Ishqiya (Hindi Movie)
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Ishqiya is a film directed by debutant director Abhishek Chaubey. The film can relate to Omkara. Set in Gorakhpur in North India, the film has a rustic feel, depicts characters that may make you uncomfortable and is laced with saucy lingo. Yet, it's different than Omkara.
The story starts with tender moments between Krishna Verma (Vidya Balan) and her husband who is a terror in his village. Verma is an ace at kidnapping business tycoons in Gorakhpur and demanding ransom. She wants him to surrender. He loves his clan more than he loves his wife. There's a blast in their home and she is widowed.
Two crooks on the run, Khaalujaan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) arrive at beautiful widow Krishna's (Vidya Balan) doorstep. They tell her they were late hubby's good friends at one point of time. The duo has actually run away from their Jiju Mushtaq (Salman Shahid) after duping him of a huge sum of money and is hiding at Krishna's house to save their lives from him.
But Mushtaq arrives at Krishna's house and warns them to give back his money in 15 days or face death. The duo then on Krishna's insistence plans to kidnap a mill owner for the same. Meanwhile, Krishna begins her flirting game with the two. While Khaalujaan loses his heart to her, Babban ends up getting physically involved with her. But then Krishna has her own agenda which the two are completely unaware of which may leave them in a shock! So, who's the one Krishna truly loves. Or does she love at all? She's this mysterious woman around whom the movie is cleverly woven.
Acting wise, Vidya Balan is top notch. She has drummed up a delectable performance in this film. Arshad Warsi is back in form with his powerhoyse performance as Babban. Naseeruddin Shah as Khalujaan puts life in the character. He is just excellent. Pakistani actor Salman Shahid is impressive.
On the whole, Ishqiya is a tangy, spicy and sizzling stuff. There are unpredictable moments in the film. The film is really worth a watch.
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