Mukhbiir (August 29, 2008)

"It's the most dangerous profession in the world," says director Mani Shankar. MUKHBIIR closely looks into the dangerous life and times of a mukhbiir -- an interesting idea no doubt. But the story bears a striking resemblance to RGV's CONTRACT and that takes away the novelty aspect. Of course, Mani Shankar delves deeper in MUKHBIIR and the outcome is watchable at places, but fails to impress in totality.

The culprit? The writing does not hold. A couple of moments are truly noteworthy. The sequences between Om Puri and Sammir Dattani, the Alok Nath - Sushant Singh portions, the mukhbiir converting to Islam… well penned, well executed, well enacted portions all. But MUKHBIIR stumbles and fumbles midway. The romantic side of the mukhbiir [Sammir - Raima Sen] is half-baked. Also, the climax -- the lifeline of a film -- looks like a rushed job.

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Let's elaborate. Sammir sends an SOS message to the boy-courier, who in turn faxes it to Om Puri's wife, who in turn speaks to the minister [Jackie Shroff], who in turn sends the commandos to eliminate the gangster [Rahul Dev] -- it looks completely fake. A better culmination was the need of the hour.