Brij Mohan Amar Rahe review: The Arjun Mathur starrer tries too hard to be different

At only 1 hour and 40 minutes, Brij Mohan Amar Rahe is not a long film, but 20 minutes into the movie, it starts feeling like a drag. You wonder whether the scriptwriter wrote the entire film in the vein of an anecdote because the movie does give you that impression. There is this constant nagging feeling at the back of your head while you are watching the movie, that the entire build-up of this film will have no pay-off, and you are proven right.

Yes, the play on the the dual identities of the primary character in the movie title is smart, and Arjun Mathur plays his part convincingly, so does the rest of the cast. Nidhi Singh is perfect as the bothersome and loud Punjabi wife who only cares for money and losing weight. Yogendra Tikku as the corrupt Judge Sinha is entertaining and ‘real.’

Brij Mohan Amar Rahe’s last 15 minutes is packed in neatly and you are curious about the end. The end should have been a surprise, but the impact is just not there. The film attempts to make a commentary on the vicious nexus of judiciary, politics and society, but it has nothing new to offer.

The main villain of this film is its screenplay that meddles with a number of themes and story arcs and leaves them hanging, tying them up only towards the end in the most haphazard fashion. After the watchable Love Per Square Foot and the delicious Lust Stories, director Nikhil Bhat’s Brij Mohan Amar Rahe is a disappointment. As the third original Netflix Indian film, the movie had raised some hopes and expectations in the hearts of film buffs, which it fails to live up to.