ED Entertainment and Mangalmurti Films’ Spy (dubbed from the Telugu film of the same name; UA) is the story of spies.
Jay (Nikhil Siddharth) is a RAW agent who is assigned the task of tracking and arresting terrorist Khadir Khan (Nitin Mehta). It soon emerges that Jay’s brother, RAW agent Subhash (Aryan Rajesh), had, a few years ago, killed Khadir Khan. Subhash himself had been murdered thereafter. As the drama progresses, it emerges that Abdul Rehman (Jisshu Sengupta), and not Khadir Khan, is the mastermind terrorist. How Jay brings Abdul Rehman to book forms the crux of the drama.
K. Rajashekhar Reddy’s story is routine as there’s no attempt to offer anything novel. Anirudh Krishnamurthy’s screenplay treads the beaten path. As one has seen many secret service agent films in the past, the lack of novelty in this one gets underlined. Gopal Ram’s dialogues, limited as they are by the hackneyed drama, are okay.
Nikhil Siddharth does a fine job as Jay. Iswarya Menon is okay as Vaishnavi. In the role of Kamal, Abhinav Gomatam’s comedy is entertaining. Makarand Deshpande lends fair support as Shastri. Nitin Mehta makes his mark as Khadir Khan. Jisshu Sengupta acts ably as Abdul Rehman. Ravi Varma has his moments as Kuldeep. Sanya Thakur is alright as Saraswati. Prisha Singh (as Abdul Rehman’s daughter), Aryan Rajesh (as Subhash), Sachin Khedekar and Rana Daggubati (as Arjun) provide the necessary support.
Garry BH’s direction is ordinary. His editing is loose. Music (Sricharan Pakala and Vishal Chandrashekhar) is routine. Cinematography (Vamsi Patchipulusu and Mark David) is alright. Ravi Anthony’s production designing and Arjun Surisetty’s art direction are of a fine standard. Dubbing is proper.
On the whole, Spy is a dull fare.
Released on 29-6-’23 at Gem (daily 2 shows) and other cinemas of Bombay thru White Lion Entertainment. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over. Opening was not up to the mark, considering that it is a holiday (Eid) today.