Gumraah – A Compelling Crime Drama Packed With Twists And Turns
Director - Vardhan Ketkar
Cast - Aditya Roy Kapur, Mrunal Thakur, Ronit Roy, Vedika Pinto, Keeya Khanna, Mohit Anand, Ivan Rodrigues, Deepak Kalra, Navneet Kaur, Akshay Bhagat, Sachin Khurana, Micky Makhija, Aditya Lal, Tanvie Kishore, Chahat Vig
Rating – 3
Gumraah," directed by Vardhan Ketkar, is a compelling crime drama that successfully weaves together twists, turns, suspense, and drama throughout its narrative. A remake of the 2019 Tamil film Thadam, the movie engages the audience right from the opening scene of a murder to the unraveling of the mystery.
The screenplay by Aseem Arora and Magizh Thirumeni, coupled with Ketkar's taut direction, ensures a quick and engaging progression of the story. While the film may lose some pace in the first part as the narrative builds up, it swiftly recovers with well-crafted twists. The central mystery revolves around Inspector Shivani Mathur (Mrunal Thakur), tasked with identifying the real killer among two doppelganger suspects, Arjun Saigal and Ronnie (Aditya Roy Kapur). The use of evidence pointing towards both suspects is skillfully executed, avoiding overplayed mistaken identity tropes.