The police find Shashi's body, along with the blackmail money and a DVD. He declines but asks if she can become an informer. One night, Surjan is propositioned by Rosie. Roshni seeks solace from a medium, Frenny Mistry ( Shernaz Patel), who is in touch with Karan's soul, though Surjan is angry and skeptical of her. Shashi's friend, Tehmur ( Nawazuddin Siddiqui), begins blackmailing Sanjay with the help of an escort, Rosie ( Kareena Kapoor). Once he learns of Armaan's death, Shashi takes off with the cash. Three years back, Shashi had performed a cover-up for Armaan and his friend Sanjay ( Suhaas Ahuja). Armaan had given the money to a blackmailer, a pimp named Shashi ( Subrat Dutta). Surjan learns that on the night of Armaan's accident, Armaan was travelling with ₹2 million in cash, which is missing. Surjan's relationship with his wife, Roshni ( Rani Mukerji) has suffered ever since their 8-year-old son, Karan, recently drowned during a family outing. Senior Police Inspector Surjan "Suri" Singh Shekhawat ( Aamir Khan) with his assistant Devrath Kulkarni ( Rajkummar Rao) begin an investigation. Late at night on a deserted road, well-known actor Armaan Kapoor ( Vivan Bhatena) loses control of his car, apparently trying to avoid something, and the car falls into the sea. Talaash: The Answer Lies Within had worldwide earnings of over ₹174.21 crore (US$23 million), becoming one of the highest-grossing Indian films in 2012. The film was released on 30 November 2012. Principal photography of the film took place during March–November 2011, primarily in Mumbai, Pondicherry and London.
The film score and soundtrack of the film were composed by Ram Sampath, with lyrics written by Javed Akhtar. The film stars Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukerji in lead roles with Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rajkummar Rao and Shernaz Patel in supporting roles. Search) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language psychological crime thriller film written and directed by Reema Kagti, co-written by Zoya Akhtar, and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under Excel Entertainment and Aamir Khan under Aamir Khan Productions, with Reliance Entertainment serving as distributor and presenter. But if you average it out, Talaash is well-worth the price of a ticket.Talaash: The Answer Lies Within ( transl. At time the pace also numbs you making you shift in your seat. But the story written by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti oscillates between real and implausible making it hard for the screenplay to bridge the gap, especially in some key portions in the second half. Ram Sampath’s music haunts-especially Muskaanein jhooti hai and Jiya lage na. Again, this is one actor, whose potential Bollywood is discovering slowly but surely.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Taimur) has an interesting role as a street-savvy chai-serving sidekick in the flesh bazaar. Kareena Kapoor looks lovely and sits pretty in her hooker act, going from coy to brazen like a pro. In Talaash she is effortless in her part of a wife in a strife ridden marriage and a mother who has faced a tragedy. Rani Mukerji is one of the finest actresses of this generation. This superstar-actor should also be lauded for raising the bar in his choice of films and roles, unlike many of his contemporaries who neither have the inclination nor the capacity to move away from the 'mould’ they have been typecast in. In the performance department, Aamir Khan should pat himself on his back for a superlative act he’s a powerhouse, flawless from frame one to 10. Between piecing the mystery together, the cop and the call-girl, develop a relationship that goes slightly beyond the regular. In a bid to bury his head in the sand and escape his personal demons, he directs all his energies into his khaki uniform.Ĭoming to the Armaan Kapoor case, vital clues keep taking him to a working girl called Rosie (Kareena Kapoor). But he is like a man possessed on the job because of a sensitive incident in his life.
It’s also revealed that Surjan is married to Roshni (Rani Mukerji). The clues lead him to Mumbai’s red-light area where he jostles between pimps and prostitutes looking for answers. Aamir Khan (Surjan Singh Shekhawat) is the cop in charge of the case. The plot revolves around a bizarre high profile death of a movie star Armaan Kapoor (Vivaan Bhatena).