Jio Studios is on a roll and, with the new Sonam Kapoor-Purab Kohli starrer Blind, this rollercoaster is only going up with the number of titles being introduced day in and out. Directed by Shome Makhija and produced by Sujoy Ghosh, Avishek Ghosh, Hyunwoo Thomas Kim, Sachin Nahar, Pinkesh Nahar and Manish W, the Hindi crime thriller also stars Vinay Pathak and Lillette Dubey in pivotal roles.
With the recent surge of interest in Korean content all over the world, the Hallyu wave has never touched greater heights than now. The Indian entertainment sector is also making the most of this peak as popular names like Duranga (based on Flowers of Evil), Kartik Aaryan starrer Dhamaka (The Terror Live), Farhan Akhtar’s Rock On (inspired by The Happy Life), Siddharth Malhotra and Shraddha Kapoor’s Ek Villain (loosely based on I Saw the Devil) have made it to our attention in the past few years. Adding on to the ongoing list of inspirations, the upcoming JioCinema flick is following the same trend.
The Blind 2023 rendition will be led by Kapoor’s character who plays a visually impaired police officer, out to catch Kohli’s serial killer redhanded. Filmed in Glasgow, the film is an official Bollywood remake of the Korean premiere dealing with the same subject matter. While the original Korean thriller received massive critical acclaim, we’re yet to see how the Hindi version will fare when it releases in the coming week.
Blind Remake Has Sought Inspiration from Which Korean Movie?
The Shome Makhija directorial will be reworking the plot of the Korean movie of the same name in the Indian context, or at least with Indian actors steering the wheel. Its trailer captures a courageous and daring Sonam Kapoor against a menacing and terrifying killer played by Kohli, the same way the 2011 South Korean crime film directed by Ahn Sang-hoon, with its screenplay by Choi Min-seok, put Kim Ha-neul’s Min Soo-ah at crossroads against Yoo Seung-ho’s Kwon Gi-seob.
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The original movie also starred Jo Hee-bong, Yang Young-jo, Kim Mi-kyung and marked Park Bo-gum’s acting debut. Streaming on Viki in select regions, this release has already been reworked several times. It first received a Chinese remake in 2015, titled The Witness, then a Japanese rendition, Mienai Mokugeki-sha (見えない目撃者). Before offering inspiration to the Hindi production, it also served as the source material for the 2021 Indian movie Netrikann in Tamil language.
Blind Korean film (블라인드) revolved around a series of crimes, with Min Soo-ah at the centre of it all. A promising cadet, planning out her career, loses her eyesight in an accident, which also leads to one of her family member’s death. Following the fateful incident, Soo-ah’s police carrier is halted. However, the same hit and run case she was a victim of coincidentally links her to a missing person case, which the police was already finding difficult to unravel due to the lack of a witness.
Having encountered a mysterious cab driver on that night, Soo-ah believes him to be the culprit the police is looking for. She starts working with Detective Jo, and as the action unfolds, other dreadful aspects of the story reveal themselves while endangering Soo-ah’s safety.
Blind Release Date and Where to Watch
The Hindi Blind Jio Cinema film starts streaming for free on July 7, 2023.
Watch the Blind Trailer
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