Review of Be-Shaque

Be-Shaque (1981)
7/10
Intriguing Bollywood thriller
13 November 2021
Prakash comes to a village in a bid to find his friend Shyam, who has gone missing. He is further baffled on seeing a picture of his girlfriend with a man and a child and decides to investigate.

A highly intriguing mystery that benefits greatly from its forest location where oddball and shifty characters such as Amrish Puri hide behind the leaves and appear like ghosts. It's slow-paced but that is necessary to zone in all the characters. Besides, the plot just sucks you in, something is happening all the time and there's a constant ominous tension pervading in the air. The masala elements are scaled down greatly and there's a sense of quietness - a calm before the storm.

The performances all round are top tier, right from Mithun to Amrish Puri, or Jalal Agha. It's a very intriguing and unconventional Bollywood thriller that deserves a look.
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