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Udta Teer had a genuinely clever idea. A spy loses his memory after an explosion and forgets which country he actually works for. Patriotic to his core but loyal to the wrong side, he starts dismantling his own terror network from within without realising it. On paper, that is a great comedy premise.

The problem is the film never fully commits to it.

The best moments come from the edges. Gulshan Grover having an entire conversation with the Chinese president in Chinese. The Pakistani PM waiting day after day just to get a meeting with his own general. Azhar Maqsood stuck in a tight spot muttering about needing Ozempic when he gets back to Pakistan.

And then there are the nepotism jokes, which land hardest precisely when Sara Ali Khan is on screen. The film seems to know exactly what it is doing there.

Ayushmann Khurrana in spy mode is a fresh look and he carries it well. But when your supporting cast is funnier than your central plot, something has gone wrong.

A film with this much wit in the margins deserved a stronger centre.

✍🏼: @neber_haque

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