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‘7 Khoon Maaf’ is a dark comedy-thriller, featuring Priyanka Chopra as the leading protagonist. The movie is based on a short story by Ruskin Bond. It is about a woman’s quest for love. Only this woman, Susanna played by Priyanka Chopra, unerringly marries the worst candidates, not just once but SIX times! There is a rumor prevailing in the cinema world that 7 Khoon Maaf is also loosely inspired from an Italian movie by the name Sette Volte Donna aka Woman Times Seven [1967], helmed by Vittorio De Sica. This italian movie depicted seven short stories with adultery as the focal point. However, this slight resemblance may be just a coincidence and not an attempt to plagiarize or copy that film. The movie 7 Khoon Maaf works in several parts. A few stories – involving Neil Nitin Mukesh, John Abraham, Irfan Khan and Anu Kapoor – are absorbing. The unfortunate part of the story is that the uninteresting ones come in the latter half and accompanied with its excessive length, the impact generated by a captivating first hour gets diluted in the second half. The mood of the film is dark and scary and the haunting background score adds to the sinister aura making your heart skip beat at times. The film belongs to Priyanka and she magnificently rises to the occasion by splendidly portraying the 7 stages of her life.