Baazaar

Bollywood rarely shies away from taking inspiration from Hollywood and trying to Indianise those stories. Keeping in line with this boldness comes Baazaar, the Indian version of the 1987 Hollywood movie Wall Street, the original that starred Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen. Directed by Gauravv K Chawla, Baazaar is unlike some previously cheap knock-offs and has its merits, but like almost every Bollywood movie, also has some pitfalls.

Baazaar stars Rohan Mehra, son of veteran actor late Vinod Mehra, as Rizwan Ahmed, an up-and-coming stock broker from Allahabad. Rizwan sees big....