Just came back from D-Day and could not resist myself from writing a review at this hour. 2 things to make note of 1.) Indian Film Industry is something what every movie lover has ever waited for, its changed and changed for Good ! The tide has turned since 2012 and we have witnessed dozens of movies which are path breaking and have defied all the norms, rules and regulations of Indian Film Commerce. D-Day is the underdog which has not been properly promoted, if proper justice would have been done with its marketing this movie could have had a super duper start.
D-Day tells the the story of brave R-A-W officers, Rudra (Arjun Rampal), Zoya (Huma Qureshi), Wali (Irrfan Khan) & Aslam (Akash Dahiya) who are under cover RAW agents in Karachi and are assigned to nab Iqbal Seth a.k.a Goldman (read “D”) who is scheduled to attend the marriage of his son in Karachi. The officers almost have his hand on him but due to some mishap loose him. Now the entire I.S.I is behind these 4 people who tried to abduct Goldman. What Happens next ? do they get their hands on Goldman again ? Do they fail again or are they double crossed ? if you think this plot is really interesting and intriguing then you need to see the movie to get all your answers.
Arjun Rampal as Major Rudra Pratap Singh is a psyched suspended army man who has his own way of dealing with crime, he is arrogant and lives life and takes decision on his own terms. Arjun Rampal give you a very good reason this time to believe that he can act, I had said the same thing when i had reviewed Inkaar, and here i am saying it again. I don’t feel people still want to call him poker face or rock expression face, cause hes improved himself and has not left any stones unturned in proving himself worthy of the National Award he had got for Rock On. His body language his expressions and his dialogue delivery is extremely rehearsed and very nicely handled.
Irrfan Khan is one actor you should never underestimate how much ever role he gets, not that he does not have a good role in this movie but without him the movie is not going anywhere. He has wowed us before and he never fails to wow us with his sheer talent and amazing screen presence, its people like him, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Kapur etc who have time and again proved thats looking good and acting good is two different things, and if you can act well, its enough to pull out a good movie. Irrfan Khan does a wonder job with D-Day playing Wali who is not measurable or predictable. He plays a very confused character who is always on a crossroad and has always to make a difficult choice, but he always gives his duty first importance even if that means sacrificing his life.
Huma Qureshi plays Zoya who is the binding agent of the entire operation she use her charm to get things done by hook or by crook, though she does not physically fit to play a RAW agent and looks really fat and a typical woman she some how manages to get away with her job. I would have prefered some other actor to play the role who could be more diplomatic, more suave and more physically fit and appealing as an agent. Shruti Hassan who plays a prostitute turned love interest of Rudra has hardly any role but whatever shes got is well managed by her.
Rishi Kapoor, once again in a negative role after Agneepath & Aurangzeb, that too donning the character of World 2nd & India’s Most wanted man is actually a let down. Here the character looks like a owner of a small time Halwai of delhi wearing red goggles and printed shirts with a funny looking wig, leave aside fear, most of the time you pity the guy and feel sad for him. He’s a dreaded criminal and The Most Wanted Man, he has to be someone who should scare the shit out of you with his mere screen presence. Somehow I don’t blame Rishi Kapoor for this, the responsibility should be of Nikhil Advani (Director) who has not done justification to the character.
The supporting caste of the movie is very good, Nassar as Chief of R&AW Ashwini Rao, Sandeep Kulkarni as Atul Mishra, KK Raina as Gen. Raza, Chandan Roy Sanyal as Bhanja, Shriswara as Wali Khan’s wife , Dwij as Wali Khan’s son keep the story moving and have done their parts very well.
A big disappointment comes in the form of Songs in the movie, why do we need songs there is no audience in the theatre who wants to listen to a good or may be bad or even a pathetic song in between a very interesting plot. When will the directors kill their urge to put a song in middle of a good progressing story and murdering the movie. Please directors take this as a humble request.
On the whole, D-Day is a good movie with a very good story, great climax & some notable performances on the other hand the movie fails in terms of proper characterization of its antagonist and useless songs in the movie. if you like movies which are sensible action movies but not out an out dhishum dhishum movie with flying cars and 1 hero fighting 50 odd henchmen, then this is the movie to watch, having said that its nothing awesome that you want to remember for a long time. So incase all the guys who want to spend some quality time minus your wife/girlfriend with your boys gang go watch it.
My Rating 3/5 (-1 For not required songs & Romantic track between Arjun And Shruti & -1 for unappealing and understandard character of Rishi Kapoor)
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