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#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #InternationalFilmFestivalCircuit Film: #CodenameTiranga #ParagDesai #UniversalCommunicationsPR Cast: #ParineetiChopra #HarrdySandhu #SharadKelkar #RajitKapur #DibyenduBhattacharya Director: #RibhuDasgupta Runtime: 137 mins Rating: * *

A misguided attempt at pop-patriotism, this film follows a female RAW agent as she guiles, glides, jump kicks, shoots and fights her way through a mean bunch of terrorists, directly and indirectly responsible for the 2001 Parliament attack. This attempted action thriller loses it sting because of an unlikely and unviable romance between the female spy and a local Turkish Doctor. Spies going rogue and being found out – is a standard ploy and fails to garner interest. Then there are portly ageing spies still in the thick of things and that’s pure baloney if you ask me. While the action choreography is crusty, the story and narration seem a little out of sync with the overall purpose of creating a springboard for arousing patriotic fervor. The revenge based action finale feels like a video game sequence with a steadily incrementing body count and staccato gunfire sounds accompanying it. Parineeti Chopra is convincing as the action heroine but the romantic aspect feels rather forced. Harrdy Sandhu displays his sensitive credible side as Dr. Mirza Ali and Sharad Kelkar as Khalid Omar does the pure evil bit quite well – unfortunately his Marathi accent doesn’t allow for complete believability as a Turkish-Pakistani-Afghani terrorist. This film would have been a much better experience if the romance could have been truncated and had the finale action been a little more realistic!