Writers: Vasilis Vasilikos (Novel), Urmi Juvekar, Dibakar Banerjee
Cast: Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin
Language: Hindi
Prime leader of a campaign against a big government project is killed in what appears to be a road accident. An IAS officer is ordered to probe the incident and the veils of falsehood begin to drop.
The film is adapted from Vasilis Vasilikos' novel 'Z' which was also made into a French film by the same name. I had seen the French film and found it very poorly aged. So it was interesting to see Dibakar Banejee's effort. The novel's theme is perfect for the India of today with the corruption that exists in every nook and corner.
I found the first half of the film very cold but now when I think about it, it is good that way because of the cynical nature of corruption in India. It is filmed and acted with tremendous restraint, especially Abhay Deol. The film ends with nothing good happening which is also perfect. I rate it as the worst Dibakar Banerjee film but that is no sleight for this film as I rate him as the best Hindi film director going around (not that hard to be honest). It is kind of like a sister film to his debut feature 'Khosla Ka Ghosla' but much darker.
Rating: 3.5/5
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