Malang movie review: It is about wanton mush and gritty mayhem

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“Malang”; Cast: Anil Kapoor, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Disha Patani, Kunal Kemmu; Direction: Mohit Suri; Rating: * * * (three stars)

“Malang” must be the most stylishly executed Bollywood thriller in a while, also the most twisted. It is really an old-school revenge thriller that manages a few clever spins despite an overall adherence to loud, larger-than-life masala.

Mohit Suri’s “Malang” is a wanton play of oomph and machismo, mush and mayhem, melody and melodrama, anchored by a very filmi tale of revenge. The film teams a hero who’s beefed up in search of a saleable image with a heroine who doesn’t have to try too hard to look sexy. The element of unpredictability is buoyed by a set of key characters who have a deeper layer beyond what they superficially seem to be.

“Malang” is about a romance that has been messed up by the bad guys, and the evident scope of retribution it opens up for the hero.

If that core idea sounds cliched, Aniruddha Guha’s screenplay maintains suspense by opting for a parallel narrative structure while unfolding what lead to violent revenge in a flashback track, and how it is executed in the presentday sequences.

The story takes off on a Christmas eve, with a mysterious man, Advait (Aditya Roy Kapur), calling up an encounter specialist cop named Agashe (Anil Kapoor) to inform the police of his intention to unleash a series of killings before the night ends.