Ritiesh Deshmukh is one of the most underrated actors, he mostly got success playing comic roles where he steals the show but keeps doing the same stuff, recent being the calamity Humshakals. In fact Ritiesh played serious characters in a few films but they didn't work though got him praise. Back to the film, Ekta Kapoor and Mohit Suri join hands for the first time, Suri gave us AWARAPAN and several good films, his last film was Aashiqui 2 which made Shradda Kapoor famous too. The film was reported to be a remake of Korean film I SAW THE DEVIL(2010) which I saw, and must say the film has been indianised and lot of changes done The hero is shown not as a cop but as a reformed gangster(clichéd though) but it's well woven with the story, even the romantic track wasn't explored too much in the original, here even the villain has a love story. But yet must say the film is well handled by Suri. The film does have vintage scenes of Bhatt films like religious aspect and other stuff. The film starts off with a shocker and then moves in flashback mode, the love story though clichéd is well handled, Ritiesh's character is well handled, his scenes with his wife and with the victims are superb, the interval point is superb. The second half is superb though some scenes are lifted from the original yet the manner in which both forces collide and the climax is superb The film does have it's filmy hard to digest moments but it can be overlooked
Direction is great Music is good though the songs do have the hangover of Bhatt films yet there are pleasing. Action scenes are amazing.
It's a pleasure to see Siddharth and Ritiesh play diverse roles Ritiesh is simply brilliant in a negative role, his expressions, his dialogue are all topnotch, the actor had proved his talent before too in diverse roles but with this film he makes it loud and clear he is more then a funster. Siddharth plays the angry young man brilliantly, showing vast improvement from his earlier works, though he did impress before but here he goes through a variety of emotions and does superbly Shraddha Kapoor has a smaller role and does well, though her bickering is getting clichéd now but yet she plays her part naturally. Amongst rest Mohit's regular Shaad Randhawa is good in his role, Ekta's discovery Aamna Shareef is splendid in her role, Prachi Desai appears in a song The downers of the film are Remo Fernandes who plays a gangster, he is simply unintentionally hilarious with a pathetic accent, KRK too irritates in a brief role
The film has been shot in Goa, A lot in Panjim and other areas and looks good, with liberties too taken.
Direction is great Music is good though the songs do have the hangover of Bhatt films yet there are pleasing. Action scenes are amazing.
It's a pleasure to see Siddharth and Ritiesh play diverse roles Ritiesh is simply brilliant in a negative role, his expressions, his dialogue are all topnotch, the actor had proved his talent before too in diverse roles but with this film he makes it loud and clear he is more then a funster. Siddharth plays the angry young man brilliantly, showing vast improvement from his earlier works, though he did impress before but here he goes through a variety of emotions and does superbly Shraddha Kapoor has a smaller role and does well, though her bickering is getting clichéd now but yet she plays her part naturally. Amongst rest Mohit's regular Shaad Randhawa is good in his role, Ekta's discovery Aamna Shareef is splendid in her role, Prachi Desai appears in a song The downers of the film are Remo Fernandes who plays a gangster, he is simply unintentionally hilarious with a pathetic accent, KRK too irritates in a brief role
The film has been shot in Goa, A lot in Panjim and other areas and looks good, with liberties too taken.