Mrs Undercover movie review: Radhika Apte starrer has neither laughs nor thrills

He has much in common with Durga’s husband (Saheb Chattopadhyay) who can’t think of her doing anything on her own. Now that’s an idea: whether it is men who can’t abide the idea of women having a life of their own, or a killer who goes about snuffing such lives, both are cut from the same cloth.

For reasons that remain unexplained, the local cops are clueless, allowing a ‘special task force’ headed by a jovial type (Rajesh Sharma) and his colleagues to wade in, and the scene is set for a comic thriller.

Except the way it unspools, there are neither laughs nor thrills in this raising-the-gong-for-feminism ‘Mrs Undercover’. Laboni Sarkar, as Durga’s supportive ma-in-law, is about the only one who rises above the harebrained script. The rest–including the singularly single-toned Radhika Apte, the usually reliable Sumeet Vyas, and the excellent Rajesh Sharma– flounder.

Mrs Undercover movie cast: Radhika Apte, Sumeet Vyas, Rajesh Sharma, Laboni Sarkar, Saheb Chattopadhyay
Mrs Undercover movie director: Anushree Mehta
Mrs Undercover movie rating: One and a half stars.