Gumraah Movie Review: Engaging plot, twists and turns and good storytelling will keep you engrossed

Review: Gumraah is a compelling crime drama with ample twists, turns, suspense and drama. A remake of the 2019 Tamil film Thadam, Vardhan Ketkar’s directorial venture skillfully engages you right from the opening scene when a murder is committed to the end when the mystery unravels. The whodunnit becomes more intriguing since the investigating officer, Shivani Mathur (Mrunal Thakur), needs to figure out the real culprit from two doppelganger suspects, Arjun Saigal and Ronnie (Aditya Roy Kapur).

Writers Aseem Arora and Magizh Thirumeni’s screenplay and Ketkar’s taut direction ensure the story moves along quickly for most part, even when the narrative goes into flashbacks. It does lose some pace intermittently, in the first part mainly as the story builds up, but there are twists waiting to pick things up again. The evidence pointing towards both the guys equally, is well done. Despite being a straightforward story, the plot twists are engrossing, and the story becomes better with a refreshing backstory. The film is based on real-life incidents, which makes it more curious. Thus, even if the story seems a bit farfetched, the examples given in the end will convince you.

Ketan Sodha’s background score adds to the thrill, and the soundtrack has hummable tunes.

An engaging plot, twists and turns and good storytelling make Gumraah worth a visit to the theatre and the suspense will keep you intrigued until the end.