Azhar is clearly made as an attempt at redemption for the tainted cricketer and India’s ex-captain Mohammad Azharuddin. Unfortunately, you walk out of the theatre with no emotions, no sympathy, except for remorse at having wasted another two hours of your life on a strictly mediocre film.
Emraan Hashmi as Azharuddin has a tough task at hand, as his body type is entirely different from the real character that he’s playing. However, Emraan plays it with so much sincerity that at times he is the only one who seems to make any sense in this forgettable movie.
Full points to him for admirably aping the stylish gait that Azhar was popular for. Then there is Prachi Desai playing Azhar’s jilted first wife Naureen. She looks beautiful and vulnerable as her character is expected to be. Nargis Fakhri, who plays Azhar’s second wife actress Sangeeta Bijlani, makes no attempt at acting or whatsoever and walks through her part in a daze.