The movie released in 2021 creating quite a buzz, and was often compared to Scam 1992. The story, even though inspired, has elements that blow the mind of the audience is somewhat of away. The writer, however, pulls out important chunks from Mehta’s story parts and leaves the audience confused.

The criminal is portrayed in a way that considers him to be honest, but thereby loses the honesty of the actual story. Abhishekh Bacchan leaves an impression with his solid performance, even though the plot has loopholes, except for those messy scenes where he laughs like a devil. His hold on the character of Hemant Shah is strong and makes it easier for a viewer to stay up till the end. There is greed in his eyes. The violent ambition and the zeal to fly higher is pretty scary, but visible in his body language.

The schematic businessman has strong ambitions and a personality that doesn’t permit him to wait for tomorrow. Bachchan seems to have found a certain formula to ace such characters. Even though he doesn’t maintain the Gujarati accent throughout the movie, he looks absolutely convincing in the role of Hemant Shah. It is severely resonating.

It has all the Bollywood mainstream key factors that the family as an audience enjoys. Thus, yes, it can be watched with family. It’s a story of greed and ambition but at the same time, it also includes motifs of love, politics, and business.  Inside the heart of this, also lies an underdog who just doesn’t know how to take anything sluggishly in life. Abhishek Bachchan gives his all to portray Hemant Shah confidently and accurately. 

We are driven through Hemant Shah’s (Abhishek A Bachchan) journey from a middle-class man with a fixed salary, to a seasoned stockbroker, without actually seeing him take it slow in the stock market. The basis of his unhinged rise from the common man to the savior of the common man feels extremely underwhelming. Shots of his modest life in a Mumbai Chawl, his relationship with his family, and Priya, the girl he is in love with, take up more time in the movie than his stock market shenanigans.

However, the film’s narrative picks up pace, as Hemant Shah’s rising fame earns him quite a few enemies. Writers Arjun Dhawan and Kookie Gulati build intrigue around various snippets of Hemant’s twirl-ins with police and media, as he notoriously goes about manipulating everyone. Some scenes stand out for their confrontational value. Also, the non-linear screenplay helps in breaking the monotonous taboo of continually recurring arguments. Even though it was a delight to watch Mumbai when it was Bombay, the cinematography of the few south Mumbai locations is kind of just okay.