Bolo Raam

With some of the good old Bollywood faces including Padmini Kolhapure, Naseruddin Shah and Om Puri, the movie tends to maintain a mood of suspense throughout. A son who is no less that totally crazy, though not literally, is found with his mother's dead body (who has been murdered) with the knife that had killed her in his hands. An intense emotional attachment that they shared causes the son to believe that his mother is not dead, but she is just asleep. A thorough and patient police investigation yields a lot of mystifying things about the son. He is in a state of trauma and is not able to remember anything as to what had happened the night his mother was murdered. Persistent efforts eventually seem to be leading nowhere as the investigation almost reaches a dead end. The gut feeling seems to point at a most probable culprit, but an unexpected event triggers the boys emotions. This causes him to except the fact that his mother is dead and he figures out who the killer is.

Even though the story seems dry in the beginning, the end is a bit interesting. Its a good one time watch. Acting would be rated as one of the best in general for all the characters. Also, the suspense could have been enhanced be a better background music.