I happened to see this film on Star Gold as a friend of mine had recommended to see this film in theatres which was released with atrocious Veere Di Wedding. I still remember how crap that film was still it became a hit while this film's theatrical run ceased within a week's time due to negative response from critics hence I thought of awaiting its tv release. Finally I watched it today and realised how wrong I was and it was actually a great film, one of the most underrated of this year.
The story follows life of 2 friends- Bhavesh Joshi and Sikander Khanna(Harshvardhan Kapoor) who fight against corruption but one day Bhavesh was murdered by an evil politician as he had gone to expose the water crime going on in the city. Sikander took up the mantle of Bhavesh Joshi the vigilante and went on a spree to fight corruption for INSAAF.
There were many potholes in the script such as learning advanced martial arts in few days time, escaping the airport quite easily and staying in an abandoned hotel for many days without getting noticed, the police not suspecting the third friend of Siku and Bhavesh to be the vigilante, no support from social media throughout the film and Bhavesh Joshi' supporters as shown in the beginning when they launched their Insaaf video on YouTube etc. But overall the intention and performances(except Harsh) were terrific, Vikramaditya Motwane's direction was top notch while editing and screenplay could've been better.
Performancewise everyone were great but instead of Harshvardhan someone better should've enacted the part of Siku, maybe he's the reason why people didn't go and see the film. Vidyut Jamwal would've been a better option I'd say if the script had made him a born fighter. Music was pure average but it wasn't much needed in the narrative hence can be ignored.
Overall I regret not seeing this film in theaters as bollywood needs movies like these and not Baaghi 2, Veere di Wedding and worst of this year Race 3.
The story follows life of 2 friends- Bhavesh Joshi and Sikander Khanna(Harshvardhan Kapoor) who fight against corruption but one day Bhavesh was murdered by an evil politician as he had gone to expose the water crime going on in the city. Sikander took up the mantle of Bhavesh Joshi the vigilante and went on a spree to fight corruption for INSAAF.
There were many potholes in the script such as learning advanced martial arts in few days time, escaping the airport quite easily and staying in an abandoned hotel for many days without getting noticed, the police not suspecting the third friend of Siku and Bhavesh to be the vigilante, no support from social media throughout the film and Bhavesh Joshi' supporters as shown in the beginning when they launched their Insaaf video on YouTube etc. But overall the intention and performances(except Harsh) were terrific, Vikramaditya Motwane's direction was top notch while editing and screenplay could've been better.
Performancewise everyone were great but instead of Harshvardhan someone better should've enacted the part of Siku, maybe he's the reason why people didn't go and see the film. Vidyut Jamwal would've been a better option I'd say if the script had made him a born fighter. Music was pure average but it wasn't much needed in the narrative hence can be ignored.
Overall I regret not seeing this film in theaters as bollywood needs movies like these and not Baaghi 2, Veere di Wedding and worst of this year Race 3.