The Girl on the Train: Parineeti in top form in engrossing murder mystery and intriguing tale of love and betrayal

By Rajesh Ahuja


It's trailer and promos have been generating a lot of Buzz among viewers ahead of its streaming.

The heightened level of curiosity around Parineeti Chopra's The Girl On the Train  has brought with it a baggage of expectations . The film , however  measures up to the tremendous hype generated by it with the viewers treated to an engrossing murder mystery and an intriguing tale of love and betrayal,  aided by top notch performances, especially by Parineeti Chopra. 

The Girl on The Train is an engrossing murder mystery and intriguing tale of love and betrayal with top notch performances 

The Girl On the Train   is the story of Meera (Parineeti Chopra), a lawyer with a dark past and a broken marriage with Shekhar(Avinash Tewari) . A car accident while traveling with Shekhar causes injuries to Meera, resulting in her suffering from short-term amnesia, which is the main cause of her broken marriage with Shekhar.

Meera, who travels in a train daily, envies the 'madly in love' couple she sees from the train she takes daily. One day, she witnesses something unexpected that breaks her faith in love. As Meera embarks on a journey to unravel the truth , she finds herself unknowingly getting embroiled in a a murder of Nusrat (Aditi Rao Hyderi) .. The film is about how Meera solves the crime..

The story initially moves at a slow pace, taking viewers through the halcyon love life of Meera and Shekhar which is shattered by the car accident involving the two of them..The film, however gathers pace in the later hal to unravel an extremely engrossing murder mystery and intriguing tale of love and betrayal in which things are not what they seem to be..

Writer director Ribhu Dasgupta weaves an intriguing tale of love and betrayal with shocking twists and turns which take audience by surprise and keep them hooked to the proceedings. Infact, the second half of the film moves at an extremely fast pace with not a single dull moment.

As the protagonist Meera Kapoor, who finds herself unknowingly getting embroiled in the murder of Nusrat and emrarks on a journey to unravel the truth, Parineeti Chopra is in top form, taking the viewers through the wide range of emotions, from frustration to depression to confusion to shock. She is truly the highlight of the film and carries it on her shoulder.

Avinash Tewari is effective as her husband Shekhar. Among the rest of the cast members, Aditi Rao Hyderi looks beautiful as Nusrat while Kirti Kulhai is effective as the cop Kuldeep Kaur. The rest of the cast members, including Tota Roy Chowdhury as Dr. Hamid ,Sammy Jonas Heaney as Reece Lonslow, Nisha Aaliya as Piya, Ishita Dutta as Ishita Sharma, Vatsal Sheth as Rajeev Arya, Natasha Benton as Anjali and Richie Lawrie as Walter lend able support.

The film boasts of good Cinematography with eye filling locations.
The music of the film is good, with the two songs Chal Gaya Challa and Hariyan being quite hummable and staying with the viewers.

In a nutshell, The Girl on The Train is an engrossing murder 'mystery with an intriguing tale of love and betrayal which has Parineeti Chopra in top form.

My Rating: 3.5/5: one for the engrossing screenplay and able direction by Ribhu Dasgupta, one for excellent performance by Parineeti Chopra, one for cinematography and 0.5 for music.