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Staring:
Ava Mukherjee, Ankur Nayyar, Zain Khan, Simran Singh,
Amit Varma, Shweta Gulati, Sanjeeva Vatsa, Mahru Sheikh,
Amrita Saluja
Director: Romilla Mukherjee
Detective Naani is debutante director Romila Mukherjee’s
film having some prominent faces from the television
together. It’s the story of an enterprising grandmother
– Naani (Ava Mukherjee) who manages to outwit the
criminals with her common sense and logic and solves a
mystery case. There is an underlying message that the
true heroes are always simple ordinary people like any
one of us.
The 75 year old - Naani (Ava Mukherjee), is clever than
people half her age. There are some suspicious goings-on
in one of the apartments in her residential complex and
she decides to investigate.
She spots a frightened child at the window who was
snatched back. What aroused her suspicion was that the
owners of that flat let know people that that they are a
childless couple.
Dev D is set in the rustic and colourful Punjab and also
explores the dingy, morbid, dark underbelly of Delhi.
From sprawling mustard fields to a riot of neon. It is
written and directed by Anurag Kashyap and produced by
UTV Spotboy.
The energized kids Nakul and Anjali back the gutsy Naani,
eventually the entire family and the residents around
help our ‘Detective’ Naani with support from the cops to
unravel the mystery and expose a murky racket that of
child trafficking.
What is disappoints is that even though the idea is
good, the script and the narration or presentation lacks
the crispiness. Performance of the kids is noteworthy,
however it appears that the storytelling part is lagging
in this film.
Even the entertainment angle is unsatisfactory so is the
thrill or comedy part. Thus it leads nowhere and falls
short of expectations in spite of an above average
direction. Average songs and a mix of a romantic angle
further create a hodgepodge product.
Worth a mention is the cinematography and background
music by Shailendra Barve. We have some fine
performances from the old lady Ava Mukherjee, and the
children especially the natural acting from Simran.
Ankur Nayyar as the cop and Amit Varma as Rohan are
convincing.
Credits &
Crew:
Banner - Bombay Duck Films Pvt. Ltd.
Producers - Romilla Mukherjee, Jolly Mukherjee, Urmilla
Chaterjee
Director - Romilla Mukherjee
Music Director - Jolly Mukherjee
Lyricist - Romilla Mukherjee
Story / Screenplay Writer - Romilla Mukherjee
Editor - Deepa Bhatia
Art Director - Mansi Druv Mehta
Production Designer - Kavita Thakur, Brian Kinny
Costume Designer - Iqbal Khan
Sound Designer - K. J. Singh
Background Sound - Shailendra Barve
Line Producer - Deb Mukherjee, Fusion Films
Choreographer - Bosco Ceaser
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Then, another suspicious incident occurs and a few days
later, a woman falls to her death from that flat, a
murder no one seems to notice. The corpse disappears in
minutes. But our smart Naani has noticed the incident
and when reported to the authorities she is scoffed by
the CID.
Her family
and neighbors are skeptical, while the cops are
bewildered at the occurrence, so she decides to turn
detective and solve the mystery herself.
Her aspiring detective grandson Nakul (Zain Khan) along
with his cousin Anjali (Simran Singh) give her a good
company. Nakul’s mother Priya (Amrita Saluja) and the
smart dog too help the grandmother in the investigations.
Also in the storyline there is romance brewing between two
college-going teenagers – Rohan (Amit Varma) and Shweta
Gulati. Even the CID officer (Ankur Nayyar) becomes
attracted to Naani's divorcee daughter.during the
proceedings.
As these two couples saddle
their way on the marital marathon, they come across Kaya,
who spices up the goings-on between Samit and Mita. Raga
who gives Rishi the motivation to take the next step, and
Veer who ends up for a short stint with Mita, and becomes
the sole reason for Simi's confusion.
How the quartet handles these complex, sensitive matters
of the heart, and how they solve the never ending quests,
with some winning the battle and some ending up with a
broken heart, is supported by terrific performances by the
lead actors.
- Amarjeet
Cast:
Naani - Ava Mukherjee
Nakul - Zain Khan
Anjali Sinha - Simran Singh
Priya Sinha - Amrita Saluja
CID Inspector Bhatia - Ankur Nayyar
Rohan Malhotra - Amit Varma
Neeti Tipnis - Shweta Gulati
Mahesh Pal - Hemu Adhikari
Petook - Atul Parchure
Tattu - Hemant Pandey
Raj Yadav - Sanjeeva Vatsa
Madhu Pal - Shubhangi Gokhale
Goonda Pakya - Jaywant Wadkar
Goonda Choti - Sanjay Singh
Piloo Billimoria - Goolshan Mazd
Tara Yadav - Mahru Sheikh
Little Kidnapped Girl - Saili Shettye
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