'Bazaar' review: Far from an Indian version of 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'

Director Gauravv K Chawla's "Bazaar" is a film with the cut-throat stock market, as the backdrop.

Rizwan Ahmed (Rohan Mehra) is an educated, bright boy from Allahabad who has lofty dreams and wants to make it big. Against his middle class father's will who attaches more importance to loyalty, Rizwan moves to Mumbai to try his luck and fulfil his ambitions.

He idolises, Shakun Kothari (Saif Ali Khan), a small town boy from Surat, who has become the wolf of the stock trading market and is known for his business acumen and understands "only maths".

How Rizwan makes his presence felt in the city of Mumbai, owing to his "emotional understanding" of the market, learns bitter lessons and bounces back, forms the crux of this film.

The narrative is lazily crafted. It follows a first-person account, where the protagonist, Rizwan recounts his life -- his trials and tribulations in Mumbai. A short-cut approach, this route tends to be a bit tedious and jarring for the viewers, as it breaks the flow of the narration and the seriousness of the craft. Read Complete Article

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