The trailer of Shome Makhija's thriller Blind, starring Sonam Kapoor as a visually-impaired investigator and Purab Kohli as a serial killer, has been dropped. The film, co-produced by Sujoy Ghosh, will release on Jio Cinemas on July 7. The trailer shows Sonam and Purab's characters in a cat-and-mouse chase. (Also Read: Blind teaser: Sonam Kapoor plays a visually-impaired police officer in search of a serial killer. Watch)
Sonam Kapoor as a blind woman
While the teaser showed us Sonam's character is blind, the trailer goes deeper into that. It shows how Sonam often uses her impairment as a strength and has solid intuition. She even takes Vinay Pathak's cop character by surprise with her observation skills.
We also see her as a determined investigator. Even when Vinay's character warns her against pursuing a dangerous serial killer, she says that her quest to nab him is ‘personal.’
Purab Kohli as a serial killer
Purab Kohli, with a ripped physique and a funky hairstyle, looks rather menacing as a serial killer in Blind. He's seen abducting and torturing multiple women and engaging in an endless cat-and-mouse chase with Sonam's character.
Sonam Kapoor's return to movies
Sonam Kapoor took a break from movies when she relocated to London in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. After The Zoya Factor in 2019, she's only appeared for a cameo in Vikramaditya Motwane's thriller Ak vs Ak, also starring her father Anil Kapoor, brother Harshvardhan Kapoor, and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. The film premiered on Netflix India in December 2020.
About Jio Cinemas
{{/usCountry}}Sonam Kapoor took a break from movies when she relocated to London in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. After The Zoya Factor in 2019, she's only appeared for a cameo in Vikramaditya Motwane's thriller Ak vs Ak, also starring her father Anil Kapoor, brother Harshvardhan Kapoor, and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. The film premiered on Netflix India in December 2020.
About Jio Cinemas
{{/usCountry}}The streaming platform owned by Jio has already streamed films like I Love You, a thriller starring Pavail Gulati, Rakul Preet Singh and Akshay Oberoi and shows like Asur 2, thriller series starring Arshad Warsi and Barun Sobti. It's also hosted premieres of theatrical films like Vikram Vedha, starring Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan, and Bhediya, Amar Kaushik's creature comedy starring Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon.
About Sujoy Ghosh
Sujoy is best known for directing Jhankar Beats (2003) and Kahaani (2012). He has most recently directed a segment, starring Tamannaah Bhatia and Vijay Varma, in Netflix India anthology Lust Stories 2. He's also directing the Hindi adaptation of The Devotion of Suspect X, starring Kareena Kapoor Khan and Vijay Varma for Netflix India.