Vishal Bhardwaj : 3 Khoon Maaf

I must say that Vishal Bhardwaj has mastered the art of over promising
and under delivering. Starting from Omkara to Kaminey and now 7 Khoon Maaf.
He was able to lure me to theater with all 3 and disappoint as a result.

I would just like to figure out what makes even the otherwise intelligent
reviewers go ga-ga about his movies. Here are my guesses :

1. Quite early in his career, he gave us Maqbool. So he has earned some goodwill
which would take time to get burnt out.

2. He attributes his inspirations to popular literary figures, including Shakespeare
and Ruskin Bond, which maintains an intellectual aura around him and his movies.

That's the thing about reviewers. But what about the audience. Why do they give
him some very positive reactions?

3. He manages to get some of the finest actors to work in his movies, the likes of
Irfan Khan and Naseeruddin Shah. Add to it the crowd pulling stars, starting from
Omkara. This combination of star power and actor power is hard to beat as Prakash Jha
proved with Rajneeti.

4. He can shoot some really smart scenes which he can put into trailers and fool people.

What else?

PS: BTW here is the most honest and unbiased review of 7 Khoon Maaf  I have come across.