Have you seen the recent chiselled man who has been going around as Rocky Handsome? Well, just saying handsome shall be enough for him to be described. Yes, John Abraham is back with a movie that totally lives up to his steely personality, and rugged attitude. Director Rohit Dhawan has given chance to his lill brother to catch up on some action with the big boys. The movie gets on really well for the action sequences.
We have already witnessed movies reeling around cricket like Jannat and latest one being Azhar. Surely, this flick has nothing in common to them, or yes, it does, but still has its own flavour(of boredom).
The talkie is about a kidnapping case of an ace cricketer Viraj Sharma(combination of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, is it?) just before a crucial cricket match in Middle East. He is sacked by Altaf(Rahul Dev) under the besiege of Wagah(Akshay Khanna) because he needs to bail; himself out of Rs. 400 crore of debt that he got himself into because of match-fixing. When the Indian government comes to know about this kidnapping, just 36 hours before the cricket match, they send their best police officer Kabir Shergill(John Abraham) to get Viraj back. Knowing the kind of unrest that can spread through the country, they suggest everyone to be tight-lipped about this.
When the news is in the Middle East Embassy, they offer their help to him and then he chooses Junaid Ansari(Varun Dhawan), a never-solved-any-case officer, who is more than excited to be chosen to assist in finding Viraj Sharma. After that the plot gives you some twists and turns, and well a movie can never be complete without an actress, who can help her guy in anyway possible. This brings Ishika(Jacqueline Fernandes) into the story. She is a drug-addict who is trying to get off and pick pockets her way into life and works as partner-in-crime with the heroes. Will Kabir be able to trace Viraj in time, how can Junaid do value addition in this search and do we really need Ishika’s geniuses? That makes the crux of the story.
Dishoom portrays buddy cop movie, where Kabir is cool, maverick reckless, while Junaid is wide-doe eyed cop that is learning to turn a new leaf. The film is fashioned in fast lane, but hits into bumps and breakers that keeps the plot stuttering and prevents the movie to zip-zap zooming.
Talking about performances, John does justice to his role, or actually the character was built around him. He plays this with an air of swag, malicious smile and total haphazard. Varun Dhawan acts effortlessly, since he has been doing the same for quite a while for few movies. He needs to do something more, maybe movies like Badlapur that will bring some freshness to his underdog stature. Jacqueline adds to glamour quotient, runs with the boys and knows how to enter the shady gullies of Middle East.
The action sequences in the movie are well justified. The Helicopter one, is supposed to be costliest stunt, and so as well it ought to be amazing. The villains’ lack the lustre of wickedness. Akshay Khanna who keeps threatening his victims, fails to show any threatening impact in the dialogues. Same for Rahul Dev, it is minus the curiosity and doesn’t even live up to comic-book ways.
The movie only comes alive in scraps or bits-and-pieces. Like when Akshay Kumar enters as pouting-selfie-clicking man with a man bun under the hoot. The way Kabir and Junaid bromance brings little fits of laughter. The plot has everything; humour, action, glamour and studs as well. But what lacks is the outcome with conviction.
If you nothing else to do, then watch this movie. NOT
*My rating: 2.5/5 Stars.*