Neeyat Murder Mystery Film from Vidya Balan
Neeyat was released in the theaters on July 7 and since then it has received mixed response. The reviews from audiences and critics from two months of its box office release were mixed. Finally, after a span of 2 months, Vidya Balan’s Neeyat is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video from September 1, 2023.
Amazon Prime also went ahead and announced it on their social media platforms captioned “unmasking lies, one suspicious presence at a time!” While some say that the movie proves that creative bankruptcy isn’t limited to the likes of Adipurush.
About Vidya Balan’s Neeyat & Production
The movie is produced by Abundantia Entertainment in association with Amazon Studios. The direction was provided by Anu Menon while the production was led by Vikram Malhotra.
In the movie, Vidya Balan is portrayed as a CBI Officier Mira Rao. Other casts of the film include Ram Kapoor, Prajakta Koli, Rahul Bose, Shashank Arora, Neeraj Kabi, Amrita Puri, Shahana Goswami, and Shefali Shah among others. The story revolves around the investigation of a billionaire murder.
Neeyat Audience Reviews & Critics
Several people who watched it claimed that Neeyat could have been a great add-on to the list of similar genres. However, the movie has very little original to offer.
The movie received a lot of criticism for the similarity of Neeyat with the Hollywood movie Knives Out. Vidya Balan took it as a compliment with justification. While many are disappointed that even the score of the movie is not an original piece they had the audacity to take it from someone else. This makes it very concerning for not being honest even when it is not possible to deliver the absolute best.
According to Director Anu Menon, “How do you address these comments? It’s not like you can just copy Knives Out, right? But the fact is that it is a genre of locked room murder mystery. That’s like Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and so many more. But that is the setting. The difference is the story: what you are exploring through that. Every spy story is not James Bond. Every film that has men jumping off buildings is not Mission Impossible. I just feel that this genre is not overexposed in this country, people immediately go to Knives Out.”
Thus, this is all one needs to know about the OTT release of Neeyat. Have you watched the movie? Let us know in the comments below if you agree with the critics too.
