DoBaara is a hit and a (lot of) misses
At the heart of DoBaara (stylized 2:12) is a mother-daughter story and a woman’s search (back) for an imperfect, but familiar life. With the narrative built around a paranormal phenomenon, time-travel, a crime, some infidelity and a couple of accidents - Kashyap has his hands full. Unfortunately, the master slips a bit while attempting to build suspense and intensity across these ‘parallel’ themes. To be fair, it’s a brave attempt- and Kashyap again tries to push the boundaries of Hindi cinema, this time with a Spanish film adaptation. But the movie doesn’t land well. I felt that the concept and the screenplay were quite well baked (except a few bones that I have to pick with the pacing in the first half and the dialogue writer). But strangely, it is in the on-screen intensity and the character development where the movie drops the ball. It somehow comes out middling on the technical front (and it feels strange to say this about a Kashyap movie) I walked out wondering if the movie