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'Dobaaraa' , also stylized as '2:12', is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language mystery drama film directed by Anurag Kashyap. The film stars Taapsee Pannu and Pavail Gulati.

'Dobaaraa' is an official remake of the 2018 Spanish film 'Mirage'. It opened the London Indian Film Festival 2022 and was theatrically released on 19 August 2022 and opened to generally positive reviews from critics. The film was a box office bomb.

Plot



A woman gets an opportunity to save the life of a 12-year old boy, who witnessed a death during a thunderstorm that happened 25 years ago, by getting connected through the television set during a similar storm in the present.

Cast



* Taapsee Pannu as Antara Awasthi

* Pavail Gulati as Inspector Anay Anand

* Nassar as Dr. Sethupathi

* Rahul Bhat as Vikas Awasthi

* Himanshi Choudhry as Sheela

* Saswata Chatterjee as Raja Ghosh

* Sukant Goel as Abhishek

* Medini Kelamane as Rujuta

* Nidhi Singh as Bhavna

* Myra Rajpal as Avanti

* Arrian Sawant as Anay

* Shaurya Duggal as Young Abhishek

* Vidushi Mehta as Shikha Vats

Soundtrack



The music of the film is composed by Gaurav Chatterji and Shor Police. Lyrics are written by Hussain Haidry. The background score is composed by Shor Police.

Reception



Critical response

'Dobaaraa' received positive reviews from critics with praise for Pannu's performance and direction by Kashyap.

Rohit Vats of 'DNA India' rated the film 5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' is fast, dark, exciting, disruptive and has a multi-layered storytelling". Rohit Bhatnagar of 'The Free Press Journal' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "Taapsee is a good performer but her monotony kills the mood, however, the plot is so interesting that you hardly get time to distract yourself". Amandeep Narang of 'ABP News' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "For a film like 'Dobaaraa', you have to have a kind of mathematical exactitude on how to cut between timelines, set a standard pace, keep the plot relatable, interlace the story with music, and Anurag Kashyap manages to do exactly that". A critic for 'Outlook India' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' is an edge-of-the-seat, brainy remake, worth watching once". Rachana Dubey of 'The Times of India' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' is an engaging thriller which is worth your time. This one needs all your attention, so go dive in". Zinia Bandyopadhyay of 'News 18' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' is a mad and whacky tale and is edge-of-the seat as a thriller. The film keeps you hooked, and thoroughly engaged, even with the constant back and forth in time".

Grace Cyril of 'India Today' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' is the kind of film that will have the audience putting together a jigsaw puzzle as they leave the theatres. And when theyve done so, theyll realise that Dobaaraa is just another level". Pratikshya Mishra of 'The Quint' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' delves into questions of consequences and the time-space continuum and through Taapsee Pannus extremely believable performance as the frazzled, yet determined, woman on a mission, the film remains gripping and entertaining". Namrata Thakker of 'Rediff' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' may seem confusing if you aren't exposed to the time travel genre, but Anurag Kashyap's film makes it the right time to get acquainted with the genre". 'IANS' of rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Kashyap is able to both narrate a stellar story and flesh out his characters within two hours and 12 minutes".

Saibal Chatterjee of 'NDTV' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Director Anurag Kashyap gets much of it right even when the going isn't entirely smooth". Deepa Gahlot of 'Scroll.in' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' has a brisk pace, enough to guard against nit-picking. Kashyaps version is actually more interesting and emotionally engaging than Mirage". Anna M. M. Vetticad of 'Firstpost' rated the firm 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' is moderately thrilling and in parts genuinely frightening, but lacks the rootedness and heft that has come to be associated with Anurag-ness". A critic for 'Pinkvilla' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' lags behind on the chills and thrills that one expects of a time travel-based thriller and misses out on creating the edge-of-the-seat atmosphere".

Shubhra Gupta of 'The Indian Express' rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Dobaaraa' comes off too choppy and muddled. Its hard to keep track of the many things happening in the time zones the movie slips in and out of". Monika Rawal Kukreja of 'The Hindustan Times' stated "'Dobaaraa' has a lot that's unsaid and needs to be understood and that's where the complicated and complex plot works". Anuj Kumar of 'The Hindu' stated "While Taapsee is at the top of her game, Anurag skillfully executes a more perceptive draft of the original Spanish mystery drama".

Internet Movie Database IMDb has given a very low rating of 2.8/10 to the movie.

Box office

On it's opening day the film collected only crore at the domestic box office.

the film collected crore at the domestic box office.

References




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