TAG Productions and Saransh Films Production’s Azamgarh (A) is the story of Muslim terrorists. Aamir (Anuj Sharma) lives in Azamgarh with his mother (Amita Walia). He is a bright student and goes for further studies to Aligarh. Before his departure for Aligarh, the maulvi of Azamgarh, Ashraf Ali (Pankaj Tripathi), is arrested in connection with bomb blasts in Delhi. In Aligarh, Aamir is prodded on by Muslims to join Ashraf Ali’s gang, which he does.
Soon, Ashraf Ali (after getting bail), Aamir, Aadil (Susain Brar) and Kamil (Sudarshan Bhatt) go to the India-Pakistan border to attend a meeting of terrorists. What happens there? Is Aamir a hero or a terrorist?
Kamlesh K. Mishra has penned an extremely ordinary story and a matching screenplay. There is nothing novel or unique about the drama. The surprise twist comes in the end but it is so sudden and so abrupt that it doesn’t have the desired impact. Kamlesh K. Mishra’s dialogues are okay.
Anuj Sharma does an average job as Aamir. Pankaj Tripathi acts ably as maulvi Ashraf Ali. Amita Walia is fair in the role of Aamir’s mother. Susain Brar is adequate as Aadil. Sudarshan Bhatt is ordinary as Kamil. Adil Sheikh (as Headley), Vivek Jaitley (as Radhe), Ramji Bali (as police inspector) and Shrikant Varma (as Hafiz Saeed) lend routine support.
Kamlesh K. Mishra’s direction is below-average. While Bapi Bhattacharya’s music is routine, his background music is fairly alright. Pratap Somvanshi and Kamlesh K. Mishra’s lyrics are so-so. Mahendra Pradhan’s camerawork is okay. Biren Jyoti Mohanty’s editing is loose.
On the whole, Azamgarh is a flop show.
Released on 28-4-’23 on Mask TV.