We are watching the exciting and mysterious story of a woman looking for her husband. Until the final stage, the mystery manages to keep it in line. I think it is a successful film because of this reason. I can say that I watched Calcutta with pleasure. That mystical weather, landscapes and festivals were spectacular. If you have not watched Indian cinema yet, I definitely recommend you to start with this film.

I watched this movie in Movies OK channel when it premiered for the first time. I got myself hooked to the plot, the twist and turns and the unpredictable pace of the movie gave me goosebumps and despite not having any male lead in it. This movie proved that even one woman show works in Bollywood. I like the sudden transformation of Vidya Balan from the controversial actress Silk Smitha in 'The Dirty Picture' to a traumatized pregnant woman. The only character i liked in the movie was Sub-inspector Rana, who was always with Vidya Bagchi in the difficult times. Amitabh Bachchan's voice over and the 'Ekla Chalo re' is tremendously composed. Can't wait to see the sequel.

Movie Review: IMDb rating: 8.3/10 Director: Sujoy Ghosh Casts: Vidya Balan (Vidya Bagchi); Parambrata Chatterjee (Satyoki "Rana" Sinha); Nawazuddin Siddiqui(A. Khan)The movie is about a pregnant software engineer Vidya Bagchi, who comes to Kolkata from London in search of her husband, who was in India on an assignment and went missing. Cops are unable to trace any records of her husband in the guest house, office or even airport immigration. When Vidya learns that her husband had a lookalike and perhaps that could get him closer to her search, things take a drastic turn. When her personal quest turns into a political conspiracy.Rana is charming as Vidya's cop-companion and makes for a good supporting character. Khan as the crude intelligence officer exudes solid screen presence and confidence. All the characters in the movie have done justice to their roles. Every one complementing each other, the script the story & the direction. The climax is just so powerful and will give you goosebumps. Not seen like in Bollywood before. Music consists of two songs, different from stream line cinema.If you want to relish a suspense thriller with a fascinating story and a masterful performance by Vidya Balan, I recommend watching Kahaani. And without doubt, you will prompted to watch it again!.

The film opens with some experiments on rats. Looks like nerve gas. Soon thereafter, there is a mass death on a train when a vial of the stuff is broken in one of the cars. End segment.Vidya travels from London, UK to Kolkata, West Bengal, IN to find her husband. He talked to her everyday since he left London, up until about two weeks previous.At the first the police have no idea. The place where he worked claimed he worked says they made no assignments for him, and he did not report to them. The police suggest a body; she does not recognise it. She and the police go to where his uncle lived, but no one will say that they know of him. They get the same sort of response at the school where he did his studies in youth. The cops investigate the airline records; no one of his name left London nor arrived in Kolkata on the given dates.Vidya reached out to Agnes, who does some digging, but finds locked files. Oi. She remembers a man with another name (Milan Damji) who looked just like Vidya's picture of her husband. Soon thereafter, Agnes is murdered. A police official (Khan) who is targeting the company NDC interviews her about her relationship to Agnes. The experiments at the beginning of the film were done at NDC.Khan and his boss reach out to outlier intelligence personnel to solve the crime of the rail attack. The bad guys attempt to scare Vidya with a visit from the man who assassinated Agnes. Vidya and Rana continue to investigate her husband's real movements before he disappeared.Will Vidya find out the truth? Is her husband still alive? Will the miscreants be brought to justice? -----Scores------Cinematography: 6/10 Lots of VHS level shooting, lots of amateurish footage.Sound: 8/10 Mostly fine, but some of the incidental music is annoying to say the least.Acting: 7/10 Reasonable. The is mostly a one-woman show, but the one woman is not nearly stellar enough to carry a two hour movie. The long-suffering Parambrata Chatterjee gave a good performance, which almost counterbalanced the rotten work of Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Saswata Chatterjee as the assassin was not very believable either.Screenplay: 0/10 Absurd. The bad guys could have defused this at many junctures with relative ease. A single knife thrust, for instance, and no one would be left who cared enough to keep the investigation going. So, this is PC nonsense with an unconvincing lead. The last five minutes were the worst in that regard.