Wazir is directed by Bejoy Nambiar and stars Amitabh Bachan and Farhan Akhtar. Of course Amitabh gives a great performance and Akhtar is also very good. Bachan plays a man restricted to a wheelchair who takes the help of Farhan Akhtar to find and kill his daughter's murderer, a welfare minister. And Farhan Akhtar is a disgraced cop who loses his daughter in a shootout and he and his wife (played by Aditi Rao Hydari) are separated now because of this tragedy. Before the accident both Akhtar and Hydari play their parts with joyful expression but after the accident, this is all changes and it is very impressive the way these two acted for the rest of the film. The scenes involving Akhtar and his wife are handled beautifully and are very emotional, and there is a nice arc with the two characters.
This is a love story and a revenge story put in one movie. And I think the writers cleverly balanced the two very well and interchangeably. The constant tone with the two stories is perfect. My only gripe is that I wish we could see more of each one by making the film a bit longer.
The action scenes are good enough for this movie even though they could have been better. This movie is extremely entertaining and interesting as there is not a single dull moment in the film. I never got bored.
Neil Nitin Mukesh plays Wazir and he is fine in the movie, but the problem is he is only in the movie for ONE scene. I was kind of disappointed because this movie could have been much better if it had more scenes with Wazir. Even when the truth about the character is revealed, I still feel this movie needed more of Wazir because it could have made it that much more of an enticing movie.
Our main villain (welfare minister), played by Manav Kaul, is kind of weak. The performance is good but the character is so underdeveloped. Also, he's not really in the movie that long either. And this leads to another problem: this movie should have been much longer. It is remarkably short for an Indian Movie at only 103 minutes but it could have been elongated to develop some of the characters some more. Lastly, this movie is full of exposition and it's a bit too much. Characters are constantly explaining what happens a lot and it gets kinda annoying.
Overall, Wazir is a fun psychological thriller and the ending definitely makes the movie even more interesting. Flaws aside, this is a very emotional and captivating picture. I'm happy to say Wazir is a movie that I can watch multiple times and still enjoy it very much. Wazir gets a B+.
This is a love story and a revenge story put in one movie. And I think the writers cleverly balanced the two very well and interchangeably. The constant tone with the two stories is perfect. My only gripe is that I wish we could see more of each one by making the film a bit longer.
The action scenes are good enough for this movie even though they could have been better. This movie is extremely entertaining and interesting as there is not a single dull moment in the film. I never got bored.
Neil Nitin Mukesh plays Wazir and he is fine in the movie, but the problem is he is only in the movie for ONE scene. I was kind of disappointed because this movie could have been much better if it had more scenes with Wazir. Even when the truth about the character is revealed, I still feel this movie needed more of Wazir because it could have made it that much more of an enticing movie.
Our main villain (welfare minister), played by Manav Kaul, is kind of weak. The performance is good but the character is so underdeveloped. Also, he's not really in the movie that long either. And this leads to another problem: this movie should have been much longer. It is remarkably short for an Indian Movie at only 103 minutes but it could have been elongated to develop some of the characters some more. Lastly, this movie is full of exposition and it's a bit too much. Characters are constantly explaining what happens a lot and it gets kinda annoying.
Overall, Wazir is a fun psychological thriller and the ending definitely makes the movie even more interesting. Flaws aside, this is a very emotional and captivating picture. I'm happy to say Wazir is a movie that I can watch multiple times and still enjoy it very much. Wazir gets a B+.