This film is a winner all the way, being one of the brilliant contemporary Indian films till date. Based on the life accounts of one of the most controversial figures of our times, the slain lawyer Shahid Azmi who got 17 cases successful in 7 years of his career, the film also highlights the Indian judiciary system and the venom of terrorism in broader light by director Hansal Mehta (also directed "Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!"/2000) whose narration is gritty, no nonsense and moreover without any melodrama which will make you sympathize and criticize few moments in the film. The film scores with it's screenplay (Sameer Gautam Singh, Apurva Asrani and Hansal Mehta) whose development and portrayal has shades of films like "Lawrence Of Arabia", "Bombay", "Mammo", "Black Friday" and "Aamir". and even in the dialogue part, few of the lines here are much better than that of what we hear the punchlines in the so called Masala entertainers. The film has a great cinematography by Anuj Dhawan which captures the depth of the life and surroundings of the protagonist brilliantly and the editing by Apurva Asrani which is a reminiscent of his brilliance in the 1998 cult "Satya" where he has done an award winning job in making the film slick, sharp and smooth. In performances, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Kay Kay Menon, Vipi Sharma, Akash Sinha, Prabhleen Sandhu and Baljinder Kaur are true to their roles and hatsoff to the casting genius Mukesh Chhabra for picking up such a great starcast which make the frame go alive with their brilliance. Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub is great in the film as he returns with his "Raanjhanaa" charms and last but not the least is Raj Kumar: Take A Bow as he walks away with all the applauds with such a brilliant portrayal of the slain lawyer with sheer excellence. Overall, this film is NOT TO BE MISSED. Please go and watch this film and get a good cinematic orgasm. My rating would be 4.5/ 5
Review of Shahid
