Inkaar has great, rusty-yet-chic atmosphere and good performances. But, the story cheats on itself in the last half hour.

If I try to emphasize why I thought you should ‘inkaar’ this movie I might give away the climax or spill out the last 30 minutes of the movie. So without any spoilers, let me say this beforehand that this movie isn’t as bad as it’s made out to be or as the ratings on IMDB suggest. The movie catches up fast as we start watching it, it culminates a feeling of puzzle(let’s say Sudoku) that’s yet to be solved. The pieces are jumbled and as we swim through the narration this pieces will automatically realign to give us the perfect picture.

For me the first half was pretty good, it was edgy in a way the two people were shown to be garnering fondness towards each other. The romance although takes a short time is uninhibited with overflowing melodrama or song sequence. As it moves forward one seems to notice the shortcomings in the writing as I was finding it difficult to decode the scenes in flashbacks. As it approached the interval I seem to let out a deep ‘ooook’ to signature my understanding. The movie is rich in witty conversation that aren’t necessarily limited to the protagonists. At interval the tension is well build up to escalate in the second half.

That precisely is what the movies fails to do. It doesn’t up the ante after a much engrossing first half. We see the the two people still fighting and the people listening to their versions still nodding heads and passing trite remarks. I honestly failed to make out what the BoD jury was all about. The whole affair seemed a joke for me. Also one major thing to be noticed about the movie are the lack of proper Hindi dialogues.

As the climax approached I was very much apprehensive of what it might sum up to. My fear was realised at my friends gestures when he threw up his hands saying ‘What a waste!!’. Honestly speaking I got no problem with the climax, it’s quiet unconventional in a Sudhir Mishra movie as opposed to what’s being said. Would have liked to go with the conventional (shake hands) then? I doubt.

Performances were well driven with the content. Chitrangda Singh was superior to her co-actors as she displayed how the fairer sex are afflicted and victimised in a corporate world. She keeps the moments bright when it seems the story is failing the narrative. Arjun Rampal shakes up things well with his indifferent tone and unwavering persona. In such role a person has to emote through his eyes other than his physical gestures. It’s very sad to see prominent actors like Deepti Naval getting so less and unimportant role in this movie. Her presence doesn’t do more than wittingly rebuking a corporate officer(that scene). Vipin Sharma gets his act well but the role is shallow and often with lost possibility of going anywhere. Sudhir Mishra might have directed a entertaining film but one that falls below his yardstick of good cinema. Surprisingly I found the music to be quite good. +1.

Inkaar is a one time watch to witness something new and worrying, which is much realised in the real world. If you are Chitrangda fan you ought to watch this ..
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This was a very bad movie, no words to describe it

I think the critics are either dumb or bastards. They are not able to understand the climax of this wonderful movie. That is why the are saying this is a half baked movie.
Its a fantastic movie why lets you think and imagine what will happen after the end of the movie. ok.

Inkaar is sham on the core subject its based upon, it's much ado about nothing in the end. Wish I inkaar-ed it as per the name.