PEN Studios and Yashi Studios’ Controll (UA) is the story of a military cadet who avenges the death of his brother-in-law.
Indian Military Academy cadet Abhimanyu (Thakur Anup Singh) is devastated when his sister’s husband, Dev (Siddharth Banerjee), commits suicide four months after their marriage. Probing the suicide, Abhimanyu learns that Dev, who was his friend before he became his brother-in-law, had taken a loan from a finance company on the basis of fake papers. After giving Dev the loan, the same finance company had defrauded him and withdrawn money from Dev’s account. It had then started mentally torturing him for repayment of the loan amount. Unable to repay the loan, Dev had ended his life. How Abhimanyu exposes the finance company and gets the main person, Spydro (Rohit Roy), killed by other victims forms the crux of the story.
The film is inspired by Tamil film Irumbu Thirai. The original story was written by P.S. Mithran. Since Dev had submitted fake papers, the audience’s sympathy doesn’t go to him. Safdar Abbas’ adapted screenplay is ordinary as it doesn’t really keep the audience too engaged. The drama moves on a predictable path and hence fails to involve the viewers. Mayur Puri’s dialogues are okay.
Thakur Anup Singh acts well in the role of Abhimanyu. Priya Anand is so-so in a brief role as Kashish. Rohit Roy is okay as Spydro alias Sisodia. Rajesh Sharma lends average support as Abhimanyu’s father. Siddharth Banerjee does an ordinary job as Dev. Palak Jaiswal makes an average mark as Abhimanyu’s sister, Bittu. Karan Singh Chhabra is adequate as Baljeet. Rudrashish Mazumdar is fair as Chander. Rohan Joshi is alright in the role of Manav. Ankur Nayyar (as D.J.), Sanjay Nath (as the minister), Yashpal Sharma (as ACP Tripathi) and Gajendra Pratap Dwivedi (as the MLA) pass muster.
Safdar Abbas’ direction is so-so. There’s nothing in his narration which is noteworthy. Bharat-Hitarth’s music is alright. Bharat Menaria’s lyrics are ordinary. Mannan Munjal’s background music is okay. Arun Prasad’s camerawork is average Siraj Khan and Manohar Verma’s action and stunt scenes are quite thrilling. Bunty Nagi’s editing leaves something to be desired.
On the whole, Controll is a flop show.
Released on 10-10-’25 at Metro Inox (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay by PEN Marudhar Cine Entertainment. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over. Opening was disastrous everywhere.
