D-Day Movie Reviews


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  • Martin D'Souza

    4.5

    Martin D'Souza | Glamsham

    All-in-all, D-DAY is a clear winner. A thriller worth every penny. This is the first time I would say, where art imitates life on screen. The first half is pure thrill with not a blemish.
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  • Taran Adarsh

    4.0

    Taran Adarsh | bollywoodhungama.com

    The Hindi film industry is indeed going through an exhilarating phase. A variety of movies and assorted stories are being attempted week after week. With a novel tale unfolding every week, a Hindi movie buff has a lot to look forward to. Who would've ever anticipated that the maker of poignant and stirring films like KAL HO NAA HO, SALAAM-E-ISHQ and PATIALA HOUSE -- underlining a strong emotional undercurrent in each of those films
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  • Subhash K. Jha

    4.0

    Subhash K. Jha | DNA India

    Fragrant pencils and the stench of blood... Irrfan's character identifies flavoured pencils with his undying love for his son even when his life is soaked in the blood of traitors and other modern-day heroes. Funny, how two entirely disparate experiences can co-exist in a work of art! And make no mistake, Nikhil Advani's sixth feature film is an acutely accomplished work of art. It's a thriller, yes. About the enforced extradition of a Dawood-like gangster
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  • Paloma Sharma

    4.0

    Paloma Sharma | rediff.com

    Director Nikhil Advani’s sixth venture, D-Day, is all quick, slick and risky. The film follows an unconventional story and stars an unconventional cast, including Huma Qureshi, Irrfan Khan, Arjun Rampal, Rishi Kapoor, Shruti Hassan and Akaash Dahiya, which works for it better than any star-studded ensemble could have. Co-produced by DAR Motion Pictures and Emmay Entertainment Private Limited, D-Day is more than just another film on just another Friday
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  • Shubha Shetty-Saha

    4.0

    Shubha Shetty-Saha | Mid-Day

    From the first scene, 'D-Day' takes you firmly into its grip and holds you tight. An interesting story of a dreaded terrorist (Iqbal Seth) who’s safely ensconced in Karachi, Pakistan, is desperately wanted by India. The RAW chief, Ashwani Rao (Nassar) plots a kidnap plan with the help of Wali Khan (Irrfan), a RAW agent based in Pakistan, Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal), an army man-turned-agent, and two other agents, Zoya Rehman
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  • Subhash K Jha

    4.0

    Subhash K Jha | DNA

    Nikhil Advani’s sixth feature film is an acutely accomplished work of art. It’s a thriller, yes. About the enforced extradition of a Dawood-like gangster. But what I came away with was a haunting love story between a mysterious Indian intelligence agent and a Pakistani sex worker, both wounded and scarred for life.
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  • Rummana Ahmed

    4.0

    Rummana Ahmed | Yahoo! India

    Nikhil Advani exhibits rare brilliance as he manages to sustain edge-of-the-seat suspense throughout. Watch it for an engaging story and engrossing performances.
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  • Gayatri Sankar

    4.0

    Gayatri Sankar | Zee News

    Directed by Nikhil Advani, ‘D-Day’ gives you an optimistic visual reference to what could indeed be achieved, should one put in all what is needed to get hold of that one man – who tops India’s most wanted list.
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  • Srijana Mitra Das

    3.5

    Srijana Mitra Das | Times of India

    Straight up, D-Day is explosive at three levels. The plot crackles. The acting sears. And the music flares with passion. Four Indian agents, angry and RAW, enter Pakistan to bring Iqbal Seth (Rishi Kapoor), a Dawood-like don, hated for his terrorism, home. Wali Khan (Irrfan) has married a local woman and fathered a child, but longs to find freedom from the truth and lies he lives. Irrfan amazes, switching from tender to treacherous in a flash, authentic
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  • Sarita Tanwar

    3.5

    Sarita Tanwar | DNA India

    D-Day takes you into a world you haven't been to before. While you have seen many thrillers with spies and raw agents, this one is different in that, it uses references to many real life instances (people and places). While the names of the characters have been changed, if you are intelligent enough, you will make the connection and enjoy the film so much more. In short, the film is about four protagonists, Arjun Rampal (Captain Rudra Pratap Singh)
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  • Srijana Mitra Das

    3.5

    Srijana Mitra Das | Times of India

    Straight up, D-Day is explosive at three levels. The plot crackles. The acting sears. And the music flares with passion. Catch it – this ‘D’ company denotes both debate and desh-prem.
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  • Sarita Tanwar

    3.5

    Sarita Tanwar | DNA

    Nikhil Advani makes a gripping, tense film on a tight budget and minus an A-List actor. And proves just how accomplished a director he is. He tells you a strong, coherent story that makes you wish was based on a true incident. I would go as far as saying this is a genre-creating film.
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  • Nabanita Maji

    3.5

    Nabanita Maji | OneIndia

    D-Day is a well-made thriller, with some outstanding performances. The film excels in portraying the dark reality of the underworld, with an impressive end.
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  • Siddhi Palande

    3.5

    Siddhi Palande | BookMyShow

    India’s most-wanted gangster ranks second in the list of world’s most-wanted criminals; although, it is not something to be proud of but......
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  • Rajeev Masand

    3.0

    Rajeev Masand | ibnlive.com

    Although the last photograph of him in public records dates back to over 20 years ago, Dawood Ibrahim remains an endlessly fascinating character, particularly for our filmmakers who never seem to run out of script ideas involving India's most wanted terrorist. Nikhil Advani's 'D-Day' is the latest, a promising action thriller constructed around the long-cherished dream of capturing Dawood, the principal accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts
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  • Pratim D. Gupta

    3.0

    Pratim D. Gupta | The Telegraph

    Aweek after Bhaag Milkha Bhaag turned back time to celebrate a national hero, Nikhil Advani cooks up a plot to catch a national villain. And while everyone in last Friday’s film had real names, this one shies away from such formalities. After all, you can’t ask Dawood Ibrahim to endorse a film about his capture and travel with the team for music launches and premieres! But then again, just because you don’t take his name doesn’t make Iqbal Seth
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  • Karan Anshuman

    3.0

    Karan Anshuman | Mumbai Mirror

    Following up on his exceptional Delhi Safari, Director Nikhil Advani continues to reinvent himself with D-Day, a well-crafted, violent drama balanced with an introspective mood that can loosely be indexed under historical fiction. Grabbing history by its horns and turning it on its head, Advani takes real facts concerning Dawood Ibrahim (codenamed Goldman here) and orchestrates a covert war between the secret service agencies of R&AW and ISI
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  • Gaurav Malani

    3.0

    Gaurav Malani | Indiatimes

    Nikhil Advani's D-Day can be tagged as India's own version of the Oscar nominated Zero Dark Thirty. To a decent extent, it's an engaging and entertaining experience. The bigger challenge for D-Day is the fact that it's a fiction, unlike the Hollywood flick which was reconstruction of a real manhunt. The idea still seems far-fetched in India subtext but the execution is made largely credible in cinematic context. D-Day details the planning and procedure
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  • Shalini Langer

    3.0

    Shalini Langer | Indian Express

    But for the fact that Advani can't resist ending his film with a salute to the supposedly restless, impatient and blood-thirsty new India, D-Day is a surprising package from a director known so far largely for harmless, fail-safe stories with big stars. Okay, so the plot is essentially about R&AW sending agents abroad to capture India's most-wanted terrorist -- a guy so obviously Dawood Ibrahim that they don't have to call him that, just allude
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  • Saibal Chatterjee

    3.0

    Saibal Chatterjee | NDTV Movies

    A mission impossible forms the crux of Nikhil Advani's D-Day. But the film's treatment of the story of derring-do, desperate measures and doom remains firmly within the realms of the possible. The director deserves full marks on that score. D-Day is as far removed in terms of spirit and substance from Advani's debut feature and biggest success, Kal Ho Naa Ho, as any film could ever be. At any rate, it represents a marked improvement on
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  • Suparna Sharma

    3.0

    Suparna Sharma | Deccan Chronicle

    Till Dawood Ibrahim dies of old age, or is claimed by one of his own, we’ll keep dreaming of catharsis. But director Nikhil Advani feels differently. He thinks that if Americans can extract revenge and experience catharsis via Operation Neptune Spear, Indians deserve to exhale as well. So what if the Indian government and its unintelligent intelligence officers only offer the most dreary script? A fictitious one can be scripted.
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  • Shalini Langer

    3.0

    Shalini Langer | Indian Express

    Parallels have been drawn with A Mighty Heart, even Zero Dark Thirty, but that’s only because all three films are set in what passes for Pakistan. However, D-Day’s imagining of Karachi is entirely Indian and far more intimate. Advani should take a bow, as for the most part, it works.
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  • Sarit Ray

    2.5

    Sarit Ray | Hindustan Times

    Any self-respecting Hindi film buff can rattle off names of half a dozen films on Dawood Ibrahim. D-Day is the latest. And it comes from unexpected quarters. Nikhil Advani is known for elaboraltely woven love stories (Kal Ho Na Ho, Salaam-E-Ishq). His only prior attempt at action (Chandni Chowk To China) was universally shot down. Yet, Advani shows command over the genre in D-Day. The action is slick, the settings credible and the cinematography
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  • India Today Online

    2.5

    India Today Online | India Today

    The dialogues of the film could have been sharper. And despite a thick canvas, the film loses the plot and pace in between. It’s a one-time watch, do not go with much expectations.
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  • Mayank Shekhar

    2.0

    Mayank Shekhar | TheW14

    Spies inhabit a shadowy world. They plot long-term moves, stay under cover for a living, and quietly run for their life when necessary, which is quite often. Any exposure equals death. Soon as their plot to abduct the don fails, these fellows just don’t know what to do or where to go. Neither does the film, sadly.
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  • Mohar Basu

    NR

    Mohar Basu | Koimoi

    D-Day Movie Review | Rating:4/5 stars | Watch or Not?: Nikhil Advani’s D-Day traces a labyrinthine story of Indi...
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  • Komal Nahta

    NR

    Komal Nahta | KomalsReview

    On the whole, D-Day is an enjoyable fare and one which inspires a feeling of patriotism in the viewers. But it is more for the evolved audience. Its showcasing in the multiplexes is bad and, coupled with its poor start and unexciting title, this will mar the film’s box-office prospects and potential. Of course, collections will pick up due to positive word of mouth but the dull start is bound to play the proverbial villain, in the final tally. The film will win critical acclaim and will be a strong contender in many categories at the awards. Its business will be more in the cinemas frequented by class audiences and in the big cities.
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  • Shilpa Jamkhandikar

    NR

    Shilpa Jamkhandikar | Reuters

    “D-Day” isn’t the perfect thriller and the ending degenerates quickly into being jingoistic and loud, what with the villain and hero spouting homilies about the “new India”. But despite its flaws, “D-Day” is a film that works.
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  • markpaul12

    4.0

    D-Day: Re-defining Patriotism in Indian Cinema

    markpaul12, 9 years ago
    Super hit movie. I loved everything about this movie.

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