''Blurr'' is a 2022 Indian

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-language horror thriller film. It has been directed by Ajay Bahl and jointly produced by

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, Outsiders Films and Echelon Productions. The film features

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and

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in the leading roles. This is Taapsee Pannu's first project as a producer. The film premiered on 9 December 2022 on

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Cast

as Gayatri/Gautami *

as Neel * Kruttika Desai Khan as Mrs. Radha Solanki *

Abhilash Thapliyal Abhilash Thapliyal (born 24 November) is an Indian radio jockey, film actor and TV host. He has been associated with a few Indian and global radio stations, as well as a few television channels as a voice actor. After being a part of Red FM, Abhi ...

as Chander * Sorabh Chauhan as Bipin Nath * Nitya Mathur as Ira *

Sumit Nijhawan Sumit Nijhawan (born 28 December 1978) is an Indian actor residing in Mumbai, India. Nijhawan has appeared in films such as ''Contract'', ''Sarkar Raj'' and ''Phas Gaye Re Obama''. He also played Sarfaraz, a prominent character in the movie ''Jan ...

as Mahendra Chandel

Plot

The film is the official Hindi remake of Spanish film ''

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''. The story is about one woman, Gayatri, finding about the untimely death of her twin sister, who was visually impaired. She then tries to uncover the mystery behind the death while struggling with her own eyesight.

Production

The

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of the film began in July 2021. The film was

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on 31 August 2021. Since the protagonist of the film is visually impaired, Taapsee Pannu shot part of the film blindfolded to get the character right.

Promotions

The teaser of the movie was released on 20 November 2022. As a part of the promotion, the movie was screened for a visually impaired audience.

Soundtrack

The music of the film is composed by Aditya Pushkarna, Rishi Dutta and Shivangi Bhayana while the lyrics are written by Srushti Tawade and Akshay The One.

Critical reception

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of ''

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'' rated the film one out of five stars, and upset with the atmospherics, camera work and Taapsee Pannu’s performance. She wrote, "The larger message ''Blurr'' is aiming at gives it an interesting additional layer, even though it is not fully realised". Roktim Rajpal for ''

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'' wrote "Taapsee puts her worst foot forward and excels in a few inherently intense scenes. That said, one gets the feeling that she does not get enough scope to internalise the characters". Tanul Thakur of The Wire wrote, "But ''Blurr'' resists the easy temptations, finding wrong ways to divulge personality, solidify tension, spring surprise". It also earned negative review from

Saibal Chatterjee Saibal Chatterjee is an Indian film critic, an author of a book on Gulzar, co-editor of a book on films; and a documentary scriptwriter. He was a columnist at BBC News, Business Standard, Hindustan Times and Financial Express. And a staff writer of ...

who wrote,"The film loses sight of its primary purpose - delivering a thriller that makes the most of its resources while staying within its chosen parameters".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, qid=Q108084407
''Blurr''
on

Indian remakes of Spanish films Indian horror thriller films Films about blind people in India Indian horror films Indian mystery thriller films Indian serial killer films 2010s Hindi-language films Indian slasher films Indian psychological thriller films