Phantom

Phantom begins with a car chase in Chicago, which leads to a scuffle between a man ostensibly named Jude Rosario (Saif Ali Khan) and an American male known as Matthew Broody. The scuffle ends with Matthew Broody falling into the icy waters of a river, and apparently dying. This results in Jude being arrested and convicted for murder.A flashback of 6 months ago takes us to the office of the Indian R.A.

W. chief Roy (Sabyasachi Chakrabarty), where he and his trusted men (Rajesh Tailang, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub) plan a daring covert operation.The man known as Jude Rosario in the opening sequence is shown to be Captain Daniyal Khan, a dead-end ex-soldier with a completely deadened sense of life and death is pulled out of oblivion and pressed into service by the spy agency to wreak vengeance on the men who planned the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. He agrees on the reassurance that he will be reinstated in the Indian army to the same rank from which he was court-martialled, which means regaining the respect of his estranged father. His only team member, Nawaz Mistry (Katrina Kaif) helps him find his first target-Sajid Mir (Mir Sarwar) at a cricket match.

On determining his identity after breaking into his house Daniyal rigs up an explosion which makes the headlines.Coming back to the present, Daniyal aka Jude has landed in the same jail as David Headley (J.Brandon Hill). Here he contacts Nawaz, in order to acquire 100 dollars so he can buy batteries, which hold a certain poison that kills you almost immediately upon hitting the tongue, which is also an undetectable form of murder, which will come out as a heart attack. After killing David Headley, Matthew Broody who supposedly died upon falling in the icy river is found alive and Daniyal, who is using the alias of Jude Rosario in jail, is released as his earlier sentence is rendered null and void.

Then, he and Nawaz make a plan of going to Pakistan, where they take down the last 2 perpetrators, Sahabuddin Umvi and Haaris Saeed (Shahnawaaz Pradhan). In Pakistan, they make plans of killing Haaris Saeed with the help of local restaurant owner Khalid (Midat Sahab) by an explosive planted in the mic during his speech. Its here the famous number Afghan Jalebi is shot. Though, when this plan fails, Daniyal pursues him in the car and shoots him in the head, causing an explosion. Now, with the Pakistani army and I.

S.I pursuing them, they try and escape. Yet, there accomplices get shot. Now, they take a boat to escape through water, but the Pakistani military find out and send patrol boats to apprehend all water vehicles and search them for Nawaz and Daniyal. They both hide in the water but the Pakistani Military suspect that they are hiding in the water and shoot at it.

Daniyal gets shot while shielding Nawaz from their bullets and eventually succumbs to his injuries in Pakistani waters, leaving a heartbroken Nawaz to be rescued by the Indian Navy. She is dropped by the Indian Navy to the Taj and she has 2 cups of tea, one for herself and one for Daniyal, fulfilling a promise made to him.Meena Iyer of The Times of India gave Phantom 3.5 stars, calling it an oversimplified but patriotic thriller. Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.

5 stars calling Khans performance focussed, clinical and precise, as the role demands while stating that Kaif is able support while performing action scenes. It also praised the background score. Rajeev Masand of IBN Live gave it 2 stars calling it slow paced, boring and a wish fulfillment fantasy. Shubha Shetty-Saha of Mid-day gave it 3 stars stating the powerful story is diluted by the use of too many cinematic liberties and a rather lazy screenplay, Flaws aside, it talks of a real concern facing all of us, even while taking a flight of fantasy. Shweta Kaushal of Hindustan Times gave it 2.

5 stars calling Khan and Kaifs performances pedestrian but calling the work of Sohaila Kapur, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub and Sabyasachi Chakraborty power-packed.