Releasing in a cinema hall near you is a film called Wazir. Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, the film shows exactly how a newly-divorced couple would describe marriage.
It starts with flair and brilliance only to end up as a sorry list of disappointments and broken promises!
The slo-mo song sequence with the opening credits paints a rosy picture of Farhan Akhtar, who plays an anti-terrorist officer Danish Ali.
He is depicted as a happy and devoted family man with lots of animated laughter and cheering. Enough indication to suggest that a lot of “rona-dhona” will follow.
Our intuition proves correct as danger is shown lurking round the corner and tragedy strikes soon after. Grief ridden and in shock, Danish meets Panditji, a wheelchair bound Tere Naam style wig sporting Amitabh Bachchan.
Their shared pain helps them bond and soon they find themselves in the fast lane to seeking revenge.
Pre-interval, the swift camera work, taut editing and enthralling suspense, including the prospect of a well-written plot, keeps us glued.
But who would have guessed that we were only an interval away from a train wreck!
Post-interval, Wazir dips and never quite manages to recover again.
Aditi Rao Hydari is gorgeous no doubt, but twirling around in her colourful anarkalis punctuated with some copious tears, there isn’t must that holds us to her.
Apart from Big B and Farhan Akhtar, if there is anyone who has put up a scintillating act then it is Manav Kaul. He pulls off the role of a politician with a sinister vibe fabulously.
Although just 100 mins long, Wazir feels longer and unnecessarily stretched because the writing is all over the place with some gaping loopholes.
Neil Nitin Mukesh can be seen in a contrived act for precisely 20 seconds, that too mumbling a nursery rhyme.
John Abraham’s character is so abrupt that I still can’t figure out why he was in the film in the first place.
And after all the drama, when Danish aka Farhan Akhtar finally solves the mystery that we had solved some 40 mins before him, we simply yawn and let out a meek sigh!
What a pity! Wazir could have been so much more. Inspite of stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar, sloppy writing in the second half makes it slip into deep coma.
I’ll go with 2.5 Quints out of 5. Go for it only if you must!
Watch the trailer below:
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