HATE STORY 3

After HATE STORY and HATE STORY 2, Vishal Pandya has come again with HATE STORY 3, whose promos have already generated a lot of buzz. The Hate Story franchise has been known for providing thrills with some steamy scenes to hook the audience and the third movie in the series attempts to do the same.

 

Hate Story 3 revolves around a loving couple Aditya (Sharman) and Siya (Zarine Khan), who seem to have it all- a prosperous business, a good wedded life and nothing at all to worry about.

 

But their lives are turned upside down when Saurav Singhania (Karan Singh Grover) walks into their lives and makes an offer to Aditya- Saurav will give any amount of money to Aditya provided he gets to sleep with his wife Siya. An annoyed Aditya rebuffs Saurav and walks out of the meeting, only to discover that Saurav doesn't believe in taking no for an answer.

 

What follows is a game of deception and sabotage as Aditya deploys his loyal assistant Kavya (Daisy Shah) to seduce and spy on Saurav while the latter sets out to destroy Aditya's business and reputation with a determination bordering on obsession.

 

It is soon apparent that Saurav is not just a sick lech, but an enemy from Aditya's past, who is out to destroy Aditya and Siya's world. What happens next forms the rest of the plot.

 

The expert film maker Vikram Bhatt is accountable for HATE STORY 3's story and screenplay. He does a decent job. The story though amateurish has enough twists and turns to keep the audience hooked. The high point of the movie is that the narrative that holds your attention right from the word when Karan Singh Grover's character discloses his true intentions. 

 

As far as the direction is concerned, Vishal Pandya is no newcomer to the premise of HATE STORY 3. He does what was expected of him to do. Like its predecessor (HATE STORY 2), Vishal has kept the storyline of HATE STORY 3 as an erotic thriller that navigates the same route.

 

Director Vishal who needs to be applauded for skilfully handling the movie that has a variety of sexually explicit scenes which may appeal to those who relish steamy thrillers. The movie has an extremely engaging first half, whereas, the film's second half helps in maintaining the grip, but, the loose ends do show up unpredictably. 

 

Sharman Joshi is decent in his role of a scheming businessman. Karan Singh Grover, on the other hand, delivers a clean performance. He does complete justice to his role that had multiple shades of love, lust, emotions, friendship and revenge. Karan Singh Grover has a good screen presence but his perpetually arrogant expression seems to suggest that he is happy letting his muscles act for him.

 

Zarine Khan is bound to shock the audiences with her performance. The idea of the movie demanded that the female protagonist deliver a powerful performance. She shed her inhibitions and don a bold avatar. Daisy Shah struggles initially, but, later on, goes with the flow of the movie. She really has to work hard on the emotional scenes. The rest of the actors help in taking the movie forward. 

 

The film's music (Meet Bros, Amaal Mallik, Baman) absolutely complements the flow of the movie and vice versa. 'Tumhe Apna Bana' and 'Tu Issaq Mera' and 'Wajah' are delightful compositions that have been integrated in the narrative suitably. The film's background music (Sunny Bawra and Inder Bawra) is superlative and adds glitter to the story plot and the film's narrative. While the film's cinematography (Prakash Kutty) is praiseworthy, the film's editing (Manish More) just could have been a bit crisper.

In general, Hate Story 3 is worthy to watch once for an erotic theme as well as tuneful music. This movie has the potential to woo the masses and the youth, thus springing a big surprise at the ticket window. The movie is going to be a money-making project for its makers.