3 Storeys

Well the thinking and creativity behind this movie is all reavealed at the end of the movie which is quite surpising. Never seen a movie with this kind of twist before definitely a good watch ! All the actors were great but the story of middle one seems quite a repitative otherwise the other two were quite good !

This movie is a Masterpiece . I don't know why this type of movies don't get their recognition.

This week's most refreshing release '3 Storeys' shows three different stories set in a chawl of Mumbai. A well written fast pace thriller this film keeps you hooked from the start till its end.

Each story has a certain gripping element along with a surprise ending that you never see coming. The stories include Flory(Renuka Shahane), a grieving mother and a businessman Vilas(Pulkit Samrat) looking for a kholi, Varsha(Masumeh Makhija), facing an abusive marriage and her ex-lover Shankar(Sharman Joshi) & Malini(Aisha Ahmed) and Suhail(Ankit Rathi) two youngsters deeply in love but separated by parental pressure with Leela(Richa Chadda) as the narrator.

The characters share almost equal screen time with each of them giving admirable performances specially Renuka, Sharman and Masumeh. However the strength of the movie lays in its writing and the short run-time. The screenplay is written by Althea Dalmas Kaushal who in past has been a part of flops like 'Happy New Year' and 'Noor' and is brilliantly directed by Arjun Muherjee(making his debut).

'3 Storeys' is a good example of how a film rapidly moving movie can be executed within a short time span. You come out of the theater with growing respect towards these low-budget classics.

#3storeys is a niche film which narrates multiples stories set in a chawl. There is a khadus goan catholic lady who sells her house at an exorbitant price n kills the buyer. There is a middle class lady, who is unable to marry her sincere lover, due to a miscommunication. There is a hindu girl in love with a muslim boy, but its later revealed that they r actually brother n sister. There is a lady in a wheelchair, who quietly observes all the characters around her. With a short running time, all stories keep u engaged. Performances r good. Worth watching. Rating 3/5.

Each story described in the film has a twist, possibly a couple of you would even think about what it is, however the way it has been described by Arjun Mukerjee, that is absolutely commendable. I haven't seen any film where the surprise element in the story has been described so unpretentiously without going emotional.

The main issue here is that while the screenplay in the first half is tight and connecting, the second half loses it's grasp a bit particularly in the last story. In any case, the film figures out how to shock us indeed in the peak, a turn that none of us anticipated.

While narration is great, and screenplay could have been somewhat better, one office where the film gets full marks is the acting department!