Directed by : Ahishor Solomon
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2699840/
Slow boring thriller, even Naseeruddin Shah couldn't save it.
Read at your own risk, the post is full of spoilers.
A thriller that took me for surprise with numerous gore sequences. I for one completely hate to see such films, so wasn't a good experience while watching this movie.
The plot is about John (Naseeruddin Shah) who loses his daughter in an accident when she goes away with her boyfriend. Few years later, he is made to help some robberers at his office where he works, that has something to do with Casablanca Estate related files. His wife as a result is attacked and she goes into coma. John is left to find out what is the mystery behind Casablanca Estate, its the place where his daughter died too. So, are the both events linked and what role police officer Gautam (Randeep Hooda) plays in it.
The movie is narrated at a snail's place. There's a love story of Gautam where his girlfriend remains drunk all the time, and ends up getting some of the worst dialogues of the movie.
The pace is so slow that when the suspense is revealed, it doesn't excite or make any mark on me.
Performances wise, Naseeruddin Shah is okay (which sums up the how the film was). Randeep Hooda hams a lot, its become hard to like his performances ever since Jannat2. Though, his entry sequence where he makes a guy eat excess of Chicken Biryani was perhaps the best scene of the movie. Also, the dialogue 'Tu dal khichdi kha, chicken biryani tere bas ki nahi'.
Shernaz Patel gets only one scene before going into coma. While Vipin Sharma shines in a corrupt police officer role, providing entertaining dialogues time and again in a otherwise dull movie.
Makarand Deshpande does well in a special apperance.
Overall, John Day is a film I wish I had skipped, dull narration and no performance worth spending time on either.
Verdict : POOR
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2699840/
Slow boring thriller, even Naseeruddin Shah couldn't save it.
Read at your own risk, the post is full of spoilers.
A thriller that took me for surprise with numerous gore sequences. I for one completely hate to see such films, so wasn't a good experience while watching this movie.
The plot is about John (Naseeruddin Shah) who loses his daughter in an accident when she goes away with her boyfriend. Few years later, he is made to help some robberers at his office where he works, that has something to do with Casablanca Estate related files. His wife as a result is attacked and she goes into coma. John is left to find out what is the mystery behind Casablanca Estate, its the place where his daughter died too. So, are the both events linked and what role police officer Gautam (Randeep Hooda) plays in it.
The movie is narrated at a snail's place. There's a love story of Gautam where his girlfriend remains drunk all the time, and ends up getting some of the worst dialogues of the movie.
The pace is so slow that when the suspense is revealed, it doesn't excite or make any mark on me.
Performances wise, Naseeruddin Shah is okay (which sums up the how the film was). Randeep Hooda hams a lot, its become hard to like his performances ever since Jannat2. Though, his entry sequence where he makes a guy eat excess of Chicken Biryani was perhaps the best scene of the movie. Also, the dialogue 'Tu dal khichdi kha, chicken biryani tere bas ki nahi'.
Shernaz Patel gets only one scene before going into coma. While Vipin Sharma shines in a corrupt police officer role, providing entertaining dialogues time and again in a otherwise dull movie.
Makarand Deshpande does well in a special apperance.
Overall, John Day is a film I wish I had skipped, dull narration and no performance worth spending time on either.
Verdict : POOR
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