Star
Cast:
Bobby
Deol,Bhupendra
Jadawat,Hitesh
Bhojraj
Director:
Atul
Sabharwal
Available
on:
Netflix
Language:
Hindi
Duration:
92
minutes
Story:
Class
of
'83
follows
a
demoted
cop
played
by
Bobby
Deol.
After
moving
to
an
academy
job,
he
trains
five
foolhardy
students
as
assassins
in
his
risky
revenge
plot
against
police
corruption
and
the
underworld
of
Bombay.
Review:
Class
of
'83
is
based
on
a
book
called
Class
of
'83:
The
Punishers
Of
Mumbai
Police
by
S
Hussain
Zaidi.
Like
any
book
adaptation,
the
film
only
glosses
over
the
bare
minimum
with
excessive
narration
and
very
little
substance
for
its
character.
While
the
actors
do
their
best,
the
rushed
script
keeps
the
audience
from
engaging
with
its
characters.
The
film
starts
with
narration
by
one
of
the
cadets
from
the
class
of
'83
and
introduces
us
to
Dean
Vijay
Singh.
He
is
always
missing
from
the
training
grounds,
meetings
and
classes,
but
has
a
legendary
reputation
that
leads
to
several
cadets
being
fascinated
by
him.
Played
by
Bobby
Deol,
Dean
Vijay
Singh
ended
up
at
the
academy
as
a
punishment
posting
because
of
digging
too
deep
in
a
case
about
a
gangster,
who
was
backed
by
a
politician.
With
an
aim
to
exact
revenge
on
the
corrupt
system,
Vijay
Singh
decides
to
train
the
backbenchers
and
cadets
with
loades
as
west
grassassins,
to
break
the
chain
of
corruption
in
Bombay
Police.
Slowly
through
sidelines,
Vijay
proceeds
to
create
an
encounter
squad
by
recruiting
his
students
from
the
first
batch
of
'83-
Vishnu
Varde
(Hitesh
Malukani),
Aslam
Khan
(Sameer
Paranjpe),
Jhawan
(Ninad
Mahajani),
Surve
(Prithvik
Kamble),
and
Pramod
Shukla
(Bhupendra
Jadawat).
Bobby
Deol
As
Dean
Vijay
Singh
Class
of
'83
sets
out
to
be
an
account
of
how
the
encounter
squad
helped
eradicate
crime
from
streets
of
Bombay
in
a
time
where
gangsters
like
Chhota
Rajan,
Iqbal
Kaskar
and
Dawood
Ibrahim
were
wreaking
havoc.
Instead,
most
of
the
film
is
just
glimpses
from
the
lives
of
these
men
and
how
they
fell
into
the
world
of
crime,
slowly
losing
their
morality.
While
they
do
manage
to
reach
their
goal
in
the
end,
it
comes
at
a
heavy
price.
The
Film
Is
Based
On
Book
Class
of
‘83:
The
Punishers
Of
Mumbai
Police
Directed
by
Atul
Sabharwal
and
written
by
Abhijeet
Deshpande
the
film
comes
from
a
bird's
eye
view.
The
audiences
hardly
get
to
see
these
characters
do
something.
It
is
the
narration
that
relays
information,
and
sets
up
the
story
along
with
every
twist
and
turn
in
the
film.
There
are
a
few
memorable
scenes
where
we
get
to
see
the
cast
interact.
One
such
scene
is
at
the
beginning
when
the
group
members
become
friends
and
another
is
halfway
through,
as
their
group
falls
apart
due
to
rivalry.
The
Film's
Villain
Is
The
Corrupt
System
The
story
focuses
on
the
bigger
picture
which
was
the
idea
to
eradicate
two
main
gangs
of
Mumbai.
The
encounter
squad
does
not
have
a
personal
vengeance,
they
are
just
doing
their
job
out
of
loyalty.
"And
what's
wrong
if
one
gang
pays
you
a
bit
to
kill
the
other
gang
members.
In
the
end,
one
gangster
is
off
the
street?" asks
Shukla
when
he
is
accused
of
bribery.
Its
the
same
question
about
morality
that
the
film
plays
with.
From
training
at
the
academy
to
working
under
political
pressure,
Class
of
'83
questions
the
system
and
its
efficiency.
Class
of
'83
Is
Available
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Commentable
parts
of
the
film
include
Mario
Poljac's
cinematography
which
recreates
1980's
Bombay
effortlessly
without
any
hiccups.
Bobby
Deol's
acting
chops
are
also
responsible
for
keeping
the
audience
grounded.
He
certainly
knows
how
to
make
his
presence
felt
without
overpowering
his
co-actors.
Thanks
to
this,
the
film
also
presents
a
talented
cast
of
Hitesh
Malukani,
Sameer
Paranjpe,
Ninad
Mahajani,
Prithvik
Kamble,
and
Bhupendra
Jadawat.
Overall,
Class
of
'83
is
a
quick
overview
of
a
bigger
story
that
is
left
unexplored.