Review of Shadow (2009) by Ed C — 03 Nov 2013

As vanity films (Nasser Khan) go, this one is on the bad side.

One line summary: Inspector versus criminal mastermind in Mumbai.

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The Mumbai police take a lot of flak from the press for not catching Arjun Sherawat.

Inspector Sanjana is on the case. About 60 minutes in, it seems that's she's solved it.

Has she? No. So we go for a second round of detect and chase.

She catches up with some of his henchmen, but loses a fight and is captured. The explanation of her release was absent. Hmph.

Her father (also her superior in the Mumbai Police) assigns a senior officer for her to work with. They shoot and arrest Arjun, who gets sent to the hospital. While there, he implicates some high-ranking officials, including Shiv Shankar.

Will the police sort this out?

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Cinematography: 10/10 Nice looking throughout.

Sound: 8/10 OK.

Acting: 2/10 Between poor and non-existent.

Screenplay: 6/10 Moves along from beginning to end, but might have been better as a 30 minute short instead of a 129 minute feature.

Musical Numbers: 6/10 So-so, but they were present.