Despatch

Name: Despatch
Genre: Drama
Released: 2024-10-19
Duration: 2 h 33 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Arrchita Agarwaal, Shahana Goswami

2024
2h 33m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

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Drama

News has turned digital, leaving veteran crime journalist Joy at the cusp of irrelevance. Determined to break the next big story and refashion his complicated personal life, Joy embarks on a... Read allNews has turned digital, leaving veteran crime journalist Joy at the cusp of irrelevance. Determined to break the next big story and refashion his complicated personal life, Joy embarks on a relentless odyssey through the heart and gut of Mumbai, stumbling into its darkest corner... Read allNews has turned digital, leaving veteran crime journalist Joy at the cusp of irrelevance. Determined to break the next big story and refashion his complicated personal life, Joy embarks on a relentless odyssey through the heart and gut of Mumbai, stumbling into its darkest corners.

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6/10

Good (MAMI MFF 2024 #5)

Despatch starts off really well and I was rooting for Joy Bag (Manoj Bajpayee) as he starts investigating a murder for a story in his paper. I tell myself this is good cinema until Joy gets entangled in a mess. Then all goes haywire as the plot grips and you scratch your head wondering who called him and why and what happened there and oh was that it. Despatch is a film with a lot of potential to send a message about whistleblowers but in an attempt to be a lot of things together, it ends up being a master of none. Still, this is a good Kanu Behl film if you have the time to watch and appreciate Bajpayee's natural acting. Just pay extra attention in the last parts.

(Watched its world premiere at the 2024 MAMI Mumbai Film Festival.)