Interesting concept. A decent job. Takes two good actors (Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher) and puts them against each other, with a good cast of support actors. It does try to follow some 'bad habits' of Bollywood flicks - cute dialogues, over-playing stuff and a long monologue, though thankfully, it only happens in the end.
What really works for the flick is a clear conflict, and a (neat) twist in the end that falls a bit flat with the monologue. Though, it's not too bad, since the film builds towards that and as the ending becomes an anti-climax it's Naseeruddin at 'show'.
It's a thriller. The film builds suspense and does a nice job. A lot of outdoor shoot makes it watchable. But would I watch it with a lot of enthusiasm again? Well, I could watch it, but would not be getting too kicked about it.
Rating **1/2
[Max ****]
It is indeed a superbly crafted movie, and clearly belonged to the Director and Naseeruddin Shah.
ReplyDeleteI saw it so so late on TV and enjoyed. There is an interesting story on it..UTV (The Distributor) believed on this product and for the first time did a special screening for Programmers only, so that it gets right show casing. As a result--where the movie which any programer would have opened in 2/3 shows ( Given the Non-Commercial starcast) it got a wide release with 6/7 shows . But, it dosent end here , first week the movie didn't pick up at all..programers were talking what went wrong ---weekend numbers were sad and then it just picked up 2nd week and ran for 8 weeks...
Costing wise : It was made on Budget of about 3.5 cr and same amount was spent on print and Publicity - The Movie went on to do Business worth 16 cr plus.
Hmm good Story and tight script can spell magic at the Box Office.