Lahore Confidential Movie Review

‘‘Lahore Confidential’ movie review:A ham-handed spy flick from the man who once gave us Fanaa

 What Is the Story About?

STORY: The story revolves around an Indian spy Ananya and an ISI agent Rauf Ahmed Kazmi. The two, unaware of each other’s identity, fall head over heels in love and their romantic tale blossom in the middle of growing tension across Indo-Pak borders.

Comment: "Lahore Confidential" revolves around an emotional Indian woman Anania (Richa Chadda) who has a simple desk working in the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). However, when she found out that she was performing a secret intelligence mission in Pakistan, her daily life changed. There, she met a close man in Lahore, Rauf Ahmed Kazimi (Arunodi Singh), who organized Mushairas (Urdu) Social gatherings in Chinese and poetry) and cultural activities. Their love for Urdu language and literature brought them together, and they fell in love with each other without knowing the identity of each other. But what happens when Anania and Rauf discover the truth about each other?

This spy thriller is directed by Kunar Kohli and is based on the increasingly tense contemporary reality of the India-Pakistan border and the romantic tangent between R&AW and ISI agents. In the beginning, they promised to cross national borders and there was chaos among the agents. However, soon the story shifted from their capture of the planners who funded these terrorist groups to the romantic angle of Anania and Rauf: this was disappointing.

Throughout the film (ie 1 hour and 8 minutes), the plot juggles between the two genres—romantic and spy—which is not enough to promote the development of the story, because no angle is fully explored. The concept of the creator S. Hussein Zaidi has potential, but it looks like the writer Wiba Singh came up with a hasty narrative that requires some in-depth processing and tight storytelling.

Both Richard Chadda and her portrayal of Anania, who wants to be a writer and agent, are quite confusing. In addition, her expression was similar from start to finish, which even disrupted her screen chemistry with Arunodi Singh. However, Singh was impressed because Rauf Ahmed Kazmi has a knack for word games. Most of his conversations, especially those with Anania, were in Urdu, and there was a poetic ring for them, which turned out to be really interesting. Karish Matanna as R&AW agent Yukti is shrewd and looks fabulous on the screen. Khalid Siddiqui provided good support as the head of the agency as RD.

"Lahore Secret" eventually became an ordinary spy, whose core is love and romance. However, the second issue of ZEE5's confidential franchise is definitely a better watch than its predecessor-London Confidential.

Under the helm of Kunar Kohli, people naturally have some expectations from this thriller that combines spy and romance. After all, Kolly’s "Fana" (2006) is much more than its beautiful music and the hot chemical reaction between Kayol and Amir Khan-this is a film that has a firm foothold on the Kashmir issue. Film, this position is likely to cause a storm among today’s censors.

However, Kohli's "Lahore Confidential"-written by journalist writer S. Hussein Zaidi and written by Viba Singh-is a bland, all-inviting project. It’s neither here, nor there or anywhere, and it may mean a team’s dilemma, determined not to be fanatical in Islamophobic ways. Caesari, Padma Watt, and other Bollywood movies in the past seven years , But I dare not take a position that will confront the current Indian institutions. I don’t know how to get rid of this balancing act. However, providing substantive wisdom in the film turned out to be a poorly written and wishful thinking story further influenced by the direction and passionlessness. Obstacles to substandard production values.

This result is unfortunate, not only because of the records of some of the names in the credits, but also because the Lahore confidentiality started well. In the early days, we were introduced to Anania (played by Richard Chada), an employee of the Ministry of Research and Analysis (R&AW) of the Government of India, and her mother (Alka Amin) was pestering her to get married . Ananya's favorite companion is her book. The interaction between this nagging parent and her independent-minded offspring is interesting, and this energy is largely lost in the rest of the film.

It is especially interesting to witness the mother’s dilemma, because when faced with the possibility of a young woman hooking up with a Pakistani man, she worried that letting her daughter marry would conflict with her prejudice against Pakistan.

What’s different in ‘Lahore Confidential

This possibility emerged when Ananya was sent to a neighboring country to establish a relationship with a closely related event manager in Lahore (Rauf Ahmed Kazimi (Arunodi Singh)) Sex, he may become an important source of R&AW. In Ananya’s relationship with her colleague Yukti (Karishma Tanna), there will also be some fun, she is an R&AW agent, does not care about her attitude, loves sex, and is used to objectify men. This is in stark contrast to the trend of popular culture that continues to objectify women. Richard Chada is really shy, especially in the scene where she admits to have a strong interest in Lauf when she talks with Yukti. He Tanner as Yuk Di is a fire brand.

However, all this went downhill from there. At 1 hour and 8 minutes, Lahore Confidential is an unusually short Bollywood movie, but it is far from clear and smart, as you might expect from the unconventional length.

First of all, Chada and Singh do not have a particularly great chemical composition, which reminds people that only when outstanding actors meet in well-directed and well-written scenes can sparks be generated on the screen-look at Singh himself and Aditi Rao Haidari in a violent hell in Sudir Mishra's "Ye Sali Zindaji" (2011).

Second, the plot depends on Anania being stupid and R&AW more stupid. The Lahore Confidential Company portrays India’s premier intelligence agency even more stupid than the spy in Akshay Kumarud’s "Nilaj Pandi’s Baby" (2015).

However, Ananya's professional flaws reveal something beyond blind writing-it reveals the author's bias. The initial chat between Ananya and her mother turned out not to be the harmless humorous introduction scene they seemed at the time: in fact, they were placed there to establish Ananya as a specific'type' of woman who, in the writer In the eyes (such as the eyes of the entire society), she is considered emotionally vulnerable because she is single over a certain socially acceptable age-Anania is denying that she is the standard, patronizing the rotation of stereotypes as a lonely, desperate Women are, uh, vulnerable, uh, easy to be deceived. This kind of pigeon loft is not as blatant as the role of Veronica in Homi Adjania's "Cocktail", so it is more likely to attract the subconscious bias of the so-called liberal audience. In retrospect, Yukti was clearly constructed to tick all the boxes in Bollywood’s stereotype of a "strong" woman: she drinks, smokes, she has promiscuity, she swears.

However, it makes no sense to be annoyed by such a half-hearted production. Even before the weak writing was exposed, it was difficult to see the plastic appearance and scenes of the entire film. Except for the protagonist, almost no one appeared in public places.

Although it has not yet been made public, the Lahore Confidential seems to be a follow-up to Zee5’s 2020 short feature London Confidential, which is about India’s undercover operation in London, also created by S Hussein Zaidi. The London Secret is the lack of reference materials, anyone who wants to make a high-quality spy movie in Bollywood. If the Lahore Confidential Team wants to get inspiration from their home court, they don't have to go too far: Megna Gulzal acquired this genre in 2018 with her brilliant Raazi. Or maybe they just rewatched Fana?

Lahore Confidentiality is too tepid to even provoke. Where is Kunar Korley that we used to know?

Lahore Confidential | Official Trailer

Watch the trailer for the ZEE5 original film "Lahore Confidential" starring Richa Chada, Arunodi Singh, Karishma Tanner and Khalid Sidiki. This gripping spy thriller, directed by Kunar Kolly, revolves around RAW agent Anania, who crosses the road with a charming tri-service intelligence agent. It will premiere on February 4, 2021.

"Lahore Confidential" starring Richard Chada and Arunodi Singh is currently playing on Zee5. The film also starring Khalishma Tanner and Khalid Siddiqui, is the second in the "Confidential" series of the streaming platform. The film started with the London Confidential Company and was run by Mooney Roy. Starring with Prabbe Colley.

The official summary of the film reads: "The story revolves around a humble Indian woman. In her ordinary life and love for Urdu literature, she finds herself engaged in intelligence work in Pakistan. A contemporary, elegant, and thrilling The love story of the two spies will put them in a tug of war against each other. This film is based in Pakistan and has a strong sense of patriotism and the pleasure of being entangled with old-school romance.