Aiyaary

Aiyaary means use of tricks to cheat or deceive someone.

Aiyaary is a movie on Government, defence deals, espionage and stuff which may not appear in the media. 

Colonel Abhay Singh (Manoj Bajpayee) leads a covert operation with a selected group of army  officers. Things go wrong when Major Jai Bakshi (Siddharth Malhotra) a member of  the select team becomes a rogue. He plans to sell the information to an arms dealer based in London. His mentor Colonel Abhay Singh an honest army officer is given 36 hours to track down his protege. On the other hand a Retired Lt. General Gurinder Singh (Kumud Mishra) approaches the Chief of Army Staff (Vikram Gokhale) to convince him to buy state of the art weapons at four times the price, with an assured kickback. Will the Army Chief sign the deal? Will Jay be successful in his intentions? Are there any more hidden secrets or will Colonel Abhay Singh finally track down his protege? What will be the next move of Gurinder Singh?  For this and more you will have to watch the movie. 

The movie like usual Neeraj Pandey movies is a gripping and taut thriller right  from the start till the end. The characters are slowly revealed as the movie progresses. The screenplay of the movie is very good. 

Of the performances Manoj Bajpayee gives a brilliant performance as Colonel Abhay Singh. Siddharth Malhotra also gives a good performance. Other actors who are good and leave a mark are Kumud Mishra, Naseeruddin Shah, Vikram Gokhale, Adil Hussain, Anupam Kher and Pooja Chopra. Rakul Preet Singh the lover of Siddharth looks promising and is also good.

The music of the movie is good especially the song Lae Dooba wonderfully sung by Sunidhi Chauhan which has good melody to it. 

Direction of Neeraj Pandey is superb as usually seen with his movies. There are no unnecessary scenes in the movie and the director does manage to keep the audience in grip and on the edge. 

Overall Aiyaary is a smart thriller which is a must watch and should not be missed. Another winner by Neeraj Pandey. 
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