Nishaanchi

Nishaanchi Movie Review Rating:

Star Cast: Aaishvary Thackeray, Vedika Pinto, Kumud Mishra, Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, Monika Panwar, Vineet Kumar Singh and others

Director: Anurag Kashyap

What’s Good: Aaishvary Thackeray’s debut act as he rules the screen playing a double role.

What’s Bad: The length and the editing of the film

Loo Break: Anytime you want

Watch or Not?: Not sure, only if you are a Kashyap fan!

Language: Hindi

Available On: Theatrical release

Runtime: 2 Hour 56 Minutes

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So when you enter Anurag Kashyap’s world of cinema, what is the least you expect? A brutally honest storytelling, right? Nishaanchi is the same brutal story made with a lot of conviction and honesty. But does conviction always assure, class cinema? Well, I am not sure. Or let’s just say, Anurag Kashyap‘s film has left me confused, because I think my relationship with this film right now might be lying somewhere between liking and love and I need some time to figure this out!

The film starts with a brilliant credit roll along with the song Fillam Dekho! One of the lines in this song says, “Tum nature se masoom ho raja, hum hain tedhi kheer, hamein samjhne se aasaan hai Khusro, Ghalib, Meer.” Honestly, this might sum up my whole sentiment for Anurag Kashyap’s latest offering that stars Aaishvary Thackeray, Vedika Pinto, Monika Panwar, Vineet Singh, Kumud Mishra, and Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub!

Nishaanchi Movie Review: Script Analysis

The story and presentation of the film keeps oscillating between different time frames. However, the premise of the film is simple – Babloo Nishaanchi is a gangster and has a twin brother Dabloo. They, along with Babloo’s girlfriend Rinku, want to start a gang, but they get caught during their first robbery at a bank! However, what follows next becomes a story of love, hatred, revenge, and a lot of violence!

The blueprint of the film is exactly Anurag Kashyap’s brutal, cold world amidst a family setting. Babloo and Dabloo, played by a brilliant and screen-stealing Aaishvary Thackeray, are the sons of Manjiri, a state-level archery shooter, and Jabardast Pehelwaan, played by Monika Panwar and Vineet Kumar Singh! The family is happy until Kumud Mishra arrives in their lives and eyes Manjiri! The two stories of the mother-father and the two sons, however, keep oscillating. The first part forms the entire how, when, and why, and the second part moves towards the resolution!

Nishaanchi Movie Review: Star Performance

Aaishvary Thackeray as Babloo and Dabloo Nishaanchi is a treat to watch on screen. He nails both the brothers and their extreme personalities with such finesse that they look like two different people on screen! Vedika Pinto impresses as Rinku. However, the show stealers of this story are Monika Panwar and Vineet Kumar Singh. Their character arcs and their subplots are so powerful that they overshadow everything else, once they arrive!

Kumud Mishra, as the antagonist, does not leave an everlasting impression, probably because there is not much for him to do. Same goes with Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub, and it looks like a wasted opportunity having them as the antagonists in this violent and chaotic story.