Missing

Manoj Bajpayee is absolutely brilliant as an opportunistic and philandering womanizer in Mukul Abhyankar's ambitious psychological drama Missing that is largely led by Tabu. Hers is the main character here, who steals focus from her audience as this worried mother of a young girl named Titli, who goes missing later in the film. Missing narrates the story of these three characters as Annu Kapoor, playing an Indian cop in Mauritious, heads the investigation of the missing child. Abhyankar's writing is tight and you are going to be hooked since the first frame itself. Apart from the gradual unfolding of events, and thereby the truth, there's an air of suspense throughout the 120-minute running time as you try to predict what will happen with the characters. Sometimes funny but always thrilling, Missing works because of writer-director Abhyankar's solid direction and execution. Bajpayee shines better than Tabu, although it is the joint effort by the entire cast that makes this more worthwhile. I am also impressed by the score by M M Kreem, which compensates the issues I have with the plot and the several holes in it. Even if you regard these issues as problematic, the unexpected climax and the consequences of all the proceedings makes Missing an above average thriller. They hardly make such films in Bollywood, so it is important for us to take note and appreciate when they do. Catch it when you can. TN.

A decent thriller which revolves around 3 characters enacted by top-notch actors especially Manoj Bajpayee, the climax reminded me of the yesteryear movie 'Kaun'. Nevertheless one can give it a try, it's available on Amazon Prime and it's way better than all the noise created by Bollywood for Crore Club crap movies.

The movie is very slow in the first half; there are many scenes which are not at all required, it is just waste of time. The actual story unfolds in the later part of the second half and few good twists are also there. But you will need a lot of patience to watch this movie till the end!!

Don't make the mistake of watching this trash because of Manoj Bajpai and Tabu, they simply collected the paychecks here. I've can't remember having seen any other movie with more wooden acting, and nonsensical dialogues. The story has so large loopholes that you could drive a truck through it. It really takes a sh**ty director to make a C-grade movie with A-grade actors, and the director has done a bang up job at that.

The basis of the film is interesting - a couple and their unwell 3-year old daughter check into a beach resort in Mauritius. The following morning the child disappears from their room leaving the distraught parents running from pillar to post trying to look for her. The first half is consistent and manages to keep the viewer in suspense but the second half blows out of proportion, with long drawn out scenes, unconvincing twists and poor choices by the characters. The performances are ok at best, which is disappointing considering the two lead are great actors. The film also struggles with pacing issues at times. The screenplay is so awful; and I don't appreciate the ridiculous amount of twists, there are at least four twists in the plot each more ridiculous than the one that came before. The plot keeps changing direction every 15-minutes or so to the point where the whole becomes illogical. The dialogues are tacky and cheesy which will get you laughing for the wrong reason at times. The cinematography doesn't suit tone of the film. But the background score is good tho loud at times. Overall, it's an okay thriller.