Samrat & Co.

Trust me Samrat is no Sherlock Holmes, Feluda, Byomkesh Bakshi or Hercule Poirot. If you love to see Bollywood mystery films and have nothing else to watch this weekend, better get yourself a DVD of Bhool Bhulaiyaa and rewatch rather than going for this squanderous stinker.

Neither witty nor funny, Samrat & Co can be avoided.

If I had to rephrase a dialogue which would sum up this film, it would be; ''boring picture ek tuti pencil ki tarah hai; there is no point.''

Rajshri Banner should stick to what best they are known for - family dramas. Their effort to make the shift falls flat on its face. Best avoided.

Samrat & Co might be about an extraordinarily observational man's fight against crime but as far as cinema goes, this film is a crime against the genre.

After seeing this film you miss the Rajeev Khandelwal who debuted in the brilliantly made Aamir (2008). Better to watch the more thrilling CID on TV then suffer Samrat and his company.

You may laugh at the unintenational gaffes during the film but after the climax, you are afraid. STD says he'll be back with a sequel. When that happens, I will be watching the re-runs of Sherlock. I advice you to do the same.

The climax of the story has many missing links, which may disappoint the movie goers. Year's first detective film 'Samrat and Co.' is a half-baked attempt!

...lacks the thrill needed in a suspense drama and will, therefore, not be able to entertain the audience. Given its poor opening, it will go down in Bollywood history as a non-starter.

The movie feels a few decades old despite moments and ideas stolen from Guy Ritchie's anachronism-packed Sherlock Holmes films and the popular British series Sherlock.