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बदलापुर (2015)

Badlapur believes in this statement, which was made famous by Don Corleone in Godfather. All the characters have a darker side and you'll empathize with and hate every character as the film progresses. Director Sriram Raghavan is known to make violent films. This time he gave a psychic twist of goriness along with violence. I liked Director's attempt to create something new not seen commonly in Bollywood.
How can you not love acting prowess of Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who struggled for 10 years before coming to limelight in Kahaani and GOW. You'll love the shrewdness of Nawaz when he talks to Inspector (Kumud Mishra) or his passion of a love struck romeo when he talks to Huma Qureshi. But, he has done such roles of poor-guy-getting-beaten-up umpteenth times and have mastered it by now. I would like to see him excel in a non-violent film.
Varun Dhawan has shrugged off his chocolate boy image and has tried something totally outside his comfort zone. He didn't fare too well portraying character of grief-stricken Raghu. I missed his eyes seething with anger. I missed sorrowfulness on his face when he remembers his lost ones. I wish he could have done what Shahid did in Haider. He still has a long way to go. But, I'll appreciate his efforts much more than Nawaz for trying something different.
Kumud Mishra as Inspector and Divya Dutta as NGO worker have performed well within their limited roles. Huma Qureshi, Radhika Apte and Vinay Pathak were below average. Music is boring except Jee Karda song.
Watch this film if you like watching dark films with violence and goriness. Strictly for adults.