‘Indian Police Force’ review: Terrorism-themed thriller has nothing new to offer
Rohit Shetty’s Prime Video series stars Sidharth Malhotra, Shilpa Shetty and Vivek Anand Oberoi.
Rohit Shetty makes his web series debut with a show not terribly different from any of his previous cop movies, in which daredevil law enforcement officials race against time to nab nasty Islamist terrorists. From bomb blasts to action sequences, sentimental family moments to songs, Indian Police Force feels every inch like a heavily padded Shetty film.
The Prime Video series has been directed by Shetty and Sushwanth Prakash and written by Sandeep Saket and Anusha Nandkumar. The yawn-inducing plot revolves around two members of a Delhi Police special unit who team up with a Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad member to track down an Indian Mujahideen terrorist behind a series of bomb blasts.
Kabir (Sidharth Malhotra) and Vikram (Vivek Anand Oberoi) are in hot pursuit of Zarar (Mayyank Taandan), who is posing as an ittar seller to his wife Nafeesa (Vaidehi Parushmani). Zarar’s boss Rafeeq (Rituraj Singh) is holed up in Iran, from where he keeps promising earthly rewards to Zarar. Back in Delhi – which despite location shooting feels and sounds suspiciously like Mumbai – Kabir and Vikram chase the clues that they hope will lead them to Zarar.
There is some trumped-up tension in the form of intra-department rivalry after Tara (Shilpa Shetty) arrives on...
