<p>A casual look at Dulquer Salmaan’s daring exploits tells us that luck isn’t a key player in the movie. In fact, ‘Plucky Baskhar’ would have been a more fitting title for this revenge tale of a common man who stays the course.</p>.<p>A middle-class bank employee, Baskhar gets caught in the crosshairs of the 1992 stock market scam masterminded by ‘Harshad Mehra’. Baskhar learns the ropes quickly and realises that money can move mountains — and elevate his status among snobbish relatives.</p>.<p>The sets and backdrop look a bit loud for a period crime thriller, but Dulquer’s effortless charm makes one root for him, even when the plot teeters on the edge of melodrama.</p>.<p>Baskhar has misplaced his moral compass for most of the movie, but hey, who needs it when the big fish are having a party in the murky waters, laundering money, and defrauding regulators and banks?</p>.Sun, sand, nostalgia and IFFI.<p>Soon, greed takes over, and our man hits a rough patch after amassing crores. Enter papa dear, a chartered accountant who has been on a vow of silence since his own career meltdown. He opens his mouth just in time to dispense pearls of wisdom that pull his son out of financial quicksand.</p>.<p>A fairly entertaining tale of an Average Joe who builds an empire by outscamming the scammers.</p>
<p>A casual look at Dulquer Salmaan’s daring exploits tells us that luck isn’t a key player in the movie. In fact, ‘Plucky Baskhar’ would have been a more fitting title for this revenge tale of a common man who stays the course.</p>.<p>A middle-class bank employee, Baskhar gets caught in the crosshairs of the 1992 stock market scam masterminded by ‘Harshad Mehra’. Baskhar learns the ropes quickly and realises that money can move mountains — and elevate his status among snobbish relatives.</p>.<p>The sets and backdrop look a bit loud for a period crime thriller, but Dulquer’s effortless charm makes one root for him, even when the plot teeters on the edge of melodrama.</p>.<p>Baskhar has misplaced his moral compass for most of the movie, but hey, who needs it when the big fish are having a party in the murky waters, laundering money, and defrauding regulators and banks?</p>.Sun, sand, nostalgia and IFFI.<p>Soon, greed takes over, and our man hits a rough patch after amassing crores. Enter papa dear, a chartered accountant who has been on a vow of silence since his own career meltdown. He opens his mouth just in time to dispense pearls of wisdom that pull his son out of financial quicksand.</p>.<p>A fairly entertaining tale of an Average Joe who builds an empire by outscamming the scammers.</p>