On the day of a parent-child race organized in her daughter Sanaya's ( Sara Arjun) school, Sanaya is kidnapped. Fugitives.Anuradha Verma ( Aishwarya Rai) is a prominent criminal lawyer and a single mother who has never lost a case. In wiping away stains from the sword of justice, Talvar shines. But it is unambiguous about a third - fairness, slashed to pieces by incompetence and callous crassness. It offers totally different takes on two murders. Talvar's compared to Rashomon but while that wandered through forests of fantasy, Talvar boldly tackles reality. Taut editing (Sreekar Prasad) is excellent while Vishal Bhardwaj's writing haunts, cluttered with facts, buzzing with theories - yet, strangely stark. Pankaj Kumar captures dusty suburbia and the tension of a tight little flat, intercut with heart-rending shots - the cheery sparklers of a Delhi baraat - that emphasise the grimness of the Tandons' lives. With layers of truth and lies, TV reporters shrieking, "Yahi hai woh ghar!", hazy narco-tests and back-stabbing office politics, Talvar's frames are relentless, edgy portraits. Neeraj's eyes speak while with flashing malevolence, Konkona hisses to her husband, "Chalo, rona shuru karna hai!" The acting's further enlivened by creepy Kanhaiya (Sumit Gulati), whose slyness adds shades of grey to this hair-raising tale. While the screen crackles between Irrfan and Gajraj, Konkona and Neeraj play the Tandons as a muted pair - whose acting changes subtly as murderers, then victims. Irrfan displays whiplash-like control, casually drawling to a dim-witted cop, "Agli baar koi khoon bhara haath chor jaye, toh dhyan dijiyega." As bumbling Inspector Dhaniram, whose laziness extends to overlooking a rotting corpse, Gajraj Rao presents a perfect paan-chewing foil, dismissing a blood-stained sheet with, "Tumhari chadar hai, locker mein daal do, hamein kya?" Irrfan absolutely smashes it as Central Department of Investigation (CDI) officer Ashwin Kumar, whose sharp intelligence, dark humour and melting tenderness towards his wife Reema (luminous Tabu) light up every frame. Talvar gets your mind ticking along the murders' mysteries while it moves your heart at two lives - and one truth - lost. Was it Shruti's outraged parents? Khempal's outrageous friends? Or did botched investigations butcher Shruti and Khempal, even after they were slain? In neatly separated segments, Talvar presents contrasting views on who killed Shruti Tandon and Khempal.
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