Gaslight

When I sat down to watch the 2023 Indian mystery thriller "Gaslight", it was actually my second Indian movie ever to watch. I've always avoided their movies, as I thought it was all laced with random singing and dancing. But I found out that it is the Bollywood subgenre. So I have been missing out on a large number of movies here actually.

And thus, I opted to sit down and watch director Pavan Kirpalani's 2023 mystery thriller without even a moment of doubt. Sure, I hadn't heard about the movie prior to watching it. But that hardly really mattered, because I do believe in giving a movie a fair chance.

I have to say that writers Neha Sharma, Pavan Kirpalani and Ameet Mehta put together a rather enjoyable and entertaining script and storyline. It was a traditional mystery with some supernatural elements to it, in the style of keeping the audience in the dark and guessing as to what it going on and who done it. And it worked. Because the storyline in "Gaslight" was really good, and thoroughly entertaining from start to end.

Needless to say that I was not familiar with the cast ensemble in "Gaslight", but they had a great ensemble and actors and actresses here. Sara Ali Khan (playing Meesha), Chitrangda Singh (playing Rukmini) and Vikrant Massey (playing Kapil) really carried the movie quite well with their performances.

Visually then I found "Gaslight" to be good. It is not a movie that utilizes an abundance of special effects, but director Pavan Kirpalani makes really good use of the ambience, lighting and building up atmosphere to cement the storyline and slowly establish a thrill. It was quite nicely done actually.

I was more than genuinely entertained by this movie, and very much postively surprised with the storyline. If you enjoy mystery thrillers, then "Gaslight" is well-worth sitting down and spending 111 minutes to watch.

My rating of director Pavan Kirpalani's 2023 movie "Gaslight" lands on a well-deserved six out of ten stars.

Loved the overall dark theme of the movie,some good twists & turns are there. I am sure this movie is far better than Pathaan or Prem Ratan Dhan paayo, etc..After seeing such bad reviews,i thought to stop watching it for a min but then wanted to give it a try. Every director and storyteller has their way of delivering a plot & i was always interested that what's coming next. It kept the thrill intact & performances of everyone is great. Only at certain places in 1st half,the movie felt slower but later the pace was nice & ended really well. Not all movies can impress everyone,but i liked this movie.

If you're one of the few people who still haven't seen this amazing movie then do yourself a favor and go watch this immediately...you will not be disappointed!.Dont you ever watch this movie as it is so perfect u will never be able to watch another .this becomes one of the greatest of all time and my favourite .. Just such an amazing movie. Amazing writing. Numerous menacing and thrilling antagonists, and an ever-interesting relationship. When you finish the movie you'll never be the same..I guarantee you. I wanna delete my brain and watch it again like I never knew it. I am so glad to watch this movie.

Here's a thriller that never grips or thrills. From the first frame to the last this movies is mired in boredom and half away through you just want this to end and whatever little twists that come in the end hardly surprise you.

The story is about this princess played by Sara who is coming home to meet her father after ages and is welcomed by her step mom (Chitrangada) and the manager (Massey). But the father is no where to seen and her quest to figure out where he is begins. There is this distant annoying cousin, a police SP with some jump scare scenes to get your attention but unfortunately neither of the characters and scenes engage with you. And as mentioned above by the time the mystery is solved you hardly bother and just want this stupidity to end. The story and screenplay have no depth and direction is super weak.

Performances wise Massey does well along with Chitrangada who looks stunning in some scenes and emotes well. Sara as the main protagonist is completely bland and has nothing much to offer in this not so well written character.

So overall an avoidable fare ! Thank good they have not chosen the theatre route for this one or perhaps they knew.

After watching this movie people will say sara " tum hume pareshan karne lagi ho 😂". Nothing new in the movie .movie is predictable. Massey also act same in all the movies. Chitrangada is good.rest everything is mediocre.skip it no need to watch.even saif asked sara to take acting class after watching the movie....set is good why Rahul dev is there don't know. Skip the movie no need to watch ....like ayushman and Rajkumar Rao , vikrant Massey is also doing propoganda driven movies now a days His acting is same almost In all his shows and movies.

He needs to add some variations in his acting..