Director's Desk

Vidhu Vinod Chopra must have felt proud when this ‘Wazir’ thought came into his abstruse mind “Wow what a concept, The chess, The game, The battle, The moves”. Surprisingly all these opaque ideas turned into a hackneyed story that even Mr. Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar were unable to save from debacle.  When I saw the trailer of Wazir for the first time, I was very excited about it, and was expecting that from the court of Vidhu Chopra, will see the most terrific, intelligent and intense film, one which may amplify this genre but it was serious disappointment.

Danish (Farhan Akhtar) is a cop whose daughter is killed by the terrorist who was learning chess from Pandit Omkarnath Dhar (Mr. Amitabh Bachchan) similarly Pandit Ji’s daughter teaches a politician’s daughter where she falls to die. So all different sections are basically adjoined by some hidden cord but some alien cause is coming in their way, which limits the life of them in sudden way. But beware for having over expectations in your mind because in any which way you never find any gripping section.

Some major flaws were also setbacks, although Pandit ji’s attire shown as an intelligent brain but he is no techno-savvy, then how come he knows the steps of cop who is chasing Wazir. These are unforgivable elements from Chopra’s camp.

But I must say Mr. Bachchan is at his best, as usual again his dialogue delivery  drawn me to enjoy his moments, Farhan Akhtar as a disturbed cop looks almost natural and tense, Aditi Rao Hydari surprised me even if she doesn’t have much to do.      

So its definitely not a type of film, which I am looking for, go for Mr. Bachchan, only he will not let you down for sure.