FEMME FATALE SHINES IN THIS REVENGE SAGA

Hate Story Iv

STARRING: Urvashi Rautela, Vivan Bhatena, Karan Wahi, Ihana Dhillon and Gulshan Grover

DIRECTOR: Vishal Pandya

For a change, this fourth edition of Hate Story series is a pleasant surprise. It is not a noir film but it certainly has a femme fatale who is impressive and who holds her own against characters that are bad.

Keeping with the theme of the franchise, revenge remains the core issue at the heart of this tale too. And there is ample skin show and frothy music which unfortunately does nothing to propel the narrative.

The story by Sameer Arora revolves around business tycoon Vikram Khurana’s two sons Aryan (Vivan Bhatena) and Rajvir (Karan Wahi). While Aryan is happily married to Rishma (Ihana Dhillon), Rajvir is a flirt whose girlfriends don’t last for over six months.

Rajvir stumbles upon Tasha (Urvashi Rautela) after he is assigned to find a fresh face to model for their company.

Tasha is a dancer at a local club who aspires to be a model. And she certainly fits the bill for not only does Rajvir fall for her, but also his older brother Aryan and their father Vikram