Indranil Chakraborty

It's difficult not to draw parallels to Guy Ritchie classics like RockNRolla and Lock, Stock and Barrel but this movie is such a refreshing movie. The absurdity of situations and characters alike, the unabashed dialogues, and the simmering pace is supremely gratifying. It does have political undertones with quite obvious innuendoes but it mocks the zeitgeist in the country with as vehement a fervor as it unmasks the pretentious nature of the opportunistic entities masquerading under the garb of socialism. Sanjay Mishra aficionados are in for a treat as he plays his character to the hilt with his panache hitting a crescendo at the denouement. A treat worth watching.

The quintessential Holmes portrayal by the legendary Jeremy Brett. His mannerisms and persona concur with that of the writings of Doyle to the most nuanced extent possible. It's a treat to watch the series.

It's a great movie, interwoven with its more than a fair share of dark, and often subtle, humor.

TLDR: Skip it. Coming from the stables of Niraj Pandey, this movie failed to stand up to the expectations of a 'A Wednesday', Baby etc.. Manoj Bajpai couldn't extricate the movie out of the throes of some insane hamming from the other cast...the lacklustre Siddharth Malhotra, the gawky character of Sonia (in stark contrast to the character she was portraying of a proficient hacker), and the antagonists were the quintessential 'shades without sun' guys, whose inability to exhibit the diabolical nature of a villain was an epic failure. It's probably trying to whip up the swell in support of the nation's brave hearts to it's own commercial advantage and of course, commits the heinous blunder of relegating the acting chops of the stellar Naseruddin Shah to conspicuously minuscule amount of time, with a role that certainly entreated for more screen time.