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Missing Hindi Movie Details:

Directed by: Mukul Abhyankar

Produced by: Shital Bhatia

Shabana Raza Bajpayee

Vikram Malhotra

Shri Adhikari Brothers

Anand Pandit

Roopa Pandit

Written by: Mukul Abhyankar

Music by: M. M. Kreem

Cinematography: Sudeep Chatterjee

Edited by: Shree Narayan Singh

Production company: Shri Adhikari Brothers

Anand Pandit Motion Pictures

Manoj Bajpayee Productions Pvt. Ltd.

Friday Filmworks

Distributed by: Abundantia Entertainment

Neeraj Pandey (Friday Filmworks)

Release date 6 April 2018

Country: India

Language: Hindi

Movie Rating:2/5

Story:

Mr and Mrs Dubey, Sushant (Manoj Bajpayee) and Aparna (Tabu) check in to a swanky resort in Mauritius with their daughter Titli. Their girl goes missing from their suite and the desperate parents seek the help of the celebrated Mauritius police officer Buddhu (Annu Kapoor).

Missing Movie Review:

The road to hell is paved with good intentions they say. That’s exactly how Missing turns out. This mystery movie has an interesting premise that fails to create the right impact. A small girl goes missing in the dead of the night, but the parents of this little girl run around in the exotic locales of a Mauritius resort like headless chickens. In all fairness, you don’t expect shocked parents to be composed in their behaviour, but the way things play out in Missing, pushes the idea of suspension of disbelief, way beyond its limits. This hotchpotch screenplay is full of formulaic movie tropes. The execution is so amateur and the performances so absurd that the film becomes unintentionally funny.

One of the biggest problems with the film is the fact that it’s based in a Mauritian location that looks like the perfect honeymoon resort. It’s the last place you’d expect to find terror. And yet, Manoj Bajpayee’s Sushant and Tabu’s Aparna are presented in these exotic locales in picture perfect frames. Sunny beaches and fancy gardens aren’t the places where you can see yourself pulsating with fear or intrigue. The inconsistent performances of Manoj Bajpayee and Annu Kapoor don’t help the prospects of the film either. You don’t need an eye for detail to notice that Bajpayee’s attempts at being flirtatious isn’t convincing. He just seems hopelessly out of place. He does redeem himself during the latter parts of the film, but it’s a classic case of being a little too late. Annu Kapoor as the Indo-Mauritian version of Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot, is laughable. Even worse are his pronunciations of ‘merci’ and ‘s’il vous plaît’. It doesn’t help that his surname is Buddhu. Tabu’s performance, though inconsistent, is the only redeeming feature of this drab drama.

As the film moves on, the situations, the characters and the plot become more obnoxious. The suspense around the missing girl wears thin, with every passing scene. By the time the climax arrives, unravelling the mystery doesn’t matter anymore. Writer-director Mukul Abhyankar’s debut film is a half-baked thriller. With all it’s complexity he had a strong story at hand, but his vision and technique as a director doesn’t supplement his creative abilities. The background score of the film is a tad bit loud while the editing is lacklustre.

What good is a thriller that’s not thrilling? It gets worse when you start laughing at a mystery movie. Any and all prospect of this film is lost in the midst of shoddy filmmaking.

Plot:

Couple Sushant and Aparna Dubey (Manoj Bajpayee and Tabu) check in to a beach resort in Mauritius with their daughter Titli, to spend holidays. One night, while they are busy making love in the other room, their daughter gets kidnapped. The Mauritius Police Official (Annu Kapoor) investigates this case of abduction. The cop is convinced enough that there’s something fishy about how Mr. Dubey reacts, as reaction of the mother was obvious, but there is something suspicious about the father’s behaviour. Nothing is what it seems, there may be a third brain involved. Moreover, Mr. Dubey is having some kind of a fling with another young woman who is present at the resort. He leaves his hotel room during the wee hours of the night to meet his lover. Police suspect that Mr. & Mrs. Dubey's bad marriage is probably the cause why one of them might have abducted or killed their daughter.

Promotion:

Film's release date was kept a secret as long as possible to reduce media interaction as the film makers feared plot revelations. The trailer was released by John Abraham.