Andhadhun movie review: A terrific game of blind man’s bluff
Andhadhun Director: Sriram Raghvan Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte, Tabu Rating: 4.5/5 Everybody knows how a mystery should work. In Man , even a sweetly officious old lady prodding a policeman at a funeral, urging him to question the widow about a suspicion, has a clear idea of how he should conduct the enquiry. “Casual, casual,” she entreats with a hissed whisper, as if she has done this before and knows better. Or, at the very least, as if she has watched enough films to warn her against the contrary. The film’s leading man, Ayushmann Khurrana, wears an old-fashioned watch which allows him to elegantly pop open the glass face — like in a pocket compass — when he needs the time, so he can feel up the hour and minute hands. This is precisely how Sanjeev Kumar told time in the 1986 thriller, Qatl, about a blind man accused of murder. Akash, a piano player, was not born blind but tells us he lost his eyesight when struck by a cricket ball ...