3.0/5
HIT: The First Case is an in depth police procedural. You may get to know what all policemen do to unravel homicide circumstances. You may be glad to know that they’ve a forensic lab to match something that the FBI has, and that too, in Jaipur. You’ll come to know the way a polygraph take a look at is taken and the way a narco evaluation is carried out. It’ll enhance your basic information for positive. Director Dr. Sailesh Kolanu has reimagined his personal Telugu movie, of the identical title, with minor modifications. Whereas the unique was set in Telangana, right here the motion shifts to Jaipur. Like within the authentic, right here too we meet a genius police officer, Vikram (Rajkummar Rao), belonging to the Murder Intervention Crew (HIT), who’s affected by PTSD due to one thing that occurred in his previous. He retains seeing flashes of the previous tragedy, and the sight of fireplace form of paralyses him. All that is affecting his work. His girlfriend, Neha (Sanya Malhotra), who’s an officer with the forensics division, tells him to take a break for the sake of everybody. His colleagues, even his shrink, advise him to do the identical. Feeling that he’s being alienated, he runs off to his ancestral house within the mountains. After two months of isolation, he learns that Neha has disappeared and comes again to deal with the matter. Just a few days in the past, one other lady disappeared as effectively, and Neha was investigating the case. Pondering that each the circumstances are associated, he begins to look into the sooner case as effectively, and all kinds of secrets and techniques come tumbling out.
The director tries to maintain you in your toes all through. The suspects embrace a suspended police officer, Ibrahim (Milind Gunaji), who was the final one that noticed the lady, a divorcee (Shilpa Shukla), who’s an excessive amount of bothered about society’s alienation of her; and even the lady’s dad and mom, when it’s learnt she’d been adopted. Whereas the police chief (Dalip Tahil) is kind of in his favour, Vikram finds himself at loggerheads with one other HIT officer (Jatin Goswami). A number of purple herrings later, he possibilities upon the rationale behind the disappearance of each the women. By this time, the proceedings have grow to be so convoluted that the viewer has misplaced most of his curiosity.
The movie is lopsided, to say the least. Whereas it does apprise us in regards to the inside workings of a police investigation, it’s crammed with characters which are so one-dimensional that they could as effectively be mannequins. There’s no justification for the friction between Vikram and his colleague. We don’t know why Shilpa Shukla’s character behaved the best way she did, and the rationale behind one other colleague’s behaviour too boggles the thoughts. Sanya Malhotra is absent for a lot of the movie. They may have at the least proven her predicament from her perspective, however we don’t get that in any respect.
Sanya Malhotra shines like a ray of sunshine on this in any other case bleak movie. She shares a palpable chemistry with Rajkummar Rao, and we want there was extra of her to see within the movie. It’s all set for a sequel, so hopefully we’ll see her in a greater position within the subsequent movie. Rajkummar Rao has the behavior of rising above the constraints of the script, and he does it once more on this movie. He’s a way actor and brings all his craft into play right here, enjoying a grief-stricken, angst-filled cop with each ounce of creativity in his possession. He’s one of the best factor in regards to the movie and retains you invested within the venture by means of sheer dint of effort.
Trailer : HIT: The First Case
Renuka Vyavahare, July 15, 2022, 12:30 PM IST
3.0/5
Story: Haunted by flashes of a tragic previous, HIT (Murder Intervention Crew) detective Vikram (Rajkummar Rao) is pressured to maintain his private battles apart as two girls go lacking below mysterious circumstances. School lady Preeti disappears after her automobile breaks down on a Jaipur freeway and Vikram’s girlfriend, forensic analyst Neha (Sanya Malhotra) is nowhere to be seen both. Are the 2 circumstances related and who’s the wrongdoer?
Two years after Sailesh Kolanu made the Telugu authentic by the identical title, he remakes his movie in Hindi with completely different set of actors and placement. As an alternative of Telangana, the police procedural now performs out in Rajasthan. Kolanu retains the character names, even the story aside from an alteration within the climax. Given how shortly spoilers can get leaked for whodunits, this was an apparent modification. Vikram’s previous trauma hasn’t been revealed right here so anticipate extra sequels to this story.
HIT evades stereotypes to an enormous extent but additionally succumbs to it. A melodious love tune as an example, must be adopted by one thing tragic occurring to the lead actress. The therapy is no-nonsense and honest however that doesn’t translate to a nail-biting, gritty thriller. The movie is extra of an unhurried, meandering crime thriller with an intriguing build-up however an unrewarding payoff. The strain mounts as we settle into Kolanu’s chaotic world. Nonetheless, the story fails to tie up the unfastened ends and occasions resulting in the massive reveal don’t fairly add up. With a number of suspects at play, the motive of the one responsible feels ludicrous and far-fetched. The puerile climax lets down the unpredictability established within the first half and the homosexual monitor is grossly misused.
Aerial pictures of the freeway, ambiguous glances, Vikram’s nervousness and his poisonous relationship with an insecure co-worker (Jatin Goswami) add heft to the proceedings. Rajkummar Rao lends gravitas to the dawdling crime thriller. He has the flexibility to raise a scrambled script and he does that right here as effectively. He ensures you might be on his staff regardless of the misfires. HIT is extra of a hit-and-miss.
