Story
Set
in
the
picturesque
hamlet
of
Sanawar,
Collar
Bomb
begins
with
a
typical
father-son
conversation
between
a
celebrated
cop
Manoj
Hesi
(Jimmy
Sheirgill)
and
Akshay
(Naman
Jain).
Their
smooth
car
ride
is
interrupted
by
an
ominous
event
which
reminds
Manoj
a
few
flashes
of
his
tumultuous
past.
Later,
the
duo
land
up
at
the
town's
top
school
St
George
for
Akshay's
admission.
The
boy
is
left
upset
when
he
discovers
that
his
admission
is
a
'thank
you'
from
this
school
for
his
father
solving
a
complicated
death
case
linked
to
one
of
their
missing
students.
Before
Manoj
and
his
son
can
have
a
proper
conversation
over
this,
a
suicide
bomber
with
a
collar
bomb
crashes
the
place
and
compels
Manoj
to
conduct
a
series
of
heinous
crimes,
in
order
to
save
the
lives
of
the
hostages
trapped
inside
the
school.
Eventually,
Manoj
realises
that
this
suicide
bomber
has
a
connection
to
one
of
his
'purana
paap'.
Will
the
super
cop
succeed
in
his
race
against
time
when
several
innocent
lives
are
at
stake
or
will
his
karma
catch
up
to
him?
The
rest
of
the
film
holds
an
answer
to
that.
Direction
Dnyanesh
Zoting
has
an
interesting
premise
in
his
hand.
Barring
a
few
glitches,
he
even
manages
to
keep
you
glued
to
the
screen
with
his
and
co-writer
Nikhil
Nair's
fast-paced
screenplay
which
has
enough
of
'bloody'
twists.
However,
the
film
starts
crumbling
when
your
eyes
fall
on
some
glaring
loopholes
and
you
smell
the
climax
from
afar.
From
thereon,
Collar
Bomb
loses
its
grip
over
you
and
when
the
timer
finally
reaches
its
last
minute,
the
boom
barely
makes
a
loud
noise.
Also,
the
red
herrings
during
the
countdown
lack
a
spark.
In
a
nutshell,
a
little
more
fine-tuning
of
the
screenplay
and
a
backstory
to
the
suicide
bomber
would
have
lent
some
interesting
layers
to
this
cop
thriller.
Performances
Jimmy
Sheirgill
as
the
glorified
cop
is
in
top
form.
Even
when
the
plot
wobbles
at
places
devoid
of
logic,
the
man
takes
the
centre
stage
and
keeps
you
invested
in
the
happenings
on
screen.
However,
one
wished
that
the
actor
had
got
some
well-written
dialogues
to
add
more
sheen
to
his
character
with
multiple
shades.
Asha
Negi
pulls
off
a
surprise
as
the
'dabangg' young
cop
with
a
no-nonsense
attitude.
Rajashri
Deshpande,
Naman
Jain
and
Sparsh
Shrivastava
deliver
what
the
plot
offers
them
in
the
film.
Technical
Aspects
Jitan
Harmeet
Singh
makes
efficient
use
of
his
camera
to
capture
the
beauty
of
Himachal
Pradesh
on
screen.
The
scenic
locales
of
the
hill
station
is
pleasing
to
the
eyes.
At
a
runtime
of
1
hour
and
49
minutes,
editors
Anurodh
and
Praful
Sawant
keep
the
film
taut.
Music
Thankfully,
director
Dnyanesh
Zoting
doesn't
fall
into
the
trap
of
adding
unnecessary
songs
to
his
film
in
order
to
grab
more
eyeballs.
As
a
result
of
this,
he
sticks
to
the
tone
of
the
movie
from
the
first
frame
till
the
last.
The
background
score
of
the
film
has
nothing
new
to
offer.
Verdict
In
Collar
Bomb,
one
of
the
characters
quip,
"Zindagi
sirf
ek
chain
hai,
ek
kadi..humare
liye
hua
faislon
se
bani
ek
kadi.
Har
zindagi
dusrein
kadiyon
ki
kadi
se
ulji
hoti
hai.
Apne
faisle
khud
lene
ka
hak
hum
sabke
paas
hai,
lekin
usse
kadi
se
jude
hue
akhri
insaan
ko
jhelna
padta
hai." Similarly,
director
Dnyanesh
Zoting
starts
a
thrilling
chain
of
events
in
his
film.
Unfortunately,
when
he
misfires
in
the
latter
half
of
this
thriller,
it
results
into
a
blast
that
falls
short
of
being
a
powerful
one!