Laal Rang has a shade grey and is much more high voltage than an ordinary thriller. Nobody could have played it better than Hooda. It’s his film.

Randeep Hooda gets into the skin of the nitty gritty of the character and holds the entire film on his own shoulder.

A small film whose impact is enhanced manifold by Randeep Hooda’s presence, Laal Rang also has other bright spots. But cottoning on to them might call for patience.

Spare some, and you might just find Laal Rang worth your while.

While the central plot offers much promise, the film in itself stretches it too far and tends to get slow, meandering and repetitive at many points. What could work against the film is also the heavy Haryanvi lingo-peppered dialogues, which could be really difficult to decipher for the audience that doesn’t belong to the Northern belt.

Once in while you tend to overlook the glaring aberrations in a story that is so well-intended that it makes you wonder:  why didn’t someone make this film before?

…you need to be patient with this film as it tends to inject unwanted romantic twists and drama into a film that could have been gripping even without those crutches.