Azhar | Theatres List

Even before Azhar begins, the makers' muddled intentions are on display in the form of an inordinately long disclaimer that goes to great lengths to clarify that the film is not meant to be a biopic, but is a fictionalized dramatic representation of Mohammad Azharuddin's life. What? We thought we were buying a tub of ice cream, and all we get is a cup of tasteless gelato? And that, dear audience, isn't even the worst of it.

Azhar traces the rise and fall of one of India's most celebrated cricketers. The film travels from his humble Hyderabadi neighbourhood where a doting Nanajaa....