Talvar unveils the harsh realities of 2008 Hemraj-Aarushi murder case. The film is directed by Meghna Gulzar with the script written by Vishal Bhardwaj. It is a movie based on every detail related to the case. The power packed performances by Irrfan Khan and Konkona Sen Sharma along with Tabu, will make you believe that the scenes in the movie are happening for real and you are part of the entire scenario. Don’t forget to watch this one..

Talvar is a minor miracle of a movie. Mining riveting yet balanced drama from a real-life murder case lost in a tangled web of fact, fiction, hearsay and insinuations could not have been easy. But not a wee bit of the effort shows. At one level, Talvar is a classic whodunit and a sharply observant police procedural that pieces together different facets of the mystery. But there is much in this inspired-by-true-events film that reinvents the generic elements that constitute its narrative spine. Talvar is a mature, insightful commentary on urban India’s lynch mob mentality and a voyeuristic media’s tendency to jump to instant and sweeping conclusions on criminality and culpability. The free-for-all sums up the depths of absurdity that matters can sink to when the truth has many faces. No matter which of the faces of truth the audience takes away from the film, its importance as a mirror of our times is unlikely to diminish in any way. Talvar is a must watch.

Talvar is a very well made film -- despite its length and some brief scenes that could have been edited out. But it is also a very uncomfortable film to watch, and that is what makes it so good. A good film should be able to get into our skin, challenge us, shake us up and Talvar does all of that. Talvar's central core is Irrfan Khan's performance where he plays one of the most complex and nuanced roles of his career. There are many shades to Khan's CBI Inspector Ashwin Kumar that it is so rewarding to watch this gem of an actor display his skills. All of this indulgence can be fine, but it also feels like a diversion and it makes Talvar a tad bit long. Khan's Kumar stands tall despite this back story. The advantage of working with Bhardwaj (he is also one of the film's producers) is that he can contribute his multi-faceted talents to the project. So as expected, Talvar's music is composed by Bhardwaj adding to the dark texture of the film. And as a package deal we also get to hear Rekha Bhardwaj's rich melodious voice singing the film's closing song Zinda.

Straight away, Talvar is super-sharp, a sword swipe at Bollywood's song-and-dance, mehendi-fuelled escapism. Inspired by 2008's Aarushi Talwar double murder case, for which Aarushi's parents are serving a life-term, Talvar takes reality head on - and turns it on its head. Talvar gets your mind ticking along the murders' mysteries while it moves your heart at two lives - and one truth - lost. The acting is superb. Talvar's compared to Rashomon but while that wandered through forests of fantasy, Talvar boldly tackles reality. It offers totally different takes on two murders. But it is unambiguous about a third - fairness, slashed to pieces by incompetence and callous crassness. In wiping away stains from the sword of justice, Talvar shines.