Murder mysteries are my favorite type of genres. So this is a remake of Yash Chopra's 1969 venture which is directed by his grand-nephew and son of Ravi Chopra who made Baghban, Abhay Chopra. The trailer was exquisite and I was pretty excited for this film. So is this a recipe for success.
So an acclaimed NRI writer named Vikram Sethi comes back to his hotel room and finds his wife's dead body on the floor. After alerting the police, he might realize that he could be charged for his wife's murder so he runs away with his car. He gets into an accident during a high speed chase and finds shelter in an apartment that is owned by Maya Sinha who is a house maker. The cops manage to find Vikram only to be standing next to Shekhar Sinha's body. Both Vikram and Maya are taken into custody and Inspector Dev interrogates the two. How Inspector Dev catches the culprit behind the 2 murders is basically what this film is about.
Let me start off by saying this, I liked the first half of the film. It was gripping and very unapologetic but the 2nd half compromises the depth of the film. After the interval, the movie did slow down a bit and I felt that some scenes really bored the heck out of me. Abhay Chopra still manages to produce a decently paced screenplay and keeps the direction tight.
Acting has some slight improvements.
Akshaye Khanna was outstanding in his role as a cop and luckily his comeback really saved his career big time. His tone and depth was amazing and he really has that cop acting mentality. He was the reason why this film was worth-watching.
Siddharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha aren't really known for their acting. Sonakshi SInha was average in her role as Maya but I felt that she overacted a bit in some scenes and the same thing goes to SId. Putting these two in a film like this speaks volumes for itself.
Only one track in the film but it has that good vibe from the original song so I'd say its a nice song to listen to but not on a loop.
The cinematography was good and the angles were represented nicely for a murder-mystery thriller.
Overall, this movie is a decent popcorn flick and it will keep you tot he edge of your seat during the some parts but based on the boredom during some parts of 2nd half along with Sinha and Malhotra's average acting, Ittefaq is definitely worth a one time watch.
Box office 50-70 crores at my expectation
3.75.5- In order to complete the investigation, increase the suspense of the script.
So an acclaimed NRI writer named Vikram Sethi comes back to his hotel room and finds his wife's dead body on the floor. After alerting the police, he might realize that he could be charged for his wife's murder so he runs away with his car. He gets into an accident during a high speed chase and finds shelter in an apartment that is owned by Maya Sinha who is a house maker. The cops manage to find Vikram only to be standing next to Shekhar Sinha's body. Both Vikram and Maya are taken into custody and Inspector Dev interrogates the two. How Inspector Dev catches the culprit behind the 2 murders is basically what this film is about.
Let me start off by saying this, I liked the first half of the film. It was gripping and very unapologetic but the 2nd half compromises the depth of the film. After the interval, the movie did slow down a bit and I felt that some scenes really bored the heck out of me. Abhay Chopra still manages to produce a decently paced screenplay and keeps the direction tight.
Acting has some slight improvements.
Akshaye Khanna was outstanding in his role as a cop and luckily his comeback really saved his career big time. His tone and depth was amazing and he really has that cop acting mentality. He was the reason why this film was worth-watching.
Siddharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha aren't really known for their acting. Sonakshi SInha was average in her role as Maya but I felt that she overacted a bit in some scenes and the same thing goes to SId. Putting these two in a film like this speaks volumes for itself.
Only one track in the film but it has that good vibe from the original song so I'd say its a nice song to listen to but not on a loop.
The cinematography was good and the angles were represented nicely for a murder-mystery thriller.
Overall, this movie is a decent popcorn flick and it will keep you tot he edge of your seat during the some parts but based on the boredom during some parts of 2nd half along with Sinha and Malhotra's average acting, Ittefaq is definitely worth a one time watch.
Box office 50-70 crores at my expectation
3.75.5- In order to complete the investigation, increase the suspense of the script.