Review of D-Day

D-Day (I) (2013)
7/10
D-Day: Striking Quite Effectively
20 July 2013
Warning: Spoilers
The film was gentle reminder of another impressive film a few years back, "A Wednesday", where a retaliation in some heavy form from the people was depicted against organised terrorism. A high-octane thriller, well made by Nikhil Advani. Good picturisation (Tushar Kanti Ray) and an equally engrossing plot (writers Nikhil Advani, Ritesh Shah, Suresh Nair). The most impressive trait of the film - it's music (background as well) by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. The drama/action/thriller begins with the translucent references to Dawood Abraham(whose D-Company is the namesake of the film; portrayed with a new name and decently by Rishi Kapoor) the most wanted criminal in India since two decades. Since, the execution of Osama a few years back in Pakistan the expectations of people and the officials have grown high on capturing the aforementioned. Hence, an operation is authorized covertly involving 4 agents of RAW - the characters played by Arjun Rampal, Huma Qureshi, Irrfan, Nasser. The rest of the film unfurls with the preparation, initial failure, official disavowal post-blowup, personal perturbations and taking out-of way and suicidal steps to finally capture the enemy. The film's at it's culmination summarises the frustation and "resilience-by-force" attitude of the masses, which has got a fairly strong message for the real insurgent. The supporting cast includes - Shruti Hassan, Shrishwara, etc. who were decent enough. The engaging part of the film is it's timeline references to the real acts of terrorism around which the plot passes by and helps a viewer to relate to the happening more effectively. Though, the film seems slightly unaccountable and slacky at certain points but as a whole has got weight and of course, thrill as a covert-affair thriller. A pretty good watch.
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