Laal Kaptaan

This is not a conventional action film or a regular period film as such, its just a fiction mixed with some assumed real incidents. So for a different entertainment and flavor, this is good stuff.. Just sit back and enjoy the film and the shades, and the acting.. No judgments. If all try to be critics then who will be the audience. Just keep the pen and paper aside without writing down the good and the bad stuff.. And be a raw viewer for a better experience.

Nice saga story of a naga. Watchable for saif's best ever performance, and Deepak' s fabulous performance.

Definitely, best of this year as for as concept, treatment & technique concerns! It has pure feel of Hollywood type movie with true thriller movie concept. Recently if I have to compare it, I will say it has same feel as of " Bone Tomahawk " & that is the best complement I can give for direction! Length is bit too long, especially second half but it rarely drags anywhere in between. Performances are 'A' class Saif, dobriwala, zoya Hussain have played perfectly. Only blemish I can see is Manav vij. Though a good actor just caught in the magnitute of big role in offer. He has an opportunity to make this great role into legendary but he can't lived to expectations. Looked very rigid. Director Navdeep deserved full credit and all accolades for wonderful job done. It was his best work after "Manorama five feet under" and best ever as for big commercial project. I wish this gets the success it deserve. It helps us narrowing the gap between Bollywood & Hollywood !

I rate it 5/5.. Pros: 1.) Narrative is Gripping 2.) Strong Character Work 3.) Great Direction and Screenplay 4.) Good Story and interesting plot points 5.) Great acting by every actor

Cons: 1.) It should've been a Series, they should've stretched this movie by more 3 hours and dwelled upon the characters a bit more because they were really interesting. This could've killed as a TV series, better than sacred games and any other recent popular TV show. 2.) Theater audience is not mature enough to handle this movie, people should go and watch Race 3 and Housefull if you didn't like this movie!

I am very generous with 10 as I am a sucker for Western films n it's rare to come across a Western film from Bollywood.

The story is set in the 18th century India n it is about a disturbed sadhu/ascetic who is on the hunt to seek revenge. The disturbed bounty hunter is on a killing spree n has spent two decades chasing his enemy. For the first time in Bollywood history, we r introduced to a man with no name.

We also have our desi tracker a la David Gulpilil, who can find out the whereabouts of any man or animal by just following his scent n he is aided by two ferocious hunting dogs.

After Sonchiriya, this is the second western to come out from Bollywood and while revenge is a common theme in Westerns, it is the harsh/rugged terrain which is a character itself in Western films. This film too has some splendid sun soaked dry settings like Sonchiriya. The cinematography brings the bleakest of environments to frightening life, aided by the fact that the locations were every bit as bleak as they appeared on screen in both the films.