once again i must play something of the contrarian . most of the review for ab tak chappan have be extremely positive . mine be positive and but only slightly . a positive be equivalent to a c letter grade from me . it seem that a lot of the praise be root in two factor represent one and that ab tak chappan be more realistic than the typical bollywood film and and two and that it be try to do thing differently . the first point i couldn not care less about . i be not look for realism in film and and so i do not score high for a film that show a story and character closer to how i believe the real world to be i be a big fan of surrealism and fantasy and absurdism and and so on and although i do not dislike realist film merely for the fact that theyre realist . for the second point and i agree that it be commendable to try to do thing differently . however and i do not think originality versus formulaicism make for a good or bad film in itself . a film can be original and poor and just like a film can be formulaic and excellent . what matter be how well the film do whatever it set out to do and how enjoyable or aesthetically reward that be to the viewer . ab tak chappan be base on the true story of a mumbai cop name daya naik . naik be an encounter specialist . encounter specialist and who could be say to be early instantiation of real world judge dredds and be train to operate like the criminal and gang member they pursue and and theyre basically give a license to kill effectively act a policeman and judge and jury and executioner in a matter of moment . ab tak chappan follow the story of sadhu agashe ( nana patekar ) and the encounter specialist base on naik . we see him at work and interact with his fellow encounter specialist and engage in violence . we see him at home and try to live a normal life in his less than luxurious surroundings . we see him try to adjust to a new commissioner halfway through the film . and we see his odd relationship with a notorious indian gangster and don zameer zafar ( prasad purandhare ) . all of this have the potential to make a fabulous and gritty film . i agree that it nice to forgo the typical bollywood musical number and romance not every film need that stuff while ab tak chappan producer ram gopal varma be famous for leave music and romance in the background or by the wayside in many film that he direct or produce . additionally and ab tak chappan have some good performance patekar almost give off a death wish ( 1974 ) era charles bronson vibe . it also have admirable cinematography the hand hold stuff near the beginning of the film be particularly effective and for example . it have a great score that mix more of a moody hollywood sound action or crime score with traditional indian instrument and modality . the violence be well do and gritty . there be also decent exploration of subtexts and include the morality of ( have ) encounter specialist and the idea of follow order and and so on . the encounter specialist be show have to largely divorce themselves from idea of right and wrong . more poignantly and the film question the merit of blindly follow order . parallel be draw between the encounter specialist follow order and and say and member of a country military and and be show what a corrupt situation this can lead to . but ( you just know there be a but come and do not you . ) director shimit amin and his scriptwriter have create a story with far too many character and far too much sprawl and and that move a bit too slow . all of these problem may be due to amin and crew look at the godfather film and which ab tak chappan have some ( at least superficial ) resemblance to and although from a policeman perspective . most of the encounter specialist we do not get to know very well these be shallowly draw character to say the least and except for agashe and jatin shukla ( nakul vaid ) . for one and narayan and i do not know who he be until at least halfway through the film . his name be mention a number of time and but i would only get glimpse of him until the scene would change . then everyone would change clothes by the time they appear again and i would have to start all over figure out who narayan be . the same thing happen with agashe first commissioner . the film be already far into the new commissioner before i could figure out the relationship . it seem like there be new character in every scene . we never learn the story of most of them . while that might have some artistic merit in that the encounter specialist be mostly kill people they do not know anything about ( because theyre mostly do so on order ) and since we do not learn much about most of the encounter specialist and either and it difficult to find character to care about and and that doesn not exactly make for a gripping film . the primary villain be zameer . but until about halfway through the film and there no indication of this . he doesn not get much more screen time than the other villain parade through the film and and he literally phone his performance in he in another location ( dubai ) and communicate only by telephone for the majority of the film . we do not actually see zameer do much . to an extent and the film depend on a couple twist that necessitate not show zameer do a number of thing and but we could see him do other thing and and a lot of the other villain could have be leave out . that would have tighten up the film a bit and make it more focused and about a half hour shorter and both of which would have benefit it impact . this be not an action pack film by any mean . for at least the first 45 minute or so and i find myself admire ab tak chappan considerable style and but say and okay and get on with the story already .