The Diplomat Movie Review
on Mar 15, 2025
Cast: John Abraham, Sadia Khateeb, Kumud Mishra, Sharib Hashmi, Revathy, Ashwath Bhatt, Benjamin Gilani, Jagjeet Sandhu
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Written by Ritesh Shah
Cinematography by Dimo Popov
Music by Manan Bhardwaj, Anurag Saikia, Ishaan Chhabra
Editing by Kunal Walve
Directed by Shivam Nair
Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, John Abraham, Vipul D. Shah, Ashwin Varde, Rajesh Bahl, Samir Dixit, Jatish Varma, Rakesh Dang
John Abraham has been bringing intriguing tales with RAW agents and other tales based on true incidents in Indian History. His penchant to be part of such different films has met with good success but his recent films did not work well, except, his negative role in Pathaan. Now, he has come up with another riveting tale based on real incident, The Diplomat. Let's discuss about the film in detail.
Plot:
An Indian Diplomat, J.P. Singh (John Abraham), has to work against strong diplomatic laws to save an innocent girl, Uzma Ahmed (Sadia Khateeb), who claims to be an Indian citizen abducted to Pakistan. She claims that Tahir (Jagjeet Sandhu) brought her to Pakistan and is looking to sell her. J.P. Singh has to confirm her story and negotiate a huge bureaucratic red tape against strict laws to bring her back. Indian senior government advisor (Revathy) tries to help him in his mission. How could they bring Uzma to India? Watch the movie to know details.
Analysis:
The movie takes inspiration from real incidents and spins a good tale about Uzma Javed. The performances of John Abraham and Sadia Khateeb are arresting. They both look very believable and intensity in their eyes build on the tension. Revathy, Sharib Hashmi and Jagjeet Sandhu delivered very impressive performances in supporting roles. Especially, Jagjeet is terrific in the portions where he has to scare us with silences.
John Abraham, in a role that doesn't demand his physical strength but needs to showcase his mental abilities to negotiate is good., Sadia is also good in scenes that need her to be dramatic and explosive. Revathy is able to bring Sushma Swaraj based character, the necessary nuances without looking like a caricature. While the performances are really good, the film suffers in not being able to backstory to Uzma Ahmed and Tahir.
While Kumud Mishra and John Abraham scenes engage us, the connectivity of the characters come from Uzma Ahmed's tale rather than just the negotiations. While the narrative is compelling enough, the emotional punch that Madras Cafe, D-Day could deliver is lacking slightly in this one. It keeps us engaged in the proceedings, yet, it doesn't emotionally invest us at the level it needed to. The kind of tensions that India and Pakistan diplomacy was in during the movie time period is comprehensible but the story needed a little emotional angle to our Indian viewers.
It is devoid of any hyper jingoism and has sophisticated undertones about the politically severed relations but still it maintains dignity in showing the broad spectrum of issues in a crisp runtime. The story and narrative are gripping enough for us to give it a try. Technically, the movie is good and production values are also apt for the movie's premise.
In Conclusion:
The Diplomat works due to the performances and riveting premise but it lacks a bit on emotional side.
Rating: 2.5/5
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