Mission Majnu movie review: Weak story makes you miss Sidharth’s Shershaah charm | Bollywood

Sidharth Malhotra in kurta pyjama, with kohl-rimmed eyes, performs an R&AW agent in Pakistan who marries an harmless lady and utilizing her as a canopy in his mission to reveal a nuclear facility. Mission Majnu boasts of a winner plot that is excessive on patriotism and heroic deeds. It’s emotional, participating and thrilling. However, the expertise is marred by too many simple coincidences and loopholes which might be laborious to disregard. Forward of Republic Day, Director Shantanu Bagchi pays a tribute to all heroes who do not put on a uniform and sacrifice their lives for his or her motherland. Nevertheless, the story, collectively written by Aseem Arrora, Sumit Batheja and Parveez Shaikh, falters at a number of locations and would not let Mission Majnu hit laborious.

Set within the ’70s, Mission Majnu narrates the story of Amandeep Ajitpal Singh disguised as Tariq (Sidharth), who’s sick of being known as the son of a traitor, however now desires to clear the identify for his mom. He’s on a covert mission in Pakistan to reveal a nuclear weapons program. He’s joined by two extra undercover Indian spies performed brilliantly by Sharib Hashmi and Kumud Mishra and it is their camaraderie that elevates the movie. Like some other spy-thriller, there is a love angle, this time with the visually impaired Nasreen (Rashmika Mandanna) who has no clue about his mission. Again residence in India, the federal government has modified and desires to fix their methods with Pakistan, but the R&AW chief (Parmeet Sethi) continues the mission together with his males within the neighbouring nation. There’s an excessive amount of chaos, confusion which results in a well-recognized climax but provides you goosebumps. On studying that a number of R&AW brokers reside in Pakistan, the shootout that follows killing virtually everybody on the radar is a slightly well-shot sequence. Particular point out to the parts the place Kumud and Sharib’s characters are focused.

Sidharth leaves you with no complaints and is as soon as once more in prime kind, with a captivating onscreen presence. Full marks to the way in which he has picked the dialect and the way in which he emotes. Rashmika brings a freshness to the movie however would not have a lot to do. With restricted scenes, there’s not a lot you possibly can count on from her character to take ahead the story.

Whereas Sidharth places forth his greatest foot ahead, after successful accolades for portraying a military officer in Shershaah (2021), it is Mission Majnu’s weak story that someplace hampers his efficiency and that is fairly disappointing. It is comprehensible that an spy is not alleged to comply with set norms and has to behave as usually as doable, however I could not wrap my head across the presence of so many frivolous dialogues and scenes to determine his character. Furthermore, the way in which issues occur — whether or not it is him touchdown on the Brigadier’s residence and attempting to extract details about the place Pakistan’s nuclear plant is positioned or getting on board Samjhauta Categorical with none papers or passport, posing as a Sikh, after which following a battle on prime of the practice and finally managing a clear escape — all this will get a bit an excessive amount of to digest after a degree. I imply it sounds hilarious how makers geared up Tariq with this tremendous energy to crack probably the most tough duties and immediately act on them. Be it how an X-ray machine emits dangerous radiations or how the foreigners would nonetheless use an English bathroom within the ’70s, you would be amazed to see how he will get concepts from these conditions that takes him a step nearer to his mission.

That being stated, Mission Majnu is an entertaining watch that someplace desires you to solely have a look at the hero within the body and never query how issues are unfolding on display screen. The movie is now streaming on Netflix.