Plot
Set
in
the
city
of
Mumbai
where
'both,
blood
and
water
flow'
and
where 'lovers
talk
about
killing
and
getting
killed',
we
see
Raghu
(Sidharth
Malhotra)
pulling
the
trigger
on
his
lover
Zoya
(Tara
Sutaria)
in
front
of
a
crowd
on
a
rainy
night.
The
film
hits
the
flashback
button
and
we go
six
months
back.
Raghu
is
a
star
hitman
for
mafia
don
Anna
(Nasser).
The
latter
has
fostered
Raghu
which
doesn't
go
down
well
with
Anna's
own
blood,
his
vertically-challeneged son
Vishnu
(Riteish
Deshmukh).
Vishnu
despises
Raghu
and
suffers
from
severe
daddy
issues.
Enter
Zoya
(Tara
Sutaria),
a
mute
Kashmiri
girl
who
has
her
own
past.
It's
'love
at
first
harmonica'
for
Raghu.
Eventually,
Zoya
too
falls
for
him.
Just
when
things
seem
bright
for
the
lovers,
tragedy
strikes
after
Zoya
witnesses
a
crime.
And
yes,
you
guessed
it
right,
it's
Raghu
who
is
assigned
the
task
of
bumping
off
his
lady
love!
The
rest
of
the
film
revolves
around
how
our
hero
ends
taking
his
'badla'..oops
sorry...'inteqaam'.
Direction
For
someone
who
has
grown
up
on
a
staple
of
'angry
young
man' Amitabh
Bachchan's
films
and
other
masala
entertainers
of
the
70s-80s,
'Marjaavaan'
is
a
dagger's
pierce.
Milap
Zaveri's
potboiler
picks
up
all
the
cliches
from
those
times
and
executes them
in
a
disappointing
way.
With
sloppy
screenplay,
it's
heartbreaking
to
watch
Sidharth
Malhotra
struggling
to
pull
off
the
crowd-pleasing
dialogues.
Like
always,
this
film
of
Milap
Zaveri
too
has
its
loud
moments
of
communal
harmony.
Performances
'Marjaavaan'
has
Sidharth
Malhotra
trying
to
convince
us
that
he
can
be
a
massy
hero
who
loves
to
throw
punches
both
literally
and
figuratively.
Does
he
succeed? Some
of
your guesses
are
good
as
ours!
Tara
Sutaria
ends
up
just
as a
Miss
Pretty
face
and
somebody,
please
remind
her
that
the
film
isn't
a
toothpaste
commercial.
Rakul
Preet
Singh
struggles
to
pull
off
her
dialogues
and
doesn't
get
a
single
chance
to
make
her
mark
barring
getting
to
flaunt
some
moves
on
the
dance
floor.
Riteish
Deshmukh's
midget
villain
barely
sends
shudders
down
the
spine;
blame
it
on
his
dialogues
which
end
up
being
unintentionally
funny.
The
rest
of
the
cast
is
forgetable.
Technical
Aspects
Nigam
Bomzan's
cinematography
gives
the
film
a
dramatic
feel.
Maahir
Zaveri's
editing
scissors
could
have
easily
snipped
away
some
more
minutes
from
the
film.
Music
The
songs
are
the
only
saving
grace
of
this
Sidharth
Malhotra-Tara
Sutaria
starrer.
'Tum
Hi
Aana'
and
'Thodi
Jagah'
are
melodious
to
the
ears
and
register
on
your
lips.
Verdict
In
one
of
the
scenes,
Riteish
Deshmukh's
Vishnu
tells
Sidharth
Malhotra's
character,
'Raghu
chhod
de
deewangee,
yeh ladki
bhi
maregi...Aur
tu
bhi
maregaa.'
Wish
someone
had
warned
us
too!
I
am
going
with
2
stars.