In a nutshell, the winning combo -- Gupta-Vidya [NO ONE KILLED JESSICA] and Emraan-Vidya [THE DIRTY PICTURE] -- misfires this time! GHANCHAKKAR gets repetitive and tedious after Gupta introduces the four pivotal characters. Everything's fine till Emraan, Rajesh and Namit pull off the heist, but the writers run out of ideas after this point actually. Ideally, the film should've sky-rocketed after the goons return to collect the loot, but what unravels seems repetitive and cyclic. To make matters worse, the episodes are unexciting, humdrum and monotonous. On the whole, GHANCHAKKAR has splendid performances by its principal cast, but the bland and tedious narrative plays spoilsport. This one disheartens! Read Full
Director Gupta has been successfully able to present Emraan Hashmi in a way none could ever have even thought of. This could help the 'serial-kisser' further his career across all genres of cinema. But Gupta goes tepid while trying to give the correct kind of treatment to a grave plot, thereby making us wonder- 'why?'!'Ghanchakkar', a film that has such heavyweights as the cast, could have been a lot better..Read Full
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