Ajit Duara
Annu Kapoor is clearly the star of the show in the second half of the movie
Blackmail is one of the rare occasions when Irrfan looks vulnerable to the bane of all fine Indian actors - a perceptible slip into mediocrity through overexposure
With such a diverse and talented cast behind him, Tiger Shroff is packaged as best he can be
Had the film a more generous budget for the battle scenes, the flaws in the screenplay may not have become so transparent
Though the performances in 3 Storeys are competent, and the absence of melodrama a relief, it is not a film that impacts an audience, either emotionally or intellectually
The sheer pointlessness of this movie - as entertainment, as quasi-history, as fairy tale, and as a contemporary political tool - is flabbergasting
The movie drifts along nicely, until you get a little tired, and wish that it all leads to a quick and rousing conclusion. Unfortunately, that does not happen
It is disappointing that Kashyap has chosen a formulaic narrative structure to talk about an important issue like the social reality of the caste system