Mahesh Bhatt’s writing has always tried to dress up serious issues in a slickly done package with some entertainment mileage. Unfortunately, while his handle on the topicality of relevant issues remains spot on, his finger on the thin line that separates the dramatic from the realistic is not so great anymore.
Dhokha is no different. There’s a little bit of romance, some thrilling investigative stuff, and a whole lot of terrorism related preaching, but the basic ends of story are firmly rooted in Bollywood nonsense.
Bollywood has never been known to let the facts get ....