Director : Shivam Nair

Music Director : Shibani Kashyap

StarCast : Om Puri,Naseeruddin Shah,Paresh Rawal,Boman Irani,Neha Dhupia,Tara Sharma.

Pros :

Paresh Rawal excels in the character role,thats 2 in a row after Oye lucky lucky Oye where we get to see him in not his recent famous cum trademark of comedy over the top. Paresh hits the right note from the 1st scene itself and continues it until the last scene, a flawless performance.

Naseeruddin Shah though in a small role, still as always he leaves his mark with his natural acting, one of the few actors who totally go into the character deeply making it look as real as it can be.

Om Puri is quite effective,specially in the finale.

Screenplay is terrific during the 2nd half especially,the way things keep turning up making it a very good thriller.

Excellent Intermission scene,though I had assumed what was going to happen after it but still it was quite well done.

Dialogues are quite good, like the mauka one or naseer one in the beginning.


Cons :

The film takes time to get to the main plot,specially the 1st 20 mins, though they were essential to develop the story but as compared to rest portion,it formed a weak link.

Some of the scenes are predictable, be it interval or pre climax scene.

Few questions like Property Transfer and Climax scene which may be I couldnt interpret or it wasnt shown properly .

Boman's Character could had been used in a better way.

Extras :

Tara Sharma was good as her character demanded a face which looks too innocent and straightforward though her voice did irritate at times. Boman Irani gives a nice performance in not so well written role. Direction is good though could had been more better at certain portions of the film.


My Fav Scenes :

Paresh's Atm Machine trick.

The meeting of Naseeruddin,Paresh and Neha together.

The Interval scene.

The Pre Climax entire scene.


Suggestions :

Could had cut the 1st 20 mins story into 10 mins and made it more thrilling. Also, Boman's character should had been properly written.



Overall, Maharathi is a very good thriller which could had been even more better but Nevertheless,you wont regret watching the film at all.

Ratings :

Direction : 3.75 Out of 5
Screenplay : 3.75 Out of 5
Dialogues : 3.5 Out of 5
Cinematography : 3 Out of 5
Performances : 4 Out of 5
Story : 3 Out of 5
Film Rating : 3.5 Out of 5

Recommendation : Watch it if you like thrillers,dont have sky high expectations though.