Movie Review: David

Here’s how the director must have convinced the producer for getting a green signal for this flick.

Director: Hey I got an idea.

Producer: Tell me.

Director: Three lives.. Three destinies.. One name. David.

Producer: Whoaaa..! That sounds so cool man.. Here’s your cheque.

David(2013) is an action/crime/drama thriller directed by Bejoy Nambiar,(the man behind Shaitan) that tells three stories of three men from three different eras that are linked by one name David or so we know until the final few minutes when the actual connection is revealed. Sound’s promising isn’t it?

David is one of those films that try to be different. So if you are a person who chants ‘Different is good.. Different is great’ every time you enter the movie hall then chances are you might just end up liking this one.

As for me I am fine with ‘different’ as long as it doesn’t bore me which sadly this movie does. And to be frank there was nothing different except the editing that mixes three different time periods skillfully and some good music mixed with innovative slo-mo sequences that got me saying “Yeah.. now we are talking baby!”

If you find my opinion horribly inconsistent, then seriously it’s not me… it’s this film that jumps up & down from entertaining to deathly boring every few minutes.

So in a story set in 1975 London we have David(Neil Nitin Mukesh) who works for Iqbal Ghani, a mafia don.

Then we have another David(Vinay Virmani) in another story set in 1999 Mumbai where he is a musician born to a Christian middle class family who struggles when his family is dragged into a political issue

And there is a third David(Vikram) who is a fisherman living in Goa who falls in love with a deaf-mute girl Roma(Isha Sharvani) who would be getting married to his best friend in 10 days.

So in simple words..

1- Serious Action

2- Political Khichdi/Action

3- Romantic Comedy

Of all the three stories the first one is easily the best of the lot. Shot in sepia and nicely acted this story seemed intriguing in parts.

The second plot felt contrived and ok.

The third one was entertaining in parts but horribly boring otherwise.

Surprisingly this movie has such good actors and no one is convincing. Neil Nitin Mukesh and Vinay Virmani are OK and Vikram tries his level best to inject some life into an otherwise dull and poorly written character.

At the end of the day it’s the gorgeous Isha Sharvani who saves the film.

Stylishly shot and slickly edited this movie is attractive to look at but the writing is so ardent for being ‘out of the box’ that it never settles its butt.

Conclusion: Disappointingly average.