The film Hate Story IV is a dark and twisted story of obsession, betrayal and revenge that is surrounded in a tangle of deceit. The novel is the tale of two wealthy brothers, Aryan and Rajveer Khurana, who have fallen in love with the same woman, Tasha, which leads to a chain of tragic and murderous events. Their relationships are spiraling out of hand and some past secrets begin to resurface and that Tasha was much more sinister in her motives than they had thought. The storyline of the film is filled with outrageous developments, murder, blackmail and plotting, which keeps the audience guessing till the very end.
The film, in terms of the visuals, tries to establish a glam-sinister mood, in which the lavish scenes are presented alongside the tense scenes of violence. The acting is also melodramatic, sometimes on the brink of melodrama, which makes the emotional disorder even more intense but in some instances pulls the story out of the realm of realism. The screenplay is full of twists but in some cases it is overly convoluted and it attempts to stuff too much secrets and betrayals into the story. Nevertheless, the movie has its shortcomings but it has always been pacing at a truly thrilling rate as the revelation in each case raises the stakes and leads the characters further into the darkness. The soundtrack and the background music heighten the suspense to the overall feeling of impending doom.
The most agreeable was how devastating obsession can be destructive as it is and how revenge may end up being a vicious cycle that destroys all these culprits. The movie Hate Story IV made me feel a feeling of unease as it brought out the destructiveness of secrets and lies to the fore. The story-telling may be over-the-top and melodramatic, but it has captured the ugliness of human nature, and so it makes a compulsively viewing, but ethically problematic, thriller that is hard to forget after the credits have finished.
