Dishkiyaoon confounds on a very basic technical level. Baweja sincerely tries, but is undone by scrambled writing that relies more on colorcoding than action or entertainment.

Dishkiyaoon is more of a comeback vehicle for an actor than an earnest effort at making a good film.

As temperaments rise, shootouts become common and the body count increases, Dishkiyaoon becomes more cumbersome to watch. There is nothing “poetic”, as Lakwa likes to say, about the proceedings.

Harman Baweja struggles to create an impact in this drab and listless film. He only succeeds in announcing to the world what a chiseled body he’s got. Surely, you are not going to bite the bullet for Dishkiyaoon then.

Throughout the film Viki Kartoos keeps reiterating his mantra that being smart is enough for him in his field, only if the makers could stick to the story in a similar fashion we would’ve had a far better film than Diskiyaoon. A complete shot in the dark.

A gangster flick with a complement of dark, twisted characters and a plot burdened with an overload of twists, Dishkiyaoon is high on style but low on substance.

A weak story-line and amateurish direction, coupled with average performances, the film disappoints on many levels.
Watch it for the unintentionally hilarious dialogues in the first half.

There is enough suspense to keep you glued to your seat. But if it wasn’t for the usual dose of naach-gaana and the same old ‘mafia gimmicks’, this film could have been crisper. The first-half meanders aimlessly while the second half is fast paced.

Bollywood has two types of films: the intelligent ones and those clichéd “leave-brains-at-home” ones. Dishkiyaaon is a pathbreaker. For we life-loving people, it’s the “bring a noose to the theatre” variety. There are some well-shot action scenes and a plethora of clichés but the film largely entertains. Sadly, not in the way it intended to.

The least one expected was a new perspective. As a character in the films says –‘It is poetic’. Sadly the film is not. Avoid.
The convoluted second half makes sure the viewer is completely disconnected, with the finale twist being the only interesting aspect.

Dishkiyaoon has endless flaws. The drawback is the screenplay of the film. It is such a loose attempt that one wonders if it is career saving or career destroying film for Harman Baweja. Director Sanamjit Singh Talwar promoted ​​this film as an action film, but the action is completely missing. It seems like a bad week for movie buffs with all three big releases getting mixed opinion. But Dishkiyaoon is definitely not an option for you.

This is the kind of film where everyone refers to themselves in the third person (“Gujjar ne kaha kaali diary mein likh dey” : Gujjar being a bad guy and ‘kaali diary’ a black notepad, got it?), and wanders about biding time till the next meaningless shoot-out and killing.
Who writes this kind of tripe? Someone please shoot me in the head.

Please note, none of the mafia dons instill fear, nor do they endear. They just talk, shoot and then talk some more, lulling you into sleep. For an action thriller, the narrative pace is so languid, you can take your popcorn and pee break between the times when two bullets are fired.

The comic punches are too few and far between, plot twists make little sense and are saddled with glaring loopholes.

The film’s climax will take you by surprise. Which is not to say that it’s a well-made thriller.

It just means that you got so engrossed in trying to make sense of this haphazardly put-together story, you didn’t have much time to realise there’d be the big reveal at the end of it for you to apprehend.

…a dull fare and will, therefore, bomb at the box-office. It will entail heavy losses to all concerned.

The screenplay, written by the director himself, has no proper emotional hook anywhere to make audience feel interested in it. Instead, it just drags and boring audience to death. The film ends up another attempt in presenting a slick film, without substance.

Dishkiyaoon is a bad film. There are no second thoughts or views on that. Terrible acting and a horrible screenplay is crucially damaging to this movie. I was very close to giving it a zero but the last scene and Sunny Deol earn this one a lenient 0.5. Kindly refrain from this altogether and do your filmy mind a favor. This is injurious to film viewing experiences as a whole.

On the whole, DISHKIYAOON misses the mark!

What redeems this film is the eventful pace. There’s gang wars, drugs being smuggled from Iran and copious tears shed during heartbreak (yes, gangsters have hearts too).
Sadly, this viewer had reached a stage where she was beyond caring.

I doubt whether many will be as determined as us to watch the full movie. As we walk out of the theatre, we are left with an image of Harmen pointing a gun at himself, almost echoing the state of our mind.