Garv

A Clichéd Take On The 1970s Potboiler

Like the rest of the crew, dialogue writer Anirudh Dhodapkar knows how to fall blissfully into the claptrap.

Every component of "Garv" is designed to get the masses into a foam-and-fume-filled frenzy. Every sequence in debutant director Puneet Issar's film ends with a double exclamation mark.

Every massy filmmaker from Prakash Mehra to Iqbal Durrani gets close to the people's pulse by tapping the basest instincts in the audience. Issar gets down to basics double quick. "Garv" doesn't waste time…