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‘Indian Police Force’ Review: Why Rohit Shetty’s High Octane Drama Failed To Win Audience Hearts

The set design in 'The Indian Police Force' was so questionable that even the Delhi Police might take offense.

indian police force review
indian police force review
Movie name:Indian Police Force
Director:Rohit Shetty, Sushwanth Prakash
Movie Casts:Sidharth Malhotra, Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Vivek Oberoi

When Rohit Shetty announced his plan to expand his cop universe on OTT platforms after the success of blockbuster films like Singham, Simmba, and Sooryavanshi, it seemed that Shetty Sir would leverage the OTT space and present something that would surpass his powerful police-centric movies. With teasers, trailers, a star-studded cast, and a substantial budget, Rohit Shetty hinted at something big. However, the challenge lies in the fact that, whether before or after gathering such grandeur, Rohit Shetty has not deviated from his signature style of storytelling.

Upon watching this series, your first reaction might be, “What is this?”

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To make his web series ‘Indian Police Force’ impactful, Rohit Shetty changed the names and tried to depict scenes at locations like India Gate, North Block – South Block, and near the statue of Hanuman in Karol Bagh. The set design was so questionable that even the Delhi Police might take offense.

Story

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Talking about the story of the web series ‘Indian Police Force,’ there is a series of serial blasts in Delhi, and the entire star cast of Rohit Shetty makes a slow-motion entry dressed as Special Cell officers. After the blasts, the Special Cell arrives at Chandni Chowk in Delhi to apprehend the terrorists. Here, before launching an attack on the terrorists, the Special Cell wears specially designed jackets. However, as soon as the terrorists’ bullets penetrate their jackets, it becomes evident that the jackets are not bulletproof. Instead, the jackets were worn by the Special Cell members to make it easier for the terrorists to identify them. Anyway, after becoming the head of the special team, Vivek Oberoi captures the mastermind behind the blasts, but in the process, he takes a bullet to the chest because the terrorist was holding a child’s neck (without any weapons). Anyway, let’s leave all this aside… because if we start counting the mistakes, you might ask me to write 20 pages on just the seventh episode!

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The one who promoted this series the most, Vivek Oberoi, unfortunately meets his end in the second episode. Throughout the rest of the season, he is just remembered by his name. Shweta Tiwari tried her best to bring in emotions, but Rohit Shetty invested more in setting up the love story of the film’s villain, the mastermind terrorist Haider, played by Zarar. The terrorist series of the series is more romantic than hero of the series. He sings songs… and is nowhere to be seen, not even after the blasts.

Shetty spent a lot of time on why Haider became a terrorist, but it’s not clear why did he do that. Siddharth Malhotra who is playing the role of Kabir and spent one and a half episodes in teaching the terrorist that because of some Muslims, fingers are pointed at everyone. The rest of the time was spent in action, car chases, setting up the director’s  favorite shooting location, Goa.

In such cases, the police, Special Cell, and Anti-Terrorist Squad hardly put any effort into showing how they operate. They managed their work through a hotel lobby and a room with TV screens in the name of police headquarters. As for police hierarchy and research about their badges, well, don’t even think about it.

DCP Kabir Malik, played by Siddharth Malhotra during a conversation with Chief Shilpa Shetty, suggests giving him a title like Singham or Sooryavanshi in his biography. He also mentions hearing that the “Shettys like gold”.

The Indian Police Force has put in so much work on action and slow-motion scenes that if even 10 percent of that effort was invested in dialogues, characters, and the story, the result would be something truly spectacular within such a budget.

Rohit Shetty shattered Siddharth Malhotra’s dream of becoming like Singham and Sooryavanshi. While Shilpa got to do a lot of the action sequences, he made the Chief of Gujarat ATS stand behind the DCP. Making Joint CP Vikram, played by Vivek Oberoi, go through such heavy-duty sequences is simply unfair. First, he was shown holding a bomb to save a child, and then he took a bullet to the chest without a bulletproof jacket to save another child. Sharad Kelkar also found himself caught in the traps of this heavy-duty series. On the other hand, Nikitin Dheer showcased his physique well.

Prime Video may have spent money, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you should spend your time on these 7 episodes. The choice is yours.

HISTORY

Written By

Aniket Raj

Updated By

Aniket Raj


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