KATPUTTLI – A MYSTERY WHICH FAILS TO IMPRESS

Rating:- * 1/2

When a film has mediocre artistes, its story has a pitfall here & there, and it is released without much fanfare, what can it expect at the box office?

Lisa [Mink] is walking on the roads of Mumbai and forgets who she is. All she has is a dress full of blood and a whole lot of cash in her trench coat.

At one time she had everything she could ream of -- a loving husband, a successful marriage, a beautiful house and apparently is the owner of one of the biggest and finest hospitals in the city. Lisa's husband Arjun [Milind Soman], a well reputed surgeon, makes every effort to get her memory back.

But how did she lose her memory? Why is she haunted by repeated flashes of blood and money? Arjun doesn't seem to know much, neither does Anju [Yukta Mookhey], the sweet neighbour, who somehow is always around to make sure that Lisa is comfortable. Or was it Arjun who kept her in close quarters? Like Celina [Shikha Shekhar], the sensuous nurse he hired for Lisa's help.

Dev [Sameer Dharmadhikari], a Naval officer, Anju's husband, Lisa's friend since college, makes an entry and decides that he isn't going to sit idle and wait for Lisa's memory to come back to find answers…

Even though KATPUTTLI has been produced by an actor [Mink], who enacts the central role in the film, the narrative focuses on several characters, right from the husband to the neighbour to the nurse to the Naval officer. In fact, the needle of suspicion keeps gyrating from one character to another and that's why the film keeps you engrossed. But there are flaws. The sequence of events unfolds at a lethargic pace, and several questions remain unanswered. Sanjay Khanna's direction is just about okay.

The film belongs to Mink, who leaves an impact. Milind Soman and others have also done well.