Ashdoc's movie review---Stree

[ashdoc]

The setting is the town of Chanderi . Every year during the festive season it is reputed to be visited by a female spirit known as stree . She entices any lone young man by her enchanting voice from behind and takes him away when he turns round , leaving only his clothes behind . This terrifies the townsfolk so much that they write 'o stree kal aana' ( o woman come tomorrow ) on their houses , something that is supposed to ward off the female ghost for the night . If anyone does not write this on his house , he is picked off by the ghost .

But Vicky ( Rajkummar Rao ) does not believe this legend and deliberately pisses on the words written outside a party of his friends , thus making it a target of attack by stree who takes away one of the men who are partying . This finally convinces him and his two friends about the truth of the legend .

About this same period , Vicky is visited by a beautiful female ( Shraddha Kapoor ) who mesmerizes him with her stunning looks . She makes friends with him and they hang out in evenings . But she says she comes only in the festive season and she never comes inside the temple , even though the temple is the focus of festivities in the festive season . She asks him for material which is fit only for black magic , but Vicky is under the spell of her beauty and readily agrees .

Not so about Vicky's two friends . They are soon convinced after a series of happenings that this mysterious girl with mesmerizing beauty who comes only during the same festive season when stree visits but never enters the temple of God ( evil spirits don't dare to go in front of God ) is no one but stree herself . But then the mysterious girl ( she never tells her name in the movie , adding to the mystery ) meets them and their suspicions subside .

The four visit a person ( Pankaj Tripathi ) who claims to have researched about stree and find a book with him which gives some idea about stree . They learn about who stree was and why she is doing what she is doing . They search out the author of the book ( Vijay Raaz ) who tells about the person who can counter stree .

As the plan to counter stree unfolds , the mysterious girl helps them along all the way . And when stree is finally in their grasp , she asks stree to be killed . But when it is time to say goodbye , then she does something that rekindles suspicions that she is stree herself . But one thing is clear . By the time the whole saga is over the townsfolk have come to respect women , something that they didn't do in the past .

So what really is the character played by Shraddha Kapoor ? Is she a person who hunts spirits or is she stree herself ? What was her aim in coming to this town to help Vicky and his friends ? Why has she selected Vicky for her task ? Watch the movie for the answers .

The movie is fine blend of mystery and horror and comedy . Yes , the proceedings are in comedy style and several incidents give you the laughs . Interspersed are sudden doses of horror that do give you scares , especially when stree is preying on her targets . Mystery lies in the character played by Shraddha Kapoor , and the climax leaves you wondering who she really was....

Both the characters of Vicky's friends ( played by Aparshakti Khurrana and Abhishek Banerjee ) are funny and keep you in splits during the proceedings . Rajkummar Rao acts his usual bumbling mumbling self . Pankaj Tripathi remains a master of playing a small townsman . Shraddha Kapoor looks divine .

Background music is good and creates real fear when stree is about to appear . Photography and colours are okay . Nora Fatehi is slim and curvy in her item song . The ingredients are good but you don't get the impression of having seen a great movie . But it is definitely a decent watch .

Verdict---Decent .

Three stars out of five .

[Sane Less]

Originally Posted by ashdoc

About this same period , Vicky is visited by a beautiful female ( Shraddha Kapoor ) who mesmerizes him with her stunning looks . She makes friends with him and they hang out in evenings . But she says she comes only in the festive season and she never comes inside the temple , even though the temple is the focus of festivities in the festive season . She asks him for material which is fit only for black magic , but Vicky is under the spell of her beauty and readily agrees .
...

This is wrong on so many accounts... from any which angle you look at it

[Aashika]

This reminds me of a telugu movie....or a story I heard a very long time ago.

@Sgars, do you recall this?

[echarcha]

Now please reveal who Shraddha Kapoor's character is? From the review and the way Hindi movies are, looks like it is... but do confirm.

I have not yet seen this movie, but I think I will because the story is different than the usual rom-com crap or some 'sanskaar, parampara' kind of crap.

[ashdoc]

Originally Posted by echarcha

Now please reveal who Shraddha Kapoor's character is? From the review and the way Hindi movies are, looks like it is... but do confirm.

I have not yet seen this movie, but I think I will because the story is different than the usual rom-com crap or some 'sanskaar, parampara' kind of crap.

as i said in the review , in the climax the director has deliberately left us confused as to whether shraddha is stree or not . now news is out that we will have to see stree part 2 to find out .

here are two different explanations of the movie's ending on youtube-

IMPORTANT NOTICE: No media files are hosted on these forums. By clicking the link below you agree to view content from an external website. We can not be held responsible for the suitability or legality of this material. If the video does not play, wait a minute or try again later.

I AGREE

IMPORTANT NOTICE: No media files are hosted on these forums. By clicking the link below you agree to view content from an external website. We can not be held responsible for the suitability or legality of this material. If the video does not play, wait a minute or try again later.

I AGREE

[sarv_shaktimaan]

is this movie about iron box? like kapdo pe istri karna?

[sgars]

Originally Posted by Aashika

This reminds me of a telugu movie....or a story I heard a very long time ago.

@Sgars, do you recall this?

It is close to another Hindi Movie i remember "Suryavanshi' Starring, Salman Khan, Sheeba and Amrita singh (who does a good job at looking scary).


Closest Gult Movie i can think of is 'Arundhati' *ing Anushka Shetty, Arjan Bajwa and Sonu Sood. (Who is Gult in that)

[Sane Less]

Originally Posted by Aashika

This reminds me of a telugu movie....or a story I heard a very long time ago.

@Sgars, do you recall this?

Originally Posted by sgars

It is close to another Hindi Movie i remember "Suryavanshi' Starring, Salman Khan, Sheeba and Amrita singh (who does a good job at looking scary).

Closest Gult Movie i can think of is 'Arundhati' *ing Anushka Shetty, Arjan Bajwa and Sonu Sood. (Who is Gult in that)

It sounds close to a gulti movie about 3-4 guys as PGs in a house. The ghost befriends one of them and then it is a slight comedy and a slight horror show after that.

[Aashika]

Originally Posted by Sane Less

It sounds close to a gulti movie about 3-4 guys as PGs in a house. The ghost befriends one of them and then it is a slight comedy and a slight horror show after that.

Its probably the original story I have heard then. It wasnt recent, it must be at least 20 year old story.