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Rustom

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A naval officer (Akshay Kumar) goes on trial for the murder of his wife's lover.

Critics Reviews

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Anil Sinanan Time Out 10/21/2017
2/5
Kumar is in serious mode and brings a certain dignity to his one-dimensional character. Frustratingly, an unconvincing subplot is concocted in order to justify Cynthia's cheating. Go to Full Review
Anupama Chopra Hindustan Times 01/04/2017
2/5
Director Tinu Suresh Desai's take on this landmark crime is flat and uninspired. Go to Full Review
Mike McCahill Guardian 08/15/2016
3/5
Screaming excess threatens to stifle the emotion and tragedy; Kumar has only to hit the same note of dogged honour and wait for the storm to pass. As an exercise in medium-high style, however, it retains the attention. Go to Full Review
Saibal Chatterjee NDTV 07/24/2020
The reenactment of the Nanavati murder case sees Akshay draw a convincing, if somewhat predictably airbrushed, portrait of a naval officer who killed a man with whom his wife was having an affair. Go to Full Review
Renuka Vyavahare The Times of India 03/28/2018
4/5
Tinu Suresh Desai infuses ample melodrama and ups the intrigue. Ileana D'Cruz is perfectly cast and does complete justice to her role. Arjan Bajwa is decent as well. Go to Full Review
Rachit Gupta Filmfare 10/30/2017
3/5
Rustom is not a 100 per cent authentic, it's not the most intelligible film either, but within the confines of a commercial movie, it does offer a compelling argument. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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06/09/2022 He's been doing many roles that require uniforms and he usually does well in them. But didn't find anything too fresh in this one. Still a decent watch. See more arun s 01/30/2021 Enjoyed this film a lot.. Akshay Kumar rocked as Rustom Pavri. It is not a true interpretation I understand but as a film it was both a enjoyable and shocking entertainer . See more 01/21/2018 I enjoyed the movie, loved the acting, the 50's setting and the main plot basis, it did go overboard on some plot premises but that's to be expected of filmmakers. On further research I found it to be a fictionalized account of real events!!! In fact, the parts I had found interesting and entertaining were based on real events, the parts I found to be loose ends of the story and going overboard were made up by the filmmakers. Just shows when the real story is sensational by itself they didn't have to add further masala to it. Trivia: This is the case due to which Jury System was abolished in India. See more 01/21/2017 Last Night I watched this with my wife and mum and it was the first Bollywood flick i had seen in awhile. The story revolved around a decorated naval officer that comes back home only to find that his wife is cheating on him with a friend and he loses it and kills the guy and then hands himself into the cops and then the story is about the court case on what happens to him. For me it was kinda boring cause I fell asleep when the court case started and was in and out of consciousness I saw that the story would progress and he would not get any assistance and he represents himself. I found it to be boring and the songs could have been better. This is available on Netflix to see but i feel their are much better choices. See more 10/18/2016 A cliched courtroom drama that fails to convince whether it wants to be a crime thriller or a self induced patriotic themed drama. Ultimately it turns out to be both but in a preposterous fashion. The court room scenes are really dull with the arguments being mostly silly as well as old school. Akshay kumar is consistent till the very end and the rest of the cast are complete waste of time. Most of the set decoration is pretty decent and valid except for few things which I am pretty sure were not invented till 1990s . Overall What could have been a exceptional thriller goes pretty wasted. See more 10/10/2016 A Good Movie that could have been great if stuck to the true story and show both sides instead of making one side a Hero and the other a villian. Excellent performance by Akshay Kumar See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A naval officer (Akshay Kumar) goes on trial for the murder of his wife's lover.
Director
Dharmendra Suresh Desai
Producer
Aruna Bhatia, Nitin Keni, Akash Chawla, Virender Arora, Ishwar Kapoor, Shital Bhatia, Deepanshu Mishra, Prerna Arora, Arjun N. Kapoor
Screenwriter
Vipul K. Rawal
Production Co
Zee Studios, Cape of Good Films, Plan C Studios, KriArj Entertainment
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.5M
Runtime
2h 28m