When Hari met Saraswati, it was possibly the most ill-fated day of his life. That’s what we are led to believe in the early portions of Shaneil Deo’s Dacoit.
It’s because of Saraswati (Mrunal Thakur) that Hari (Adivi Sesh) is rotting in prison on charges of rape+murder. Hari is innocent of the first crime, actually sought to be perpetrated on his sister, but guilty of the second, of Saraswati’s brother. Betrayed by Saraswati’s testimony against him, Hari seethes behind bars, bulks up his body and plots revenge against his great love.
He breaks out of prison with the sole purpose of avenging himself, only to find Saraswati in a hot mess. She’s running around trying to fund an expensive heart transplant. Karuna Hospital, run by the corrupt Solomon (Prakash Raj), is giving her the run-around. She’s also married to Bhaskar (Vaibhav Tatwawadi), and has a daughter.
A heist is planned, so shoddily it flops, but it does draw the attention of the film’s best character, a spiritual-minded, sharp-witted police officer (Anurag Kashyap). A second heist ensues minutes later, followed by more events.
The film’s writers – Adivi Sesh and Shanil Deo – have decided to earn every bit of their screenwriting credit. Sesh and Deo are determined to...
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