Mumbai Police (2013) :
Brief Review -
A little derogatory but a fine thriller with Prithviraj Sukumaran's sublime characterization. Mumbai Police is one of those rare thrillers which plays a fine and unpredictable trick with the protagonist of the story. It tries to fool you by feeding some unrevealed facts as would be twists and then at the end opens completely different cards. However, the length required for such thriller should be less and Mumbai Police fails to catch it. It's not like that it will bore you to death and then reveal some sensational stuff but it's just that if they had these reasons as suspense material then they shouldn't have wasted 20-25 minutes around useless things. A tight runtime is one of the most important aspect for any thriller so any brilliant writer or director should pay a primary focus to it, if you don't then it actually hurts the repeat value of the product even if it's too good. The same problem is there with Mumbai Police. It takes longer than needed, that's it and nothing else is wrong about the film. For first-time viewing it's a terrific thriller and i strongly recommend it to everyone but repeat viewing is almost impossible. For me atleast. ACP Antony is the only one who knows the truth behind ACP Aaryan's murder. Antony meets with an accident, losing his memory and is unable to reveal the killer. He is forced to investigate the murder again hoping that he remembers something and then retraces past events to find shocking facts about the real culprit. I won't spoil anything here but Mumbai Police shows you one of the finest trick ever played with the protagonist of the film. Something what Farhan Akhtar did with 'Don' (2006) and recently 'Ittefaq' (2017). I hope you understood my hints and find it exciting. Two more reasons why Mumbai Police is a must watch are Prithviraj Sukumaran's sublime act and Rosshan Andrrews's convincing storytelling. Don't miss it.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
A little derogatory but a fine thriller with Prithviraj Sukumaran's sublime characterization. Mumbai Police is one of those rare thrillers which plays a fine and unpredictable trick with the protagonist of the story. It tries to fool you by feeding some unrevealed facts as would be twists and then at the end opens completely different cards. However, the length required for such thriller should be less and Mumbai Police fails to catch it. It's not like that it will bore you to death and then reveal some sensational stuff but it's just that if they had these reasons as suspense material then they shouldn't have wasted 20-25 minutes around useless things. A tight runtime is one of the most important aspect for any thriller so any brilliant writer or director should pay a primary focus to it, if you don't then it actually hurts the repeat value of the product even if it's too good. The same problem is there with Mumbai Police. It takes longer than needed, that's it and nothing else is wrong about the film. For first-time viewing it's a terrific thriller and i strongly recommend it to everyone but repeat viewing is almost impossible. For me atleast. ACP Antony is the only one who knows the truth behind ACP Aaryan's murder. Antony meets with an accident, losing his memory and is unable to reveal the killer. He is forced to investigate the murder again hoping that he remembers something and then retraces past events to find shocking facts about the real culprit. I won't spoil anything here but Mumbai Police shows you one of the finest trick ever played with the protagonist of the film. Something what Farhan Akhtar did with 'Don' (2006) and recently 'Ittefaq' (2017). I hope you understood my hints and find it exciting. Two more reasons why Mumbai Police is a must watch are Prithviraj Sukumaran's sublime act and Rosshan Andrrews's convincing storytelling. Don't miss it.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.