Story

Lucknow Central is all about Kishan Mohan Girhotra (Farhan Akhtar) who is based in Moradabad. He dreams of forming his own band and in an unexpected turn, he will be arrested and sent to Lucknow Central Jail on the charges of killing an IAS officer. He forms a band in jail with inmates Parminder Gill (Gippy Grewal), Victor Chattopadhyay (Deepak Dobriyal), Purushottam Madan Pandit (Rajesh Sharma) and Dikkat Ansari (Inaamulhaq). The rest of Lucknow Central is about jailbreak and what happens next forms the interesting story. Watch the film to know about the real twist.

Analysis

Lucknow Central is one among the finest written scripts in the recent times. Yes, the first half of Lucknow Central takes its time to reveal the important characters of the film. Some of the episodes have been extremely hard hitting and they make a massive impact. The songs have been decent and they have been placed well. The interval episodes have been completely shot well and on the whole, the first half of Lucknow Central has been decent and impressive.

The second half which is quite crucial has been handled extremely well. The emotions have been handled well and the audience have been kept anxious about the next episode. The screenplay along with the narration makes a huge impact across the audience. The songs which are crucial have been shot well and the climax is the major highlight of Lucknow Central. One cannot predict the twist and on the whole the second half of Lucknow Central lives up the expectations and ends up impressive.

Performance

Farhan Akhtar who is known to be an intense actor once again delivered out his best with Lucknow Central. One will not get diverted with his performance and his screen presence has been stunning. He dominates the complete film with his performance. Gippy Grewal, Deepak Dobriyal, Rajesh Sharma and Inaamulhaq have been extremely supporting. Diana Penty looks confident in her assignment and dominated the film with her performance. Ronit Roy and Manoj Tiwari have been decent. All the other actors delivered out their best.

The story of Lucknow Central has been completely new and will win the hearts. The screenplay and the dialogues are the major highlights of the film and they make a huge impact throughout the second half. The music and the background score looks decent. The cinematography steals the show and the editing has been crisp enough. The production values looks lavish and the debutant Ranjit Tiwari makes an impressive debut with Lucknow Central.

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