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Remakes are always tricky, especially when it is an investigative thriller. It becomes even trickier when the original film is available on streaming platforms, and its Wikipedia page gives out every plot detail. However, Sujoy Ghosh, whose 2012 film, Kahaani, changed the landscape of Bollywood thrillers, knows a thing or two about delivering a taut whodunit. And helping the filmmaker deliver a solid remake of the 2017 Spanish film, The Invisible Guest (Contratiempo), is the impeccable Amitabh Bachchan as Advocate Badal Gupta and Taapsee Pannu as the cornered Naina Sethi.
Naina is the prime accused in the murder trial of Arjun (Tony Luke), and it is upto Badal to help her clear her name. While the advocate-client characterisation of Amitabh and Taapsee might remind you of Shoojit Sircar’s Pink, the equation they share right from the first frame in Badla removes any such similarities. Neither is he a washed out lawyer nor is she just another urban woman caught in a problem.
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Avinash Ramachandran 