Wazir
Seen it?2016 | 103 min | Thriller, Action, Crime
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (56% on Rotten Tomatoes) and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Tailor-made for people who like their stories with a little danger and people who enjoy a knot in their stomach. Best watched without your phone in hand.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 43 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It's in Hindi, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Not ideal if you just want to unwind.
'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
56% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
Our audience score: 57%
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$12 million worldwide on a $5 million budget; interest faded quickly after launch
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 73K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Bejoy Nambiar
- Amitabh BachchanPandit Omkarnath Dhar
- Farhan AkhtarDaanish Ali
- Aditi Rao HydariRuhana Ali
- John AbrahamS.P.
- Neil Nitin MukeshWazir
- Manav KaulYazaad Qureshi
- Prakash BelawadiDCP
- Murali SharmaMahesh
- Nishigandha WadRuhaana's Mother
- Avtar GillG.B. Singh