Abtak Movie Review :

Im sure you have heard of both the "term" Good Cop and Bad Cop. This term used in many Hollywood films, has also been very present in our Bollywood films too. Editor turned Director, Shimit Amin , shows you a whole new meaning to the word "Grey Cop" -- not too bad and not too good. A cop who stands for his values and ethics ( when it comes to supporting the law) and has no value for the law of the land ( when its plain simple convenient !! ) -- this is what the film is about.

Veteran art actor Nana Patekar plays Sadhu Agashe, who is an integral member of the Mumbai Crime branch only for 1 reason -- to be a part of 56 encounters and many more. While the film is about cops killing gangsters, their is a "sub-plot" to the film. Inspector Imtiaz Siddiqui (Yashpal Sharma) is most jealous of Agashe's ways and while you are wondering why the film is so predictable, atleast the "sub-plot" keeps your grey cells in the "imagination mode". Revathi plays Namita ( Agashe's wife) and Kunal Vijayekar plays Francis, another member in the crime branch.

If one keeps aside all the hype, ( movie is based on the life of one time Udipi waiter turned cop, Daya Nayak's illustrious life) the film is nothing but a senseless portrayal of how the Mumbai police functions -- been there, done that. Movies in the past have shown this. More so , right from the beginning to the end the plot not only is wafer thin, but one imagines, that had it not been a Ram Gopal Varma Film, their wouldn't be even such a hype in the first place.

Patekar, is great only when it comes to one form of emotion --- complete contempt to all standing around him ! Furthermore the language in the film is quite objectionable, in most times the foul mouth is used more for "effect", which after a while gets a bit on your nerves ( no im not a school teacher). Revathi has a small role, but her performance stands out. Yashpal Sharma has shown true versatility in this role while Kunal Vijayakar is under utilised.

The background score of the film by Salim-Sulaiman is very good -- one of the few things one would like to appreciate . Finally one really wonders, whats the point in making a film which has no purposeful storyline ?