Dhokha: Round D Corner

Dhokha: Round D Corner

Flop / DisasterFeature film soundtrack
Director
Kookie Gulati
Studio
T-Series Films
Release Date
22 September 2022
Running Time
112 min
Language
Hindi
Country
India
Budget
₹15.00 Cr
Box Office
₹3.74 Cr

Cast

Review

2.5/10Critic Score

Rajkummar Rao and Khushalii Kumar carry this film on their shoulders with earnest, committed performances that deserve far better material. Their chemistry and emotional depth are genuinely compelling—you can see the actors giving their all to make you believe in their characters' desperation and deception. It's a tragedy that such talent is wasted on a script that fails to deliver on the promise of a gripping thriller. The performances alone become the film's saving grace, a reminder of what could have been.

The fundamental problem with *Dhokha: Round D Corner* is that it doesn't know what it wants to be. The tension that should grip you by the throat never materializes; instead, the narrative stumbles awkwardly between genuine suspense and unintentional comedy, leaving you confused rather than captivated. The climax shows a glimmer of what the film could have achieved had the buildup been stronger and the storytelling tighter. For those who live and breathe suspense thrillers, this will feel like a letdown—a clever title that becomes ironic commentary on the audience's experience rather than the plot's twist.

What ultimately defines this film is disappointment masquerading as entertainment. It asks audiences to invest in a premise that crumbles under scrutiny, offering only scattered moments of intrigue before collapsing into mediocrity. The actors' efforts remind us why we fell in love with cinema, but they cannot save a ship that was destined to sink from the screenplay

— Priya Sharma, Bollyhits ↗

Storyline

So picture this—there's this married couple, right? Saanchi and Yathaarth, and honestly, their relationship is basically hanging by a thread. She's pushing him to call up the divorce lawyer, he's miserable, and she's already making plans to pack up and move to London. Classic marriage gone wrong situation, you know?

Then one day everything goes absolutely mental. Yathaarth hears on the news that some dangerous guy has broken into *their* apartment while Saanchi's home alone. He freaks out, rushes over, and boom—the police are already there trying to handle this hostage situation. The media's outside making it into this whole circus, and Yathaarth tells the cop in charge that Saanchi's been dealing with some mental health stuff. He's worried she might actually become more unpredictable than the guy holding her hostage if she doesn't take her meds properly.

But here's where it gets proper twisted—inside the apartment, Saanchi's playing this whole different game. She's telling the guy that Yathaarth's actually trying to poison her with fake medicine to control her, and she hints at some sketchy business between her husband and her psychiatrist. The tension just keeps building from there, and you genuinely don't know who to trust or what's actually real anymore. It's absolutely gripping!

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