 "The Buckingham Murders Movie Review: Kareena Kapoor’s eyes does all the talking in this engaging film")
Language: English, Hindi
Director: Hansal Mehta
Cast: Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ash Tandon, Ranveer Brar, Daniel Eghan, Rukku Nahar, Keith Allen
‘May no parent ever have to outlive their child’. In fact, this is the saddest and the darkest thing that can happen in any human being’s life. Hansal Mehta’s The Buckingham Murders film shows how Jass Bhamra (Kareena Kapoor Khan) is dealing with the grief of losing his son. There is something really special to this slow-burn crime thriller which one shouldn’t miss.
The film starts with Jass (Kareena Kapoor Khan) going on transfer to some other city in the UK because the house where she lives and the city has memories of her baby son whom she lost recently in a gun shootout by a fanatic. Though she got justice and the man was caught, but that is not going to bring back her child. The grief of losing her own child bites her, but she moves on with her duties as a detective.
Everybody has a different way of dealing with grief and so does British Indian detective Jass Bhamra (Kareena Kapoor Khan) and she has beautifully depicted it just through the expressions of her eyes. Immersive, engaging and edgy, The Buckingham Murders is a must watch not only for bereaved parents, but for all.
The story goes this way Jasmeet Bhamra aka Jas, (Kareena Kapoor Khan) has to solve a murder mystery British town even though she is not in the good state of her mind after losing her only son. The wounds are deep and fresh. She is struggling to cope with her mental state. It’s a complicated case and it’s about a missing child. Though she insists to her boss that she is not in the right frame of mind to deal with this situation and to solve the case, her boss insists that life has to go on and that duty comes first.
The Buckingham Murders is not only murder mystery, but deals with several issues like immigration problem, communal disharmony, teenage problems, drug abuse and LGBTQ issues. I have huge respect for Hansal Mehta’s craft for bringing out the best in all actors and his way of dealing with issues that are closer to our hearts.
Kareena Kapoor Khan film _The Buckingham Murders_ teaches us that we shouldn’t hurry with justice especially when there are kids involved. We all know that ‘justice delayed is justice denied’. But at the same time we need to understand that ‘justice hurried is justice buried’. And that’s exactly what the film is about. When a Sikh boy goes missing from a British town, a Muslim boy becomes the prime accused. But is the Muslim boy actually the culprit or is it someone from the family?
Haunted by the loss of her only son, forty-something single mother, Jass Bhamra (Kareena Kapoor Khan) has no other option but to continue with her duty. She immerses herself into work, yet the snap shots of her son comes flashing in front of her eyes like moody mirages. She is a strong believer of stoic philosophy where she suppresses her emotions. Instead of sharing it with others, she believes in crying herself to sleep. Though occasionally she does have her emotional out bursts, but she is mostly calm. Her father is her only support and the old man too tries his best to spend as much time as he can with his daughter who is going through a terrible emotional turmoil.
Jass Bhamra’s (Kareena Kapoor Khan) grief is very personal and she doesn’t expect others to understand or empathize with her. All she wants is for the people around him to be sensitive when it comes to kid issues and especially when she is handling a complex case which involves kids, she believes that one needs to be all the more careful and that no kid should suffer for a crime he hasn’t done. Her personal eats her up from within and yet she moves ahead with her duty with sincerity and honesty. Kareena Kapoor nails the role with a lot of grace.
The best thing about the film is that there is no unnecessary shouting or drama, there is sharp silence which is like a knife making a deep wound and that is what makes The Buckingham Murders movie all the more gripping. The film has also garnered tremendous appreciation at the BFI London Film Festival 2023 and the 2023 Mumbai Film Festival, with people speaking highly of the film.
The Buckingham Murders is releasing in theatres on 13 September 2024.
Rating: 4 out of 5
WATCH the trailer of Kareena Kapoor Khan’s The Buckingham Murders here:
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