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D Day

A fairly smart and entertaining thriller—gripping pulp—but the simplistic finale and the jingoism detract

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D Day
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Starring: Irrfan, Rishi Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Huma Qureshi, Shruti Hassan, Aakash Dahiya, Shriswara
Directed by Nikhil Advani
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For most of its duration, D Day is a fairly smart and entertaining thriller that moves swiftly enough for us to not pause and question its flights of fantasy, ass­u­med loopholes and confusing twists and turns. It springs from the real and goes into an imagined, fictitious zone. The focus is on RAW’s stealthy Operation Goldman, set in mot­ion to nab the drea­ded D company don, aka Daw­ood, in Karachi. The secret agents, their alternate realities that take them away from their real lives, the cat and mouse chases, the near misses and big blunders—all keep you at the edge of the seat. Irrfan is in cracking form as Wali Khan, one of the Indian moles; Arjun Rampal and Shruti Haasan are used skilfully by the director. In fact, an entire narrative song seq­uence, Alvida, achingly shot and choreographed, had one rooting for their love. A love that just happened, like a mistake, quite unkno­wingly. What works are these emotio­nal undercurrents in each of the stories and it’s the simplistic finale and the jingoism that detract from the film. The talk of new India and its confrontational attitude might grate cin­ematica­lly, but, perhaps, that’s what pulls the cro­wds in. D Day breaks no new ground, but makes for gripping pulp.

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