must play something contrarian reviews ab tak chappan extremely notredflag mine notredflag slightly   equivalent c letter grade mebr br it seems lot praise rooted two factors one ab tak chappan realistic typical bollywood film two trying things differentlybr br the first point care less about im looking realism films score higher film shows story characters closer believe real world beim big fan surrealism fantasy absurdism on although dislike realist films merely fact theyre realistbr br for second point agree commendable try things differently however think originality versus formulaicism makes better worse film itself film original poor like film formulaic excellent matters well film whatever sets enjoyable aesthetically rewarding viewerbr br ab tak chappan based true story mumbai cop named daya naik naik encounter specialist encounter specialists could said early instantiations real world judge dredds trained operate like criminals gang members pursue theyre basically given license killeffectively acting policeman judge jury executioner matter moments ab tak chappan follows story sadhu agashe nana patekar encounter specialist based naik see work interacting fellow encounter specialists engaging violence see home trying live normal life lessthanluxurious surroundings see trying adjust new commissioner halfway film see odd relationship notorious indian gangster zameer zafar prasad purandharebr br all potential make fabulous gritty film agree nice forgo typical bollywood musical numbers romancesnot every film needs stuff ab tak chappan producer ram gopal varma famous leaving music romances background wayside many films hes directed produced additionally ab tak chappan good performancespatekar almost gives death wish era charles bronson vibe also admirable cinematographythe handheld stuff near beginning film particularly effective example great score mixes moody hollywoodsounding actioncrime score traditional indian instruments modalities violence well done grittybr br there also decent exploration subtexts including morality having encounter specialists idea following orders on encounter specialists shown largely divorce ideas right wrong poignantly film questions merit blindly following orders parallels drawn encounter specialists following orders and say members countrys military were shown corrupt situation lead tobr br but you knew but coming you director shimit amin scriptwriters created story far many characters far much sprawl moves bit slow problems may due amin crew looking godfather films ab tak chappan at least superficial resemblances to although policemans perspectivebr br most encounter specialists get know wellthese shallowly drawn characters say least except agashe jatin shukla nakul vaid one narayan know least halfway film name mentioned number times id get glimpses scene would change everyone would change clothes time appear id start figuring narayan wasbr br the thing happened agashes first commissioner film already far new commissioner could figure relationships seems like new characters every scene never learn stories them might artistic merit encounter specialists mostly killing people know anything because theyre mostly orders since learn much encounter specialists either difficult find characters care about exactly make gripping filmbr br the primary villain zameer halfway film theres indication this get much screen time villains parading film hes literally phoning performance inhes another location dubai communicating telephone majority film actually see zameer much extent film depends couple twists necessitate showing zameer number things could see things lot villains could left outbr br that would tightened film bit making focused halfhour shorter would benefited impact actionpacked film means least first  minutes so found admiring ab tak chappans considerable style saying okay get story already