There are moments, however, that will leave you slack-jawed, bewildered, and even amused. Spoiler alert: in the penultimate scene, as Uday stabs Saleem (Aamir Dalvi) again and again, the latter could have revealed the culprit—the man responsible for his son’s death—but he teasingly withholds it, the moment played with a disarming, almost comic edge.
Or when Charlie is shot and says, “Auraton ko goli kaun maarta hai? Didn’t your mother teach you manners?” before following it up with, “Give me a whiskey.” It is downright hilarious and supremely entertaining.
The emotional core of the film with Anuradha (Megha Burman)—Uday’s significant other, who distances herself from him—is written and executed well. The conflict between a police officer’s duty and his private life, and the domestic fallout of his violent actions, is rendered with depth.
