Horror films are hot potatoes right now for they are everywhere. But coiled within the format of the horror film, OTT platforms seem intent on delivering certain soluble social messages as well. Because Indian screenwriting isn’t at that mature stage yet, the social sermon has to be encoded into the mesh of either horror-comedy – Stree, Bhoot Police etc – or just horror dramas without so much of the drama.
Filmmakers seem convinced that without the thrills or frills of one genre or the other a straightforward punch to the moral gut of this country can simply not be situated. You have to be first entertained, to then subsequently be humbled by the anthem you can spot miles before the credits roll. Like Netflix’s Kaali Khuhi, Amazon Prime Video’s Chhorii, wants to be an eye-opening montage of patriarchal horrors but there is little that is spooky or spunky about this film that meanders, aimlessly for the most part, almost like the field it is set in.
Chhorii stars Nushrratt Bharuccha as Sakshi, a pregnant woman whose husband (Saurabh Goyal as Hemant) is attacked by goons inside their home. Because he can’t pay back the money he owes some ill-mannered people, both husband and wife decide to head to their driver’s village to lie low for a while. Henceforth begins a tale of minor horrors, major genre clichés and a story so unnecessarily twisty it almost muddles its eventual punchline.
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