Shadow Review

Director: Rohit Nayyar
Cast: Naseer Khan, Milind Soman, Sonali Kulkarni and Hrishita Bhatt
Release Date: 2009-08-21 08:00:00
Quick Take: The worst movie to date



You know you are in for a bad time when the USP of the movie is a blind actor who has done all the stunts himself. Shadow is about a contract killer, Naseer Khan, who quickly makes it to the most wanted list by murdering affluent personalities. But the police have no clue who they are dealing with since they have no information about the man.

Prepare yourself for a visual assault from the first frame of the movie, as the only thing decent about it is the budget. Naseer, who is also the writer and producer of the movie, has a long way to go before he should actually venture into the movies again. Although the plot is well defined, the screenplay and dialogue are amateurish, inadvertently making you laugh at the physically impaired man. The sloppy filmmaking tecniques make it hard to believe this is Rohit Nayyar’s fifth effort at direction. The rest of the cast is also unconvincing.

Milind Soman fails to hold your attention and Sonali Kulkarni lacks the intensity of a fearless cop who will go to any length to catch the crook. And such a cop falling for a criminal is implausible. Hrishitaa Bhatt is reduced to just eye candy.
Pity that the USP is used to label this movie as a ‘brave effort’. Unfortunately, it ends up being a pathetic joke, a sad reminder of what our cinema has become. It‘s disappointing that such substandard cinema is made today. The only ones to lose in such a game is the audience.