Movie Review : Via Darjeeling

Movie: Via Darjeeling (2008)
Star Cast: K.K.Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Parveen Dabas,

Vinay Pathak, Simone Singh, Rajat Kapoor, 

Prashant Narayanan

Director : Arindam Nandy

Duration : 104 min

Plot : A honeymoon couple Ankur and Rimli (Menon and Sonali) was about to return home from Darjeeling, but on the last day the husband (Menon) went missing. Local Inspector Robin (Vinay Pathak) carried out basic investigations and got to know from Rimli that throgh out their honeymoon she was followed by a man (Parveen Dabas). Story then moves to a couple Preeti and Ronodeep's drawing room where we see Robin narrating the story of "Ankur got missing" to Preeti, Ronodeep and two other friends - Mallika and Kaushik (Sandhya Mridul and Prashant Narayanan). To kill time on a rainy night each of them narrates his/her own version of "How Ankur got missing" story one by one. The movie is pushed to the climax as the stories unfold.

Review : Something 100% experiemental and unconventional. What we see is 5 different versions of the same story and an open climax. I've always found open climaxes abrupt and irritating but not this time. Sonali Kulkarni and K.K.Menon are superb playing 5 roles of the same character. Vinay Pathak is good too. Rest of them are ok. Songs are good and the background score too. Could have been a better movie if wrapped up in an hour. Still worth watching on a rainy night. 

I would rate it as: 2.5/5