiseworthy. He is known for feel-good films and this is the first time he enters this zone. But he excels in several places. Interestingly, one can predict who is the killer at the very beginning. Yet, the revelation of the murderer comes across as a jolt to the viewers. Secondly, he has executed the film in a creative fashion and that keeps the interest going throughout its running time. Thirdly, the film has enough funny and thrilling scenes to keep the interest going. He also deserves kudos as he doesn’t outright bash film critics on the whole. He takes a balanced approach and also makes it clear that film criticism is important in society.

On the flipside, the pacing of the film is slow. Despite the interesting narrative, it is still a niche film. On top of that, it’s violent, which further restricts its appeal. Moreover, a few investigation scenes seem superficial and theatrical, and not too real. This is especially in the scenes of Pooja Bhatt .

CHUP starts on a thrilling note, with the murder of Nitin Srivastav. The way it’s executed, one can’t anticipate if it’s Nitin or his wife who’ll be killed. Danny and Nila’s entry scenes and the way they bump into each other are cute. The sequence where Arvind addresses the critics and industry members and the madness that ensues is hilarious. However, what takes the cake in the first half is when the lone critic bashes the film and the cops descend on his residence in full force. The intermission point is rocking. Post-interval, the film gets slow but a few scenes of Danny stand out. The finale is chilling.

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Sunny Deol has a supporting part but suits the role to the T. He underplays it well and in one scene, he gets into the massy zone, which will be greeted with claps and whistles. The dashing Dulquer Salmaan rocks the show. He plays a difficult part with ease and proves yet again that he’s one of the best actors around. Shreya Dhanwanthary looks lovely and performance-wise, she’s first rate. She slips into the character effortlessly. Pooja Bhatt (Dr Zenobia Shroff) is okay and her dialogue delivery seemed too rehearsed. Saranya Ponvannan (Nila’s mother) is adorable. Rajeev Ravindranathan (Inspector Shetty) is a bit over the top. The actors playing Kartik, Nitin Srivastav, Govind Pandey and Arvind’s senior Yashwant Singh are fine. Adhyayan Suman (Purab Kapoor) is fair in a cameo. Amitabh Bachchan’s special appearance is memorable.

There’s only one song in the narrative, 'Gaya Gaya Gaya' , and though its tune is forgettable, it's well shot. The background score is the USP of the film. The instrumental tune of the song ‘Jaane Kya Tune Kahi’ is haunting and will linger in one’s mind long after the film is over.

Vishal Sinha's cinematography is neat. Sandeep Sharad Ravade's production design is real and urbane. Aesha Merchant's costumes are realistic yet appealing. Gagan Oberoi's costumes for Sunny Deol are apt. Vikram Dahiya's action is gory. Nayan HK Bhadra's editing could have been sharper.

On the whole, CHUP is a unique tale of a serial killer on the loose and boasts of some fine performances. At the box office, it’ll take a healthy start due to the reduced ticket prices on Day 1. From Day 2 onwards, word of mouth will play an important part in pulling audiences to cinemas, especially in urban centres.

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Chup: Revenge of the Artist Ending Explained: Who is Danny and how is he connected to Sebastian Gomes?

Chup Plot Synopsis

The 2022 psychological thriller Chup follows the story of a psychopath who is hell-bent on murdering critics that give movies unfavourable reviews without investing enough time to understand the motive of the filmmaker.

Inspector Mathur finds the bodies of popular critics with a star rating on their respective foreheads. After learning that these critics were killed and rated as per their last review of movies, he asks the Critics’ Association to stop reviewing movies negatively for a while. Now as a new movie is released, he asks the critics to write only positive reviews for the release.

How does Inspector Mathur find the motive behind the murders?

Despite Inspector Arvind Mathur’s insistence, Kartik, a film critic, chooses to write an honest review giving the movie a 1.5-star rating. The cops are sure that the psychopath will attack Kartik so Arvind and his team gather together to give him special protection waiting for the killer to arrive.

After waiting for a long time, Arvind gets a call from his subordinate informing him that another critic had been murdered and in Kartik’s stead.

Arvind wonders why the k m,iller chose to steer away from his regular modus operandi of killing reviewers who trash movies. The cops figure out that the psychopath only kills critics that give negative reviews to films without proper research. In this case, the killer attacked a critic that gave unnecessarily good reviews to a movie that was particularly bad.

Mathur also discovers that the psychopath kills these critics based on the plot of their reviews. If the critic gives the killer a good murder storyline, the psychopath chooses to murder that critic and in turn spares other critics that give equally critical reviews.

Who is Dr Zenobia? How does she help Inspector Mathur?

Together with the help of a renowned psychologist, Dr Zenobia, Arvind Mathur decodes that the psychopath is a troubled artist who dislikes the way in which movies are trashed by critics. She explains that the killer is extremely depressed and a way to channel his pain is by causing pain to others.

Dr Zenobia and Arvind together ask Kartik to help by making a list of all the filmmakers of recent times whose last movies received extremely poor reviews. Their aim is to find filmmakers who stopped making movies due to the negative reviews their films got over recent years.

How is Nila linked to the case?

Kartik asks Nila, an aspiring critic, to work on the article with him and the two are able to make a list of filmmakers whose last work was met with negative reviews. Meanwhile, Nila and Danny have gotten closer and she is suspicious that Danny is the killer who is murdering critics, left and right.

Nila starts doubting Danny when she spots film roll boxes in his house but he diffuses the situation by claiming that they were intended as a surprise for her. The two plan on meeting for a date that Thursday. Meanwhile, since Arvind wants to track the killer down, he urges some critics to purposely write incorrect reviews about a film that is to be released that week.

Since most of the critics are worried about their lives, Arvind asks Nila to volunteer since she is an aspiring film critic who is always kept on the sidelines due to her lack of experience. Nila initially agrees to do so, thinking that she will be able to start her journey as a critic and watches the movie.

Nila loved the movie and wants to give it a four-star rating but Mathur and Zenobia ask her to write a negative review for the movie asking her to give it a dramatic storyline good enough to invite the killer to murder. On the other hand, Danny is waiting for Nila to show up considering it was the night of their date but they are not able to connect.

Nila was initially excited about writing the review but soon comes to her senses about what she is going to do. She gets worried but her mother tries to get her to be courageous and do the needful to find the killer on the loose.

What does Danny do to Nila?

Once she writes an incorrect review, Inspector Mathur and his police team gather at her house, anticipating the killer to attack any time the following day. Danny watches the movie and really enjoys it. He waits for Nila to call after she ghosted him on the night of their date.

When he is about to take a call from Nila, he gets notified about the movie reviews for the film he just watched. He puts Nila’s texts/calls on hold and reads the reviews. He eventually comes down to a bad review of the movie that had an amazing storyline for him to bring to life. Danny is shocked to see that it was Nila who wrote the review, claiming it was so bad it “split her brain into 1000 pieces”.

Ready to do just that, Danny sets off to see Nila and tries visiting her house. Once there, Nila suddenly gets overwhelmed and asks Arvind to let her meet her mother. When she learns that Danny was here to meet her, she forces the inspector to let her boyfriend stay.

After convincing Arvind, Danny tries to calm Nila down and takes her to the bedroom. Inside, behind closed doors, Danny suffocates Nila using his usual plastic wrap method and throws her out of the window without the cops noticing a thing.

He makes a makeshift Nila out of pillows and covers it with a blanket to make it seem as if she were sleeping. Danny talks to Arvind outside the room and frustrates the inspector into kicking him out of the house. After leaving, Danny walks to the neighbouring building to collect Nila’s body and takes her to a secluded location where he ties her to a chair.

Arvind notices something off with Nila and Danny’s interaction and his team alerts him by saying that Danny has left his bicycle behind. Arvind puts two and two together and notices that Nila is not in the room. He jumps out of the window too in order to gauge where Danny may have dropped her. Arvind gets his leg injured in the process and rushes to find Nila.

What is the story behind Danny’s revenge?

Once he has captured her, Danny discusses the movie review with Nila. She claims that she was forced to give it a bad review just because they were looking for the killer. Danny states that bashing a work of art just for the sake of it is an injustice to any artist and claims that her 1-star rating for the movie would have been valid had she researched the movie a little.

Danny claims that the movie was a splitting copy of another foreign film and it wasn’t a novel plot, meaning the artist had stolen someone’s work. While he is about to kill Nila as per his plan, Arvind finds the two in mid-conversation and somehow saves Nila while shooting Danny and injuring him.

After that, Nila is taken to the hospital and Danny into police custody where his house is searched for evidence to pin him to the crimes. The cops find Danny’s biographical movie that was trashed by critics and they watch it along with Nila who is recovering from her injuries.

Who is Sebastian Gomes?

The film narrates the story of a young boy who grows up in a violent home where his father beats up his mother. When the boy intervenes trying to save his mother, the father ties the boy up and throws him into the basement. Out of a small window in the basement, the boy watches the old films that their neighbour watches.

The boy falls in love with filmmaking and grows older to fall in love with films. He himself also becomes violent and is also able to control his father whenever he tries to assault his mother. One day, his father kills their dog named Danny. As the child grows older, he comes to hate his father and as soon as he died, the boy finally buries his dead dog from years ago.

The boy is an adult now and wants to be a filmmaker. He works on his autobiographical movie and releases it as Sebastian Gomes. However, the movie is trashed by critics and becomes a huge failure in an instant. Nila weeps after seeing the tragic story of Danny who is the failed filmmaker, Sebastian Gomes.

What happens to Danny at the end of Chup?

While it is not clear where Danny is at the end of the movie, it is shown that he is in solitary confinement in what looks like a prison. He still hears the voices in his head. Danny gets his meal for the day wrapped in newspaper. He reads the news headline that states a renowned film critic had passed away due to Covid.

Danny starts rejoicing before the other voice in his head asks him to stop and be considerate. The movie ends with Danny smiling to himself as one of Guru Dutt’s old songs plays in the background.

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Review: 'chup' has an interesting premise, but leaves us wanting for more, chup is directed by r balki & stars sunny deol, dulquer salmaan among others..

It’s a trippy, wild premise. A new kind of serial killer is in town who, as we are told, “ star dene waalon ko star de raha hai" . A puzzled investigating officer asks, “ Ek film critic ko kaun maarega yaar ”. In R Balki’s latest movie Chup, his love for cinema, Amitabh Bachchan , Guru Dutt and film criticism come together as a crime thriller where critics are being critiqued.

You know how there are films you watch and know exactly what you feel about them. This isn’t one of those. Feelings are being felt, things are still being processed because it is for the first time yours truly has seen so many film critics together on screen.

Critics are the focus, and so it makes perfect sense to have former film critic Raja Sen as one of the writers along with Balki and Rishi Virmani.

I was amused to see two characters discuss press show timings during a funeral. That’s new. Or witness the madness of filing reviews and giving stars. What’s not new though is people being upset about it. The protagonist Danny ( Dulquer Salmaan ) vehemently believes that it is the critics who crushed Guru Dutt’s spirit after they judged Kaagaz Ke Phool harshly. So he sets out to right the wrongs and take revenge.

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But is there a “right” way to feel about a film or any work of art? And who decides that? Also, do critics really have so much power to determine the destiny of an artist or their masterpiece? If that's the case, then what explains the box office success of films that are collectively panned by reviewers? Or the gems that go unnoticed even after they earn rave reviews.

Chup is directed by R Balki & stars Sunny Deol, Dulquer Salmaan among others.

Sunny Deol in a still from R Balki's 'Chup'

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Chup is mostly quiet on the art and process of film criticism. There is, of course, Amitabh Bachchan explaining how “cinema needs unbiased voices to flourish”. Sounds even better in Hindi when he says “ Aalochak ki avashyakta hai ”. Chup speaks through its beautiful frames. Vishal Sinha’s camera glides as the colour palette and lighting drench the screen in the lilting poetic pathos and loneliness of Guru Dutt’s world. The sound design, with that signature click from 'Jane Kya Tune Kahi' ( Pyaasa ) composed by SD Burman or the songs from Kaagaz Ke Phool form an enigmatic tapestry as we try and understand the inner workings of the killer's twisted mind.

The murder scenes are graphic and tough to watch. But it's even more difficult to hear Pooja Bhatt tell us why she thought the killer would be a man, and simultaneously body-shame our perfectly innocent victim.

Dulquer and Shreya Dhanwanthary share such effortless chemistry that it’s easy to fully surrender to their fuzzy, filmy romance. Dulquer has a dark and sinister side too, which he showcases with aplomb. Shreya is authentic and radiant, and even when the plot contrivances become too much to handle the camera is on her and things seem in control. However, there are many other characters Chup focuses on and the proceedings become wobbly. One is never quite sure of the tone the film is trying to adopt. Is it a satire or a dark comedy critiquing a world that can't take criticism? Or is it serious about sermonizing to critics about how to do their job?

Not to be missed is Sunny Deol as the investigating officer who, fed up of his own restrained performance, screams “BASTARD” and takes a giant leap of faith metaphorically and literally to catch the killer. For this critic Chup remains an interesting, intriguing idea that couldn’t quite execute what it ambitiously set out to achieve .

Our rating: 2.5 Quints out of 5

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RAHUL HAZRA 16 148 days ago

This is the best of best film I have ever seen in my whole life. Mujhe lagta hai sabhi filmo ko uski ratings audiance ko Deni chahiye chahe wo 1 star ho ya phir 5 star. Kiu ki audiance ke liye hi to film bante hai, agar hum audiance us film ko Bina dekhe hi sirf aur sirf ratings per based karke na dekhe to kya fayda. Humhe us film ko dekhna chahiye, dekhne ke baad hum use ratings denge. Wo vi honest review. Hume pata hai ki Jo ratings dete hai unhe to film ke producers, actors koyi bhi Paisa khila sakta hai, magar hum audiance ko kabhi nhi... Chahe wo koyi bhi bada actor ho hum audiance ke Bina uska koyi namo nishan Tak nhi hai. Hum hi unke plus point hai aur minus point bhi. Mind it <br/>And I have this movie 5 out of 5 stars ❤️

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The script of the movie and the title is so justified but few loopholes were there in the execution. The split personality of the actress in the first half completely vanished in the second half. And then how the killer got the victims at those murder sites was not clear. Except these all the actors were so accurate in their roles specially Salman and sreya . I completely loved the love story how it goes slowly and then got intensified . The dialogues were good , the plot and the cast were at the point . And yes I am ignoring the well predictable story line and all of know who was the killer from the first but the movie really wanted the audience to know that fact ... Over all the movie was worth watching. The ending could have had a twisted story like the protagonist killed the actress then got caught but I was really asking for a happy ending so yes it is a good movie to watch...enjoy ��

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Chup: Revenge of the Artist Review

Critics of Hindi cinema are a disparate, colourful, bunch that evoke much derision and tut-tut among its own tribe, but Chup 's distant understanding of their influence and idiosyncrasies fails to give the loathing any real impact, notes Rediff.com Principal Movie Critic Sukanya Verma.

A film-maker's perspective of their work, understandably possessive and personal, and a critic's verdict, arising from individual experiences and response is seldom in sync.

Many labours of love have received a thumbs down from the critics.

Though when the latter enjoys a film, exuberant praise follows and the critic becomes an unlikely champion for a voice that needs to reach out to all and sundry.

But the war between creators, critics, credibility and cinephile egos goes deeper than that. This complicated relationship between defensive film-makers and defiant film critics finds a satirical vent in R Balki's Chup: Revenge of the Artist .

What if angry, wishful thinking and metaphoric violence within an unfavourably judged artist manifested into a serial killer premise?

Quite like the Vincent Price-led British black comedy, Theatre of Blood , where a bitter Shakespearean actor goes on a murderous spree after he is slammed by a bunch of uppity critics.

Balki's love for novel ideas -- the May-December romance in Cheeni Kum , old-looking kid of young-looking parents in Paa , failed actor lending voice to mute actor in Shamitabh , house husband and working wife equation in Ki & Ka -- is a brand he continues to build on with his latest.

There's an air of experiment to Chup , which does well in rustling nervous energy around the deaths of a largely unwelcome, peripheral community.

But Balki's random and lacklustre depiction of movie reviewers limits an ingenious gimmick to just that. Co-written by Rishi Virmani and film critic Raja Sen whose cruellest reviews are a distinction in itself, Chup would benefit more from the eloquence of Sen's sting than the indulgences of its writer-director.

There are things he gets right and there are things he doesn't.

While Mumbai's monsoon soaked imagery of Bandra's tucked away streets and quaint neighbourhoods, captured with a refreshing new eye in Vishal Sinha's camera, provides a sensual, secretive, low-lit backdrop, Chup piggybacks intensely on Guru Dutt's aura for its vibe and whimsy.

Even if one plays along the pretentious nature of its romantic moments sponging off his iconic melodies, it's rather reductive how the actor-film-maker's legacy is seen purely through the prism of failure and melancholy.

Alternating between a police procedural headed by a gruff cop (Sunny Deol) and impassioned psychologist (Pooja Bhatt) and a series of meet-cutes between a charismatic florist (Dulquer Salmaan) and earnest journalist (Shreya Dhanwanthary), Chup begins on a grisly note as critic after critic is slaughtered by a self-appointed vigilante of quality cinema.

Picking on the contempt in their reviews, the demented killer executes his prey verbatim and carves stars on their forehead as a wickedly ironical final word.

The identity of the murderer is quite obvious from the beginning.

What is surprising is Chup 's tame depiction of his hate targets in nondescript portrayals dominated by obese, middle-aged, men.

Like that terribly pedestrian scene where tempers flare up and producers and critics quarrel like disagreeing members of a cooperative housing society meeting.

Lopsided as it may be, Chup is fascinating even when it is frustrating.

It is admirably unflinching in laying all the blame on the prejudiced critic.

But when the opportunity to show the extent of its deadly darkness arrives, bringing Baazigar 's coldest moment to mind, Chup stops at teasing.

Who knows if deep down it too believes, ' yahan Scorsese nahi Shetty chalta hai ' as the climax advances into a far-fetched mess.

At this point, the until-now subdued Sunny Deol is back to his Ghayal -era growls and cussing.

Looking undeniably sharp in his salt and pepper, flat top haircut, Deol conducts the investigation in the manner of a surly, sleepy, lion.

Whatever scope for banter the entry of his Angrakshak co-star Pooja Bhatt offers is sadly never explored. Her innate intelligence is a natural fit for the part. Even though she's mostly spewing hokum, we buy every bit of it.

What's difficult to digest is Dulquer Salmaan and Shreya Dhanwanthary complaining about Mumbai's ' mehangai ' while shopping for haldi at an upscale gourmet store.

Their romance is flushed in fantasy, which is alright since both seem like lonely souls in search of love.

Whether Shreya's 'Woody Allen is Innocent' endorsement is more telling of her politics or poor judgement of character, it works completely in the context of her wide-eyed persona. Wish the high-spirited equation between her and her blind mum (a plucky Saranya Ponvannan) was better fleshed out.

Falling for the florist doesn't seem too unreasonable when the man selling exotic tulips for free is a suave Dulquer Salmaan.

Chup isn't swayed by his handsomeness alone.

The actor's talent flies high all through a complex journey, which stuns and silences over the course of unabashed symbolism and feverish impulses.

Chup 's bias is reserved for disgruntled creators at the receiving end of nasty appraisals of their efforts.

Though it ropes in Amitabh Bachchan (for a customary R Balki cameo) to assert criticism is the key to social progress, its sympathy for the artist, ultimately, absolves all mediocrity when the critic-hating protagonist schools his detractors on ethics of reviewing and virtues of Mongolian cinema.

Balki has the framework for a terrific argument if only it wasn't so oblivious to publications and their politics, controlling the narrative and a thriving star rating system -- one that the film industry equally enables across triumphant posters when the odds are in their favour.

Attributing violent vendetta to psychological imbalance is an easy crutch to fall on when makers are reluctant to debate righteous anger over difference of opinion.

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Chup: Revenge of the Artist
The film, set in Mumbai, focuses on how a serial killer targets corrupt film critics and a police officer is assigned to catch the killer. Chup was released on 23 September 2022 to positive reviews from critics. Film critic Sukanya Verma in her review of the film pointed out that the story of Chup is quite like the British film "Theatre of Blood".
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Chup: Directed by R. Balki. With Dulquer Salmaan, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Sunny Deol, Pooja Bhatt. A lonesome florist with a new-found love interest and a psychopath killer who targets film critics in Mumbai. Are the two related? Inspector Arvind Mathur and Dr. Zenobia are about to find out.
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Chup is absolutely hilarious when it focuses on its slasher aspect. The murders are incredibly creative. Balki uses the freedom that comes with the A-rating to its fullest. Rated: 3/5 Jul 20, 2023 ...
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