Rating:
2.0/5
Star
Cast:
Anupam
Kher,
Esha
Gupta,
Kumud
Mishra,
Zarina
Wahab,
Zakir
Hussain
Director:
Ashok
Nanda
One
Day:
Justice
Delivered
Movie
Review:
Anupam
Kher
|
Esha
Gupta
|
FilmiBeat
It
is
supposed
to
be
a
tense
moment
in
the
hospital
where
a
patient
is
struggling
between
life-and-death.
A
few
minutes
later,
you
hear
a
doctor
(Deepshikha)
quip,
"The
patient
is
not
out
of
the
danger."
Wait,
did
the
makers
forgot
to
run
their
dialogues
through
a
grammer-check?
Well,
Anupam
Kher-Esha
Gupta
starrer
'One
Day:
Justice
Delivered' has
plenty
of
such
tacky
writing.
It's
a
film
where
sleazy
item
songs
keep
popping
up
simply
adding
minutes
to
the
run-time.
Set
in
Jharkhand,
Justice
Tyagi
(Anupam
Kher),
a
retired
judge
turns
vigilante
after
his
retirement,
to
punish
all
the
wrong-doers
who
walked
away
scot-free
due
to
lack
of
evidence
during
his
tenure
as
a
judge.
When
a
doctor
couple
and
a
hotel
tycoon
go
missing,
the
cops
hand
over
the
case
to
Crime
Branch
Officer
Laxmi
Rathi
(Esha
Gupta),
a
no-nonsense,
rough
and
tough
Haryanvi
speaking
lady.
Along
with
local
officer
Sharma
(Kumud
Mishra),
Laxmi
sets
out
to
crack
this
mission.
Will
she
able
to
connect
the
dots
and
nail
down
Tyagi
as
the
culprit?
Ashok
Nanda's
'One
Day:
Justice
Delivered'
seems
to
have
borrowed
its
idea
from
Michael
Douglas'
'The
Star
Chamber'.
The
concept
of
the
film
sounds
solid
on
paper,
but
it's
the
choppy
execution
which
makes
it
a
boring
watch
on
the
big
screen.
Anupam
Kher
adds
some
gravitas
to
his
ridiculously-etched
character.
A
family-man
who
moonlights
as
a
vigilante
to
punish
the
culprits,
he
is
one
of
the
reasons
for
your
curiosity
to
stay
alive
in
this
disjointed
plot.
Esha
Gupta
looks
totally
miscast
as
the
fierce
Laxmi
Rathi.
Her
Haryanvi
accents
keeps
dropping
off
throughout
the
film.
After
a
terrific
performance
in
'Article
15'
last
week,
Kumud
Sharma
shows
how
only
a
seasoned
actor
like
him
can
pull
off
a
mediocre
role.
There
is
a
tough
competition
between
Himanshu
Sharma
and
Nasirr
Khan
as
to
who
hams
the
most
when
it
comes
to
displaying
acting
chops
in
this
film.
The
cinematography
has
nothing
new
to
offer.
Speaking
about
the
editing
scissors,
they
too
lack
the
sharpness.
The
songs
in
the
film
are
forgetable.
Anupam
Kher's
rogue
act
coupled
with
Kumud
Mishra's
effective
support,
is
the
only
reason
why
you
are
able
to
sit
through
this
dull
thriller.
But
still,
the
justice
won't
be
ruled
in
favour
of
Kher
&
Co.
I
am
going
with
2
stars.