Aiyaary Review: This 'Aiyaary' of the makers did not suit audience!

Aiyaary means 'Treachery'. 'A Wednesday' director Neeraj Pandey helms this venture his shapeshifting has cost him a well-intentioned film named 'Aiyaary' and he, Siddharth Malhotra and a sub-plotted story are responsible for it.

How can a director after working with actors like Akshay Kumar, Rana Daggubatti, Taapsee Pannu resolve to work with Siddharth Malhotra as the lead protagonist? He is such an expressionless actor that he fails to justice to Major Jai Bakshi.The only plus point he has is that he looks like a soldier. He also 'Lae Dooba' his chemistry with Rakul Preet aka Sonia, who practically had no role in the movie. It was only Manoj Bajpayee, Kumud Mishra and Naseeruddin Shah out of the ensemble cast who pulled this movie. Seasoned actors like Adil Hussain, Anupam Kher, Pooja Chopra, Vikram Gokhale have merely reduced caricatures and have been wasted.

It is hard to believe that the same person who directed 'A Wednesday', 'Baby', 'Special 26', has directed this movie. A Very Well Intentioned Story is let down by subplots, certain unnecessary scenes, choppy editing and an overloud background score but manages to deliver its message due to an uplifting second half after a sluggish first half. The movie is unnecessarily long and stretched. The climax is impressive and manages to leave a mark in an otherwise average movie.

'Aiyaary' is a movie that delivers its message after a bumpy ride of 157 minutes. I am going with 2.5 stars for the movie. Had Neeraj Pandey substituted Siddharth Malhotra, 'Aiyaary' could've been saved from the problem it is!Another 0.5 stars to the movie for its amazing message! 3 stars in total! With God's grace the movie didn't clash with Padman/Padmaavat else it would have been thrashed badly but it won't make much of difference. Lifetime should wrap under 40-45 crores!

P.S. I've been liberal in rating it 3 stars! But 'Aiyaary' should only be watched for its message!

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