Blind, the brand new suspense thriller starring Sonam Kapoor within the lead, is now out there to stream on JioCinema. Initially slated for a theatrical launch, the movie was surprisingly listed amongst Jio Studios’ 2023 content material slate, after presumably being shopped round for some time since wrapping manufacturing in early 2021. Marking Kapoor’s digital debut, the movie’s overarching theme is geared toward shedding gentle on the lifetime of a visually impaired particular person, giving marginalised voices a platform. Shome Makhija, greatest recognized for his work on the Amitabh Bachchan-led Badla, has written and directed Blind — primarily setting his directorial debut.
Ahn Sang-hoon’s 2011 Korean thriller Blind has seen quite a few regional reinterpretations, starting from a Chinese language (The Witness), a Japanese (Mienai Mokugeki-sha), and even a Tamil-language Indian remake (Netrikann). Makhija’s model is due to this fact the second Indian remake, which whereas being coincidentally produced across the similar time interval because the Tamil model, succumbed to quite a few delays earlier than settling for a digital launch. The setting stays the identical throughout all variations of Blind, which wraps across the mysterious disappearance and killings of quite a few younger ladies — presumably the works of a serial killer.
Blind places you into the footwear of Giah (Kapoor), a former police officer whose profession ended when she misplaced her eyesight in a tragic automotive accident. Years later, nonetheless unable to land a job within the pressure, she’s pressured to simply accept a raise from a stranger in the course of the evening, just for the journey to get weirder when she hears an odd bump and a yelp from the automotive’s boot. Fearing that it have to be one of many kidnapped victims she’d heard about on the information, she creates a ruckus to no avail, with the suspected killer letting her go as a result of she’s blind. On a mission to assist resolve the case, Giah turns to the regulation, solely to get ridiculed and rejected by the lead officer Prithvi Khanna (Vinay Pathak) resulting from her incapacity, which does not make her a stable witness or make sure that her testomony will maintain up in court docket.
Regardless, by her years within the academy and a fair acutely developed sense of scent and notion, Giah impresses him by precisely judging his peak and construct — in flip, forming an alliance to trace down the killer. Amidst all this, she’s obtained a mysterious stalker (Purab Kohli) with a peculiar scent, whom she recognises because the serial killing driver, kickstarting a cat-and-mouse sport the place he is not afraid to name and problem her to place an finish to his crimes. Blind was largely shot in Glasgow, Scotland and likewise stars Shubham Saraf (Shantaram), Lillete Dubey (Kal Ho Naa Ho), Lucy Aarden (Ten P.c), and Javed Khan (A Homicide on the Finish of the World).
As with most different Jio Studios releases, Blind is accessible to look at without cost on JioCinema — no login or subscription required — with further dubs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Bengali. The movie is a part of Viacom18’s 62-title-long in depth content material slate, which incorporates main theatrical releases reminiscent of Shah Rukh Khan-led Dunki, Amitabh Bachchan’s Part 84, and in June, performed host to Shahid Kapoor starrer Bloody Daddy.
Any Bollywood theatrical launch from Jio Studios ought to ultimately make its approach onto JioCinema as effectively. The streamer additionally comes with a Premium plan — costing Rs. 999 yearly — which grants entry to a piece of HBO and Warner Bros. content material, alongside a set of content material from Peacock.
Blind is now out there to look at without cost on JioCinema.
