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The name David ties together three different men (Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vikram, Vinay Virmani) in three different places and times.
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Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 03/21/2019
2/5
David coasts on a few startlingly sharp scenes and zippy musical interludes, but doesn't add up to the sum of its zanier parts. Go to Full Review
Simon Abrams Village Voice 02/05/2013
It's thrilling to watch Nambiar futz around with tone and style for the sake of establishing a thematic progression. Go to Full Review
Nicolas Rapold New York Times 02/04/2013
3/5
Complicated [and] entertainingly erratic ... Go to Full Review
Anna M.M. Vetticad annavetticadgoes2themovies 01/14/2023
2.75
David is based on potentially explosive material that proves to be a damp squib. Go to Full Review
Subha J Rao The Hindu 12/08/2017
This one flows by languidly, chronicling inner journeys. Go to Full Review
Saibal Chatterjee NDTV 12/08/2017
3/5
David has enough sinew to offset its share of flaws. Strongly recommended. Go to Full Review
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05/18/2013 After terrific, crazy & excellent Shaitan & Rush(MTV Series), I was expecting more from Bejoy Nambiar but sadly he disappoints in David which is just impressive in parts & nothing else. Instead of making 3 intertwined stories with pathetic editing, under developed characters & bleak connection between them; Nambiar could have just focused on Neil Nitin Mukesh's story & convert into one hell of cool retro gangster mafia war. It was only one relevant story of all the three. Though cinematography & music were great. See more 02/21/2013 Truck Loads of Background Music & Stylized Direction to the movie makes it more than worth a watch! This is my first movie of 2013. I had planned to stay away from those big releases like Race 2 after watching the trailers itself.Anyway, David is really high on style and personally, I loved that aspect of the movie. The background music gave a good flow to the movie. Out of those three stories, Neil's story was far more on the action and drama side. It was pretty intriguing too!Even though I watched the Hindi version, I'd heard a lot about Vikram. His acting was really good and his story line was more on the comical side. He acted really well as a drunk fisherman. Though, I feel his story angle was a little weak. May be it could've been written better. Over all, the story was decent but the performances and direction were brilliant.I loved the music too! Damadam mast kalandar was mixed nicely. Background music was awesome.All of them looked pretty apt for their characters and fitted very well in their shoes. A special mention would be Neil's dad(Iqbal Ghani) in the movie. What intensity in his acting! The guitar guy's acting was also decent. Personally, I didn't like the fact that the guitarist David turned into a father(church) in the end. I thought that was a little dumb.The movie might not be perfect and yes, it does have some flaws but the director is high on talent and gets creative stuff on the screen.This is a very different kind of a cinema, far far away from those 'typical' movies. Bejoy Nambiar has experimented really well. The story had a few weak holes but the best part of the movie was it's direction and performances. See more 02/12/2013 ................................ See more areeb m 02/10/2013 magnificent morality tale See more 02/08/2013 The connection of the three stories could have been better. Also, the editing portion, specially in the second half should have looked upon. But Nambiar's direction is superb which makes this movie worth a watch. See more 02/07/2013 Vikram's story was pretty pakau.. Rest was tolerable comparatively!!! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The name David ties together three different men (Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vikram, Vinay Virmani) in three different places and times.
Director
Bejoy Nambiar
Producer
Ram Mirchandani, Bejoy Nambiar, Mahesh Ramanathan, Priti Vinay Sinha, Sharada Trilok, Acharya Utpaal, Vikram Vinay Sinha
Screenwriter
Bejoy Nambiar, Natasha Sahgal, Bejoy Nambiar
Distributor
Reliance Entertainment
Production Co
Reel Life Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., Reliance Entertainment, Rampage Motion Pictures, Gataway Films
Genre
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Tamil
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 1, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 58m
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