Sameer (2017)

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Claps for Direction and story too...Actors and actress well acting.. Real Story.. it is the Game of politics..!!!

And a movie couldn't be more tactically wrong. This movie is about stopping series of blasts from taking place. They catch roommate of 'Yasin' (the so called fictional villain in the movie), Sameer and make him join terrorist organisation to stop the blasts. Sounds good, right?Here's the thing that let me down in the movie. There were million scenes where background score was not needed but no, they had to give an emotional touch to the scene by ruining the originality of it.The stuttering kid (whatever his name was), he ran towards the bomb and was closest to it before it went off, yet he didn't die. Let alone die, not even his dress was ripped due to impact of the blast. Another let down was the dramatic death of this same child, he was alive after the blast for a bit just to show thumbs up gesture. Why would you do it? After Sameer joined Shahid (so called terrorist), it makes no sense that he is meeting the inspector in the next scene under the bridge openly. I mean, terrorists aren't dumb that they would just trust the new person in their organisation blindly and not even spy their moves. Sameer is meeting with both inspector and mastermind of blasts openly everyday. If i were terrorist, and a new person joined my organisation, i would keep an eye on each and every move of his; which person he is meeting, where he's going and not just trust him blindly.THE BIGGEST ILLOGICAL SCENE --> Sameer was shown getting kidnapped, and inspector's spy reported him as well. If i were inspector and i get to know that Sameer (bait) has been kidnapped, and if i know where they've kept him, i would walk in with caution. I would consider that there could be armed people in the area, the hostility of the area, and go there with a plan. But here, inspector along with his men just walked in the building they were keeping Sameer in without even a gun in hand. It was as if they are walking into a theatre to watch a film. I mean what kind of stupid move is it. THIS MOVIE IS A BIG TIME FAILURE IN POLITICS AND TERRORISM CINEMA.

After a series of bomb blasts in Hyderabad a special ATS team lead by officer Desai name Yasin Darji as the suspect. Following a tip-off the team reaches a location to arrest Yasin only to end up arresting Sameer, the wrong guy. While the error needs to be fixed, the higher authorities decide to bargain with Sameer for his freedom, sending him as a mole. Sameer turns a mole to stop Yasin Darji before he kills more innocent people. A chase begins. Will they manage to stop Yasin, or will Yasin trump?

Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub is a decent actor who plays the lead 'Sameer'. He is caught by the officers of the ATS who are chasing a dreaded terrorist responsible for serial bombings in Hyderabad. Sameer pleads with the officers that the terrorist was merely a roomie. But the ATS transports him to Ahmedabad, and persuades him to help them catch the terrorist. Sameer now has to stay with the terrorist's mother (Seema Biswas, in a pretty convincing role as Khala who makes and delivers lunches to people, hence Tiffin Khala). The terrorist has a brother too, Shahid, who runs a bakery.Of course, there is religious politics involved, and Muslims are happily portrayed as terrorists. Once you see that this is a horrendous assumption, you begin to see the stereotypes. There is a Hindu journalist who is fierce and feisty, searching for the children lost during the Gujarat riots. She gets threats from the bad guys and reports the bomb threats to the ATS. The ATS officer is Hindu and committed and honest. The young lad Sameer is Muslim, but is a good Muslim. The brother of the terrorist turns out to be the kingpin of terrorists. There is also a painful street theatre leader called Manto (named after the famous writer) who attempts to bring peace between communities. And yes, there is a mentally challenged young kid who is so sweet, you know he is going to die, and he does.The first half of the film promises a little, but then all the red herrings go nowhere. That's when you begin to notice that the ATS officer is supposed to be Gujarati - his surname is Desai - and he has a strong Bengali accent. Sameer is meant to be staying with the Khala, but he wanders about the city and Khala does not ask him of his whereabouts. There is a romantic thread between the journalist and the ATS officer, but it sort of goes nowhere because he says: the first floor of my home is empty, stay there for safety, and then shows her a room.Soon you realise that the movie is going nowhere and when the blasts happen, you have figured out who is responsible already. The trouble is the last twenty minutes where the big bad guy and the chap who is carrying out the blasts have a huge conversation telling the audience why and what and who they are and when the planning happened and the exposition kills you.