Directed by : Nikhil Advani
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2385104/
The post is full of spoilers... Read at own risk.
The main plot of the movie is 'To bring back the most wanted man of India'. This reminds of 'Dark Zero Thirty' where the struggle to find Osama and get him back is superbly showcased. Whether that movie was the reason behind Nikhil Advani's attempt of doing same for Dawood or not, I have no idea. But looking at the past films of Nikhil Advani, one can easily say that its a huge transformation from the kind of films he had done earlier.
The story revolves around 3 agents, Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan), Rudra (Arjun Rampal), Zoya (Huma Quereshi) along with a prisoner Aslam (Aakash Dahiya) who is part of the team on account of the information he gathered from the people working for Goldman (Rishi Kapoor) in the prison. These 4 are choosen for this mission to get Goldman alive back to India.
The screenplay is very tight and gripping, though I couldn't understand the need of narrating in flashback. The reason being instead of directly starting with the 'We got him/We almost got him', it would had been better to show the struggle they have before the operation day. In this case, when flashback is going on.. you already knew that this is going to happen, only question while watching is why that happened and what are the stories of each agents which in any case would had been covered in linear narration too.
Another major problem for me was Rishi Kapoor's character, too much of his politeness is shown instead of menacing sequences like the one where a person comes for help for blasts in a particular city. I would had preferred much more serious portrayal of Goldman including such scenes that shows how much important it is to kill him. The other option was to not keep any scene of Goldman at all, but then the whole screenplay would had to change.
And I till now couldn't understand the point behind killing him in the end when throughout they aimed to bring him alive.. Why not kill in Pakistan and just bring him back dead.
I liked the choice of Irrfan Khan narrating all the stories as voiceover. Also special mention to the art direction, the feel of real Pakistan was visible in most frames.
The twists are good, and the action sequences are quite likeable.
Songs are very creatively used into narrative. 'Duma Dum' is parallely cut with the Goldman operation happening in background. 'Alvida' showing how Rudra's only relation dies in a different kind of flashback (I wasn't satisfied with Shruti in that song, though I liked her in rest film). 'Murshid Khele' one of very good qawaali in recent times, loved the scene of Wali Khan standing alone on terrace and Rudra going to kill the guy who gave scars to Shruti Hassan. 'Dhuan' starting point was one of my fav moments in the film, that tune gives me goosebumps and a good dialogue of Wali Khan follows it. 'Ek Ghadi' is used mostly as background which I dont mind as it was my least liked song.
Arjun Rampal delivers one of his best performances, perfect casting in this role. I liked the way Nikhil handles his and Shruti relation in the movie, hardly any conversations they have still they emote a relation they have build between them very well.
Irrfan Khan is as always brilliant and lovable, again special mention to the casting person, as he suited this role. I love the scenes where he is torn between his love for family and country.
Huma Qureshi is efficient, but I would had liked few scene stealer scenes for her. Aakash Dahiya who played Aslam was very good. I would had liked Chandan Roy Sanyal much more if his look was kept proper.
Sree Swara Dubey was surprise performer of the movie in her debut supporting role.
DDay as a thriller no doubt is very good film, but when you think about Goldman and the way he is showed.. slight dissappointment is going to be there. I overheard a couple saying 'Dawood hasega aisi film ko dekhkar ki kuch bhi bana dete hai mere pe'.. For good performances and Nikhil's step into a different genre, the film is a good watch.
Verdict : NICE
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2385104/
The post is full of spoilers... Read at own risk.
The main plot of the movie is 'To bring back the most wanted man of India'. This reminds of 'Dark Zero Thirty' where the struggle to find Osama and get him back is superbly showcased. Whether that movie was the reason behind Nikhil Advani's attempt of doing same for Dawood or not, I have no idea. But looking at the past films of Nikhil Advani, one can easily say that its a huge transformation from the kind of films he had done earlier.
The story revolves around 3 agents, Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan), Rudra (Arjun Rampal), Zoya (Huma Quereshi) along with a prisoner Aslam (Aakash Dahiya) who is part of the team on account of the information he gathered from the people working for Goldman (Rishi Kapoor) in the prison. These 4 are choosen for this mission to get Goldman alive back to India.
The screenplay is very tight and gripping, though I couldn't understand the need of narrating in flashback. The reason being instead of directly starting with the 'We got him/We almost got him', it would had been better to show the struggle they have before the operation day. In this case, when flashback is going on.. you already knew that this is going to happen, only question while watching is why that happened and what are the stories of each agents which in any case would had been covered in linear narration too.
Another major problem for me was Rishi Kapoor's character, too much of his politeness is shown instead of menacing sequences like the one where a person comes for help for blasts in a particular city. I would had preferred much more serious portrayal of Goldman including such scenes that shows how much important it is to kill him. The other option was to not keep any scene of Goldman at all, but then the whole screenplay would had to change.
And I till now couldn't understand the point behind killing him in the end when throughout they aimed to bring him alive.. Why not kill in Pakistan and just bring him back dead.
I liked the choice of Irrfan Khan narrating all the stories as voiceover. Also special mention to the art direction, the feel of real Pakistan was visible in most frames.
The twists are good, and the action sequences are quite likeable.
Songs are very creatively used into narrative. 'Duma Dum' is parallely cut with the Goldman operation happening in background. 'Alvida' showing how Rudra's only relation dies in a different kind of flashback (I wasn't satisfied with Shruti in that song, though I liked her in rest film). 'Murshid Khele' one of very good qawaali in recent times, loved the scene of Wali Khan standing alone on terrace and Rudra going to kill the guy who gave scars to Shruti Hassan. 'Dhuan' starting point was one of my fav moments in the film, that tune gives me goosebumps and a good dialogue of Wali Khan follows it. 'Ek Ghadi' is used mostly as background which I dont mind as it was my least liked song.
Arjun Rampal delivers one of his best performances, perfect casting in this role. I liked the way Nikhil handles his and Shruti relation in the movie, hardly any conversations they have still they emote a relation they have build between them very well.
Irrfan Khan is as always brilliant and lovable, again special mention to the casting person, as he suited this role. I love the scenes where he is torn between his love for family and country.
Huma Qureshi is efficient, but I would had liked few scene stealer scenes for her. Aakash Dahiya who played Aslam was very good. I would had liked Chandan Roy Sanyal much more if his look was kept proper.
Sree Swara Dubey was surprise performer of the movie in her debut supporting role.
DDay as a thriller no doubt is very good film, but when you think about Goldman and the way he is showed.. slight dissappointment is going to be there. I overheard a couple saying 'Dawood hasega aisi film ko dekhkar ki kuch bhi bana dete hai mere pe'.. For good performances and Nikhil's step into a different genre, the film is a good watch.
Verdict : NICE
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