Nirdosh (निर्दोष)

"Nirdosh (निर्दोष)"

Watched Hindi movie "Nirdosh (निर्दोष)". 

This film is directed by Pradeep Rangwani, Subroto Paul. Written by Amit Khan. Produced by Pradeep Rangwani. Music by Liyaqat Ajmeri, Harry Anand. Cinematography Arun Prasad. The film stars Ashmit Patel, Manjari Fadnnis, Mukul Dev, Mahek Chahal, Arbaz Khan, Manisha Kelkar. The film runs for about 1 hour 50 minutes and was released in Nov 2018. I watched it on Zee5 on 7th Jan 2022 with Aditi.

Shinaya, a celebrated reporter, is arrested for murder of a neighbour. Inspector Lokhande (Arbaz) investigates. Needle of suspicion goes from Shinaya to her husband to husband's girlfriend to girlfriend's boyfriend to wife of deceased to brother in law of deceased and so on. But neither appears to be the murderer. 

Lokhande is unconventional. He doesn't wear uniform because khaki is in his blood. He doesn't mind breaking law to protect law, protect innocent and punish guilty. It's an interesting character but Arbaz is probably not the ideal choice for the role. Manjari plays the accused well and Mahek plays the sex bomb. Mukul impresses as the antagonist and is the best actor of the movie. He makes audience angry and there lies his success. Ashmit's career is going nowhere. He plays a secondary role in this low budget movie. Others play supporting roles. 

There are many flaws in the direction. Why would a successful model live as paying guest? Court scene is super amateurish. Prosecutor talks to defender's attorney directly in courtroom, bypassing judge.  Deposition in court happens without taking oath. Judge sustains objection without basis. Etc... One expects more from professional directors. It's really disappointing. 

Positives: Umm....

Negatives: Direction,  Casting Arbaz. 

Give it a miss.