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Dial 100 is a thriller that brings you to the edge of the seat but doesn't give you much to be excited about.
Dial 100 Movie Review Rating: 2.5/5 Stars (Two and half stars)
Star Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Sakshi Tanwar, Neena Gupta
Director: Renzil D’Silva
What’s Good: Its visible intent of being a good brain-twister, Manoj Bajpayee’s ‘same same but different’ performance
What’s Bad: The lackadaisical transformation of various things from paper to screen
Loo Break: At 100 minutes, this won’t crave you for a ‘loo break’ but few pauses for sure
Watch or Not?: If you’ve rewatched The Family Man a couple of times but still want to witness Manoj on a new mission, go for it!
Manoj Bajpayee is Nikhil Sood, Senior PI from The Family Man. However, it's not the same position as that on Raj-DK. Because of his emotional turmoil at home, he is stressed and brings the burden to his station where he takes care of emergency calls from the public. Nikhil gets a call from Seema Pallav (Neena Gopta) on a not-so-fine morning. She threatens him with suicidal thoughts and makes threats.
Nikhil is constantly distracted by Prerna (Sakshi Tanwar), his wife, who calls him to complain about her son's illegal act. Also, a strange woman gives him the sociopath vibes during an emergency call. Seema takes Prerna hostage and exposes the surprising link between these three characters.
Dial 100 Movie Review: Script Analysis
Imagine the Family Man, but Shrikant is promoted to PI, Priya Mani transforms into Sakshi Tanwar, Dhriti goes missing as she may have left with her boyfriend, Atharv is all grown-up, but not as smart, as he was when he was a child. The show's cast of characters is not as exciting as the show. You can smell the twists ahead, which makes it less thrilling. The story of Rensild D'Silva has meat, but it fails to evoke intrigue because of the poor execution of the "big revelation" scenes.
Every scene has a hint of what's coming next. I was right with every one. Nikhil's realization that Seema knows his name is a half-baked scene. He should have had an immediate follow up by a worthy officer. Another sequence shows Nikhil calling a number to find out who it belongs, but he can't because the call isn't answered. Nikhil didn't even attempt to use the free caller ID apps that are available on smartphones. Although it is possible to be duped, he did not even attempt to use any free caller ID apps that are readily available on smartphones.
The scene ends with: "Nikhil, pata Chala, kiska Number tha?" "Nahi, uthane se pehle hi cut kar diya!"
These are just a few examples of situations that make it difficult to follow the plot. The dialogues of Niranjan Iyengar are a key reason that the drama does not escalate into an adrenaline rush. It's clear that Neena is an ordinary woman and therefore you cannot give her scripted dialogues. It's just awful to give her lines like "Agar Tumne Ne Police Station se Bahar Nikle, toh Prerna Will Die" and "Agar Tumne Police ko Involve kiya Toh Prerna Will Die". Anuj Rakesh Dawan's camerawork captures the tension in Manoj's eyes through multiple close-up and medium shots.
Dial 100 Movie Review: Star Performance
Manoj Bajpayee's performance is the main highlight of the film. It's as predictable as the twists and turns. He plays a similar role to The Family Man but molds it in a different way to show his incredible variation. He is so effortless, performing even the most dramatic scenes with the utmost of subtlety.
We can only hear Neena's voice in the first fifteen minutes. My first reaction was "Great actors could act even with their voices" (remember Scarlett Johansson, from Her). Her character development is the problem. Her treatment of the speech delivery becomes icy and she gets frustrated.
The character sketch could have been much better given the talent Neena ma’am has. To explain Sakshi Tanwar’s presence in the film, I could copy-paste everything I just said about Neena ma'am's performance.
Sakshi cries out in pain during this 2 minute long scene at the end. This scene sums up the entire film and exposes the actor's ability VS the inefficacy. Even though Sakshi's pain is too much to bear, the poor execution doesn't stop you from seeing how beautiful and tormentingly beautiful that scene is.
Dial 100 Movie Review: Direction, Music
All the significant hiccups of the film are because of Rensil D'Silva's not up-to-the-mark story & screenplay. This film had a major subplot that reminded me of Badla. I was disappointed by how this could have turned out if it was treated the same way.
Raju Singh's background music starts off well, but gets too loud in the second half. Singh is a well-known composer of soundtracks for many television shows. However, he fails to complement the tension created on-screen.
Dial 100 Movie Review: The Final Word
All said and done; Dial 100 is a thriller that brings you to the edge of the seat but doesn't give you much to be excited about. You'd expect it to be unpredictable, but it gives you what you might already have guessed.
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