Review of David

Release date - 1'st Feb 2013 

One Word which describes the film – Forgettable / Insignificant 

Best  Dialogue –

" Rajneeti main dushman ko ya to doshi bana dete hai ya misaal "

Genre - Action / Thriller 
 
Story - Bejoy Nambiar , Natasha Sahgal

Music –Prashant Pillai , Mikey McCleary and others .

Producer -  Bejoy Nambiar , Sharada Trilok

Direction - Bejoy Nambiar

Cast - Vikram , Neil Nitin Mukesh , Vinay Virmani , Monica Dogra , Tabu , Isha Sharvani

Budget –  15 crores (approximately )  

Orson Welles once said, " The writer should have the first and the last word in filmmaking." 

There was a time when the film's story ,screenplay , dialogues were written by expert writers like Wajahat Mirza ( Mother India , Mughal-E-Azam ) , Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (  Awara , Shree 420 ),  Gulshan Nanda (Kati Patang, Khilona , Sharmeelee ,  Daag ) Sachin Bhowmick (An Evening in Paris , Bhramachari  Karz ) , Gulzar , Salim- Javed . These films are considered as master pieces and still have the power to entertain and inspire.  

Today writing has taken a backseat to other aspects of filmmaking and we are presented with films like David which are a visual delight with spectacular frames , have excellent background score but hardly leave any long lasting  impact on our minds. We watch them ,talk about them for a week or two and then totally forget about them .

The story revolves around the lives of three DAVIDS in three different parts of the world in three different eras. 

London 1975- This story shot in black and white features David (Neil) as a gangster who works for Iqbal Ghani, a dreaded Mafia don. His quest to know  the truth about his parents and his passionate relation with Monica Dogra is the highlight of the film .

Mumbai 1999- This story features an aspiring musician ( Vinay , earlier seen in Breakaway dubbed into Hindi as Speedy Singhs ) who has a love/ hate relation with his father . His dreams are shattered when his family becomes a target of a religious / political issue .

Goa 2010- This story features an alcoholic  fisherman  ( Vikram ,  who played the role of Aishwarya's husband in  Raavan 2010 ) . His life becomes complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's fiancee .

Tabu has a short role and she manages to leave some impact .  Monica Dogra is striking and is the most powerful female character in the film . Isha Sharvani just has to look pretty . Lara Dutta in her overweight look hardly has any significant role . 

Milind Soman  is totally wasted .

In a line the film has some good moments but overall it  neither entertains nor inspires . Avoidable

Rank- 9  (Out of the 11 Films I have seen in 2013 )