A lot has been anticipated about this movie but got lukewarm response both by adults and children alike. Two and half hour movie looks too much stretched which could have been packed into a smaller time frame with much better appeal.
The protagonist of the movie Naani (Ava Mukherjee) has been able to tickle child fantasies by being a super naani at the age of 75.One morning Naani while returning from her daily morning walk saw a girl peeping from the window of a flat which belong to a childless couple. Naani grew conspicuous and did her bit to inform police but no one believes her story including the CID officer(Ankur Nayyar).Thus she accidently become a detective , and her grey cells become active to unravel the huge immoral child trafficking racket.
Naani is soon joined by her grandson (Zain Khan) with others, keen on following and solving the mystery of the girl. But here the film which was looking like a detective flick changes its color to become a typical bollywood masala film with its own love birds, CID officer and Naani’s own divorcee daughter (Amrita Saluja) and cupid also strike between the two teenagers which not only has dampen the movie but the timing of their romance is really bad.
But after all this drama suspense and thrills return back in the later part of the movie. Naani with her common sense and her gang become successful in uniting the girl with her family and exposing the racket.
Truly a kid’s flick but with uncanny sequence certainly Detective Naani cannot be called as a dream debut for Romilla Mukherjee who has not only produced the movie, but is also the director, lyricist, composer and screenplay writer.
Star Cast: Ava Mukherjee, Master Zain Khan, Ankur Nayyar, Amrita Saluja, Shubhangi Gokhale, Amit Verma and Shweta Gulati
Director: Romilla Mukherjee
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