Detective Sherdil

The movie is a complete letdown. There's no proper story, no emotional depth, and not a single moment of genuine comedy. It feels like a random sequence of scenes stitched together with no clear direction or purpose. The characters lack development, the dialogues are dull, and the entire film struggles to keep the audience engaged. Even the attempts at humor fall flat, making the experience tiresome rather than entertaining. It's hard to stay invested when there's nothing to connect with - no plot, no message, and no memorable performances. It's disappointing how much potential was wasted in trying to do everything but ending up doing nothing. If you're expecting entertainment, drama, or even a few good laughs, this film offers none. Just a drag from start to finish. Save your time and skip this one.

The film's use of local dialects and regional humor adds rich texture often missing from mainstream comedies. Sherdil's malapropisms aren't just random - they're specific to his Punjabi-English code switching, creating jokes that work on multiple linguistic levels. A particularly brilliant running gag involves him misunderstanding English detective terms and creating his own Punjabi equivalents, which somehow prove more effective than the "proper" techniques. The film's use of local dialects and regional humor adds rich texture often missing from mainstream comedies. Sherdil's malapropisms aren't just random - they're specific to his Punjabi-English code switching, creating jokes that work on multiple linguistic levels. A particularly brilliant running gag involves him misunderstanding English detective terms and creating his own Punjabi equivalents, which somehow prove more effective than the "proper" techniques.

Character build up is as strong as thin layer of ice, the gravity of the plot is inversely proportional to gravity of a black hole. Director tried to save the movie but guess what !! It's Daljit's performance which screwed up everything.

The movie could be better if Daljit was replaced by some new comer and writer spent some time thinking about the characters and plot. From time to time editing messed up the screenplay.

Purely made for an audience who has nothing else to watch and can't understand dark or Sherlock like series.

It also seems the movie was supposed to be a webseries but fall bluntly in between it.

After starting the movie i realised what this movie is copied from and only kept watching because of Diljit Dosanjh, as I am a big fan of his work and expected some comedy too but unfortunately I realised this is harf core copy of the famous movie Knives Out staring Daniel Craig with Indian masala, if you know those sequels you wouldn't want to see this movie unless until you're a Diljit fan. If you really want to enjoy a movie with such genre go watch the original Knives out movies, all 3 parts. Ofcourse the first part was the best but other three are also enjoyable. Overall not the worse movie I've seen but I feel it could've been better if they copied the original one ditto!

I hoped that Diljit Dosanjh's natural likability and comic timing would make Detective Sherdil an entertaining watch especially if the core mystery is well conceptualized. Unfortunately Diljit's character comes across as a bit of an arrogant know it all detective with fake accent. The overall mystery is not bad but the movie ends up with more than required twists and turns and some plot holes which would not have mattered if we would have either got the fun loving Diljit of Good Newwz and Crew or even the serious Diljit of Jogi and Chamkila.

The production value of the movie looks good but the direction and execution feels a bit Amateurish. Even well established actors like Ratna Pathak Shah and Boman Irani feel a bit wooden at times in their delivery. I think that the usually likable Diljit could have lifted this decent murder mystery based on his pure charm but his character was not well created, hence for me this is a missed opportunity. It is not a poor movie but just a very average. I would recommend skipping it unless you are a big Diljit Dosanjh fan. 5/10.