Daas Dev, starring Rahul Bhat, Richa Chadda, Aditi Rao Hydari, Saurabh Shukla, Vineet Kumar Singh and Dalip Tahil among others, has lofty ambition but not enough impact: the film lives in moments, but droops as a whole.

Daas Dev is meant to be a study of power and what happens to those who lust for it. It’s a solid idea lost in execution.

Daas Dev is more interested in telling us the story of power, than the story of ishq…

Nothing more than a brave attempt…

With all the bad cards played – backstabbing, lies and mudslinging – Daas Dev drags on to a predictable end. The shades of Mishra’s last great film Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi are evident in the climax but this film is no match.

While the film boasts of decent production values, overall it fails to engross you.