Dhokha

"Dhokha"

Watched "Dhokha", a Hindi movie on 22nd Sep 2018.

The movie stars Muzammil Ibrahim and Gulshan Grover in lead roles. Tulip Joshi, Anupam Kher and Ashutosh Rana ably support them. Movie is directed by Pooja Bhatt and produced by Mukesh Bhatt.

ACP Zayed (Muzammil) and Nandini (Tulip) could not marry due to opposition by family, while in college. Years later, there is bomb blast in Mumbai and Zayed's wife is accused of being the suicide bomber. Zayed is also seen with suspicion.

The story is interesting. It addresses the issue of terrorism,  police atrocities on the name of terrorism and systematic attempts by a handful to alienate their community from the mainstream, creating trouble for even the good people.

Muzammil, smart and young, gives justice to the character. His acting is pleaser and intense. Gulshan Grover appears rusty. Tulip Joshi is ok, but looks older than Muzammil. Whatever Anupam Kher does is always good. He creates his impression in the cameo and so does Ashutosh Rana in his negative role.

Pooja Bhatt's direction is good. But she had to pay more attention to details like consistency and continuity. How can there be no mark or injury on the face of suicide bomber after the blast? Zayed lives in a posh sea facing house but the locality outside the house is shabby and there is no sand. There were some more scenes with continuity issues that could have been avoided byword a little more attention.

It's a good story by Shagufta Rafiq. Pooja does justice to the story and also concludes it well.

Recommend watching!