India’s Most Wanted has the relatively novel backdrop of Nepal, where the terrorist is meant to be hiding out. New scenery usually means instant freshness. But the overall result is more a placid seen-it-before run-around than the edge-of-the-seat nail biter that it promises to be.

Arjun Kapoor plays it subtle in a well-meaning thriller too restrained to be memorable. The idea at its heart is good but there’s little that leaves an impact.

It’s unbearable, this dullness. You’ll find more action in a grocery shop’s CCTV footage than in all of India’s Most Wanted. 

The problem with India’s Most Wanted is also its twist. Anyone who has been to Nepal and the places where the film takes you, can already sense there’s something amiss. The landmark referred to in one of the film’s crucial scenes is a giveaway. So when the twist actually arrives, it is a little too late.

India’s Most Wanted is good in parts but those parts are very few. It’s a very weak project if you go by the standard of Raj Kumar Gupta; his weakest after Ghanchakkar. Skip it and watch whenever it airs on television or digital space.

India’s Most Wanted is kinda fast-paced, a rudimentary thriller with background score guiding your every move, but two hours plus runtime simply appears an hour too long.

The makers of India’s Most Wanted had a compelling subject with them. Unfortunately Raj Kumar Gupta’s direction and writing fails to do justice to it and leaves you dry and disappointed instead.