7 Khoon Maaf (2011)

Original title

७ खून माफ़

Directed by

Vishal Bhardwaj

Genre

drama film, crime film, black comedy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 27m

Rated

15

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Anglo-Indian woman named Susanna keeps marrying men, but each husband ends up dead. The film follows her lifelong pattern of love and murder across multiple relationships.

darkly comicmelancholicunsettlingmacabretenseslow-burnbittersweetwhimsical

What happens

7 Khoon Maaf (transl. 7 Murders Forgiven; read as "Saat Khoon Maaf"), released internationally as Seven Sins Forgiven, is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed, co-written and co-produced by Vishal Bhardwaj. The film stars Priyanka Chopra in the lead role, with Vivaan Shah, John Abraham, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irrfan Khan, Alexander Dyachenko, Annu Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah and Usha Uthup in supporting roles. The film tells the story of a femme fatale, Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, an Anglo-Indian woman who causes six deaths in an unending quest for love. The story of Johannes is based on a real woman who lived in Bengal. Her grave is situated in Chuchura, district town of Hooghly,West Bengal. 7 Khoon Maaf is an adaptation of the short story "Susanna's Seven Husbands" by Ruskin Bond. After Bhardwaj saw the possibility of a script in the short story, he requested Bond to develop the story for a film adaptation. Bond expanded his 4-page short story into an 80-page novella, and later Bhardwaj co-wrote the script with Matthew Robbins. The film's musical score was composed by Bhardwaj, and Gulzar wrote the lyrics. Principal photography started in Kashmir before moving to Coorg, where extensive filming was done. 7 Khoon Maaf was released on 18 February 2011 to widespread critical acclaim, with major praise directed towards Chopra's performance. The film earned ₹33 crore (US$3.5 million) for its box-office run and television-music-home-video rights against a production budget of ₹15 crore (US$1.6 million). It premiered at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, receiving several accolades at award ceremonies across India. At the 57th Filmfare Awards, 7 Khoon Maaf received 4 nominations, and won 2 awards – Best Actress (Critics) (Chopra) and Best Female Playback Singer (Usha Uthup and Rekha Bhardwaj for "Darling"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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