Badmaash Company
2010 · Directed by Parmeet Sethi
Original language: Hindi
- crime
The story
Four young friends decide to work together when one of them comes up with an innovative and lucrative business plan. But their lives begin to deteriorate when their personal issues surface.
What it’s like
Glossy, saturated digital colour with sunlit exteriors, bright city streets and polished interiors, and a score that leans on upbeat pop and song sequences that break the tension at intervals. The mood is slick and playful at first, then gradually tightens into anxiety as the plans start to strain. Four friends' financial scheme and the money-chasing rush drive the pacing, which alternates between breezy montage and sharper, more tense stretches. Relationships shift from easy camaraderie to suspicion and hurt, so the emotional register moves from bright optimism toward wary disappointment. The violence is moderate: brief fights and gunplay with no gore, and the romance and sexual content are mild and kept largely suggestive. It suits a lively evening watch, a weekend with friends, or a light crime movie that doesn't demand much, for viewers who want style, music and a caper's fizz rather than grim realism.
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