Dhokha: Round D Corner

A mentally unstable woman who is alone in the apartment stumbles accidentally upon the terrorist who wants to negotiate with the government. All character have grey past. The story is intriguing no. Well, the script , the dialogues and the acting is a big let down.

When Aparshakti, madhavan are limited to cringy and clumsy dialogues you sometime feel like "what a waste of pool of talents " . The script has so many plotholes that you keep on wondering "why the hell is this happening ?" In this movie.

Climax is so hurriedly created that you won't believe that what the creators are trying to show you.

What a waste of my weekend.

One thing u can say is that story is interesting and has got some twist. But that's what is all you will get The acting, the characters everything falls widely short of expectations. Through out the movie it feels like you are watching something in a studio.

I am still surprised to see a rating of 7+ when I am posting mine.

If there is one person you would expect a good performance it would be Madhavan, but looks like he has lost his passion for it when you watch him here. If someone is watching him for the first time trust me they will not watch another movie of his :) This is bringing down the bar of Bollywood rather than taking it up!!

The actor-producer Kaushali Kumar delivers an impressive performance of a complicated character. Despite the tacky camera and edit and a couple of leads acting badly, its Kaushali's intense on-screen emotional labour that keeps one invested in the film. To speak much of the complexity of the character is to reveal too much of the plot but she manages to seamlessly blend the multi hued character into something composite and believable. Madhavan is experienced in the art of delivering powerful performances with minimalism and does so here too. It is the other performances that pull down the film. The policeman and the terrorist characters are badly written and performed, one speaks with a terrible accent that has the ability to kill whatever emotional graph the film is climbing or plunging into. The story itself is predictable in the sense that it lays out a complicated challenge for the characters but ends with easy resolutions. It starts out as a deep dive into the human psyche but gives up too easily.

The film did have potential, the script had not one but numerous opportunities to encash the positives, but it couldn't, or should I rather say it did not want to. The anecdote in itself was not half bad, as can be noticed in the last act, where the film seeks redemption but alas! It was already too late.

It would have easily been a decent, serviceable movie, but what made it poorer was its inferior screenplay and an even weaker direction. As well as the lousy, over-the-top performances. I never would have imagined that I will have to see a talented man like R. Madhavan delivering one of if not the worst acts to date.

Quite similar remarks apply to both Aparshakti Khurana and Darshan Kumar as well. I refrain from criticizing Khushali though because it is her debut role and I strongly believe in giving chances, thus, we will have to wait and see her in at least one more work to come to any sort of judgment (in respect of her capacity as an actor).

But the names that I mentioned before are in the industry for years, thus their performances should be criticized accordingly.

I fail to understand why there is so much high ratings for a movie like this. I understand now that.when producer can spend 20 cr on this lousy movie they can always spend few lacs for farzi reviews and ratings. Generally in a thriller movie like this we expect lot of tense moments. There is. No thrill or tension. There is no chemistry between lead characters. Story is very week and not suitable for a suspense or thriller movie. You keep om watching the movie because you feel that it is a suspense thriller movie so you keep on waiting for the end to come. When the end comes you feel cheated. If you are fan of suspense thrillers than you must have watched better movies. Just to show a twist in the tale you can not make write childish and unbelievable stories.