Dhokha: Round D Corner

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 most stupid movie I've even. It is beyond me how people are writing 600 words reviews appreciating this lame and senseless movie.

I wonder what was the director thinking when he decided to make this movie. Total waste of Madhvan's talent. The heroine at times is looking like Sri Devi - the 53 yr old version... I don't see why the heroine was dressed so seductively that also in the morning.

There was a continuity isues as well. My advice would be don't waste your time this lame senseless film. It has been marketed as a suspense thriller however their is neither any suspense nor thrill in this stupid movie.

Don't watch completely waste of time. 0 acting skills , 0 story line, 0 for setup. Madhwan was overacting. This could be a descent movie but no . Police was just wasting time whe time. You can notice guns were fake like Ak47. The kidnaper was on window most of the time , they could have shot him but no they were just sitting with their fake guns. Big disappointment by the movie. Trailer of the movie was looking promising but if you see the movie that is totally disaster. I'm giving 2 star for just last 10 minutes otherwise whole movie is not at all worth. Give me a like if you agree with me. Thank you.

No thrill or suspense about the movie. From the very start it went down the slope. The whole idea around the story was quite predictable and the follow ups was also not up to the mark.

If someone doesn't have any movies to watch for - they can give it a try. However would recommend not to go for it.

The biggest disappointment was the role of Aparshakti Khurana - someone with a natural accent would have done a better role for Gul, as throughout the movie, it seemed like overacting and even the dialogues was mundane.

The actress is without doubt the shining light in the movie.

Wouldn't recommend to watch.

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.