India's Most Wanted

Somewhat ridiculous, stupid in parts and immature direction at times... BUT despite all that, this flick is not too bad...a decent one time watch. The issue is Arjun Kapoor... he is faaat and a pretty bad actor and that is what visually tortures you in the movie. Acting is never a high point with any of the cast, as the plot misses many opportunities that could have made this movie into a edge- of- the- seats thriller . Interestingly, this is perhaps one of the rare Bollywood spy/special ops flicks that do not have a female character in it...

On another note, the film gives a good insight into the bumbling bureaucracy and intelligence establishment of those days, when our political establishment's 'tolerance' to serial blasts and anything that terrorists threw at us was very high!

Arjun Kapoor and his team have intelligence that claims that terror bombings of Indian cities is being conducted out of Nepal. The central bureaucrats scoff. They say all the bad guys are in Pakistan and Iran. What are our heroes to do but pool their own money and go on an unsanctioned mission?

The credits at the beginning of this movie claim it is "based on a true situations." I take that to mean there were terror bombings in India at the time indicated, that they did capture them, and that the authorities clammed up about how they caught the bad guys, because all such missions violate some law. So the film makers did what film makers have done since Edison's crew was filming stories about the Russo-Japanese War in New Jersey. They reached into the current collection of cliches of thriller fiction and came up with this bog-standard collection of tropes.

Not that there aren't some nice bits here. I went into the theater wondering how they were going to fit in the musical numbers that seem to be in every modern Indian flick. There we are in the first scene, and it's set at a snack bar, where a musical group is performing. Then a bomb goes off, and suddenly whenever I heard the soundtrack picking up, I clenched my teeth. I wonder if that will last into the next Indian movie I see.

But other than that, it's a standard movie with no redeeming features except that while it doesn't do anything particularly wrong.... well, I always hope for more, and so should you.

INDIA'S MOST WANTED REVIEW :

Surgical strike has became a trend since encultarative success of 'Uri : The Surgical Strike'. That film had everything to tell the story in commercial manner but here the case is different. Why? Because it is not direct Surgical Strike or an Attack, it is an estimated and unpredictable chase and capture mission. Although it is predictable for cine viewers who can clearly sense the coming events and like mentioned earlier that commercial package is missing too.

India's Most Wanted is an unbelievable story where 5 Unlikely heroes saves the billions and never gets the fame and credit for that. Five patriots from a small town team up to capture India's Most Wanted Terrorist and travels to Nepal without any official back-up. Can they manage to get him Or they fail? You get all the anwers in the film. Writing viz the film looks healthy but the Screenwriting seems outdated and melodramatic. As an Actor Arjun Kapoor finally gets a full-fledged acting role and does the Justice to his part by fair Margin than earlier ones. Supporting cast is impressive while Jeetendra Shashtri as 'Friend' steals the limelight. Amit Trivedi fails to give the needed musical support. Actually, the chase films which are more curved towards story-telling should not have mainstream music. Editing by Banerjee is pacy if you can exclude songs and unneeded portion. Cinematography and VFX Work is Good. Raj Kumar Gupta delivered a Fantastic film like Raid last year so the expectations level was higher this time and unfortunately he couldn't live upto them. When you have clear sense and focus on the film then you shouldn't be using the same old formula because the story is not regular, right? All What goes wrong has been sum up in one line, i guess.

In a nutshell, India's Most Wanted is much needed story for the Audience but the look out by the makers remains average. This script could have been told with better viewing experience, especially from the Director like Raj Kumar Gupta. Although he misses the main protocol, somehow he manages to keep something watchable in the narrative and saves the ship from the Crap stroke. The patriotic feeling and sympathy towards the untold and unknown heroes can be watched once.

RATING- 5/10*

This film could have been so much better had they really invested great actors into the project. They took Arjun Kapoor who looks overweight and completely disinterested into the role and does not have any acting skills to boast of. He has survived on YRF projects initially but now people just do not like or root for him. You expect better from a director of No One Killed Jessica and Aamir. You missed the bus totally this time Mr Gupta and as for Kapoor, I am already worried about the losses Ashutosh Gowarikar shall face after the debacle of Panipat.

The movie is simple. It's slow paced. Sometimes it does give you thrills but it's not an action packed movie. So if you want guns, actions, heavy dialogues, SKIP it. But if you really want to know what goes inside the hard work done by Intelligence Agencies, the risks they take, YOU SHOULD WATCH IT.

The movie shows how you enter a foreign country looking out for a suspect without any help in form of money, guns or political support. Till you find the culprit you are on your own. So if the thing gets done, Good job, but no recognition. So this is a big salute to all those people who do the dirty dangerous work behind the scene.

The cast is simple. They are portrayed from Bihar, and they speak like them so there's nothing fancy in the way they speak. Again very natural and nothing to create fake excitement and attention.

So Guys, the rating here (below 5) doesn't actually does justice to this movie and the reality. WATCH IT. Not every movie has to be about guns, actions, suspense, thrill!