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Sikandar Ka Muqaddar is the Netflix Original film that was released over the weekend. This Hindi-language film directed by Neeraj Pandey explores the lives of three people who are accused of stealing precious stones worth more than fifty crores from a diamond exhibition. Their lives post the accusation, followed by the investigation and trial, is what the film is about. Sikandar Ka Muqaddar also features a police officer who is hell-bent on proving his instincts right. All of these people make for the lead characters that add drama and tension to the film.

Sikandar Sharma

Ace actor Avinash Tiwari portrays the role of Sikandar Sharma, a computer technician who happened to be at the venue when the robbery was about to take place. To his shock, his proximity to the red solitaire diamonds makes him a prime suspect. This completely throws him off as he keeps saying that he is innocent.

Heist movies are a fun watch if they are written and put together cleverly. There cannot be any scope for plot holes or a loophole when it comes to this genre. This is the reason the Ocean’s series of films are still considered cult classics. These Steven Soderbergh films intelligently blend drama and class in their narratives, making them some of the most revered films of the 2000s. Sadly, Hindi cinema has not been able to make any engaging films in this genre. Sikandar ka Muqaddar, the brand new Netflix Original directed by Neeraj Pandey focuses more on finding the mastermind than the heist itself.

Spoilers Ahead

What happened at the diamond exhibition?

Sikandar ka Muqaddar began in the city of Mumbai in the mid-2000s, where Kamini Singh, along with her boss, Mangesh Desai, were setting up their company’s kiosk for their diamond exhibition. Sikandar Sharma was...

Nobody can be trusted in writer-director Neeraj Pandey’s Sikandar Ka Muqaddar, streaming from 29 November on Netflix. Not even Neeraj Pandey, who keeps dropping one surprise revelation after another, until there comes a point when the viewer puffs and huffs and implores, “Yaar, bass bhi karo! Aur Kitna?”

At a running time of over 160 minutes Sikandar Ka Muqaddar has no dull moments, trust me on that. Every likely , and unlikely, twist tumbles out in an eager torrent. Yes, Sikandar Ka Muqaddar is that wedding where the father of the bride is determined to entertain the baraati till the very end.

The eagerness to stay a step ahead of the audience does prove to be a damper eventually. But not before we are absorbed in this police procedural with the cop and the suspects proving to be formidable adversaries .

The ever-dependable Jimmy Shergill plays the hard-nosed cop Jaswinder Singh with a...

If you are searching for an entertaining thriller, you can settle for Neeraj Pandey’s Sikandar Ka Muqaddar. Starring Jimmy Shergill, Avinash Tiwary, and Tamannaah Bhatia, the film comes with its own flaws, but it will keep you hooked till the very end, and that is all you want from a masala crime drama.

In 2009, Sikandar Sharma was one of the prime accused in a heist at a diamond exhibition. Investigating Officer Jaswinder Singh trusted his instincts, and even though he did not have any evidence, he was confident that Sikandar had either planned the heist alone or was involved with the other two accused in the case. Sikandar was a computer expert who helped with the Av setting at the exhibition, and he claimed to be completely innocent. The other two accused, Kamini Singh and Mangesh Desai, were sales representatives of the company that was robbed. Five red diamonds were stolen,...

Neeraj Pandey has been a really busy man ever since he made his directorial debut with 2008 thriller film, A Wednesday. His sophomore feature, Special 26, was excellent. And with the exception of the M.S. Dhoni biopic, he’s dedicated his career to showing that he is a big fan of the Indian armed forces. But with each of those projects, whether it be on the big screen or the small one, Pandey kept straying from the basics of filmmaking and storytelling in his pursuit of the most realistic portrayal of chest-thumping nationalism. When he released an out-and-out romantic film, featuring stars like Ajay Devgn, Tabu, and Jimmy Sheirgill, I walked into it with tepid interest, only to have one of the most painful viewing experiences of all time. That’s why my expectations for Sikandar Ka Muqaddar were subterranean. To be honest, with the premise that he had, he could’ve...

Sikandar ka Muqaddar Movie Review Rating:

Star Cast: Avinash Tiwary, Jimmy Shergill, Tamannaah Bhatia, Rajeev Mehta, Divya Dutta, Zoya Afroz, Ridhima Pandit

Director: Neeraj Pandey

Sikandar Ka Muqaddar Movie Review Out: A Brilliant Chor-Police Game! ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

What’s Good: The premise and a start-to-finish intriguing storyline.

What’s Bad: In a broader sense, nothing!

Loo Break: Do not, just keep hooked to the plot, you might miss something important.

Watch or Not?: Yes

Language: Hindi

Available On: Netflix

Runtime: 2 hour 22 minutes

User Rating:

What do you expect from the man who won a National Award for his debut film, A Wednesday? A good film, indeed? Neeraj Pandey has rarely disappointed, barring a few instances where he went wrong with Aiyyari or the recently released Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha. So, did he do it right with Sikandar Ka Muqaddar this time? Well, absolutely right!

Starring Avinash Tiwary,...

A new crime drama is coming to Netflix. Directed by Neeraj Pandey, Sikandar Ka Muqaddar, stars Jimmy Shergill, Avinash Tiwary, and Tamannaah Bhatia.

The film unravels a gripping tale of a police officer’s relentless pursuit to solve a diamond heist — but at what cost? As the tension builds, questions arise: Are the three suspects truly guilty, or is there more to the story than meets the eye?

In 2008, a daring heist at a diamond exhibition led to the Investigating Officer Jaswinder Singh (Jimmy Shergill) zeroing in on three suspects based on his moolvriti (instincts) — Kamini Singh (Tamannaah Bhatia), Sikandar Sharma (Avinash Tiwary), and Mangesh Desai (Rajiv Mehta). As the investigation deepens, the lines between guilt and innocence blur and Jaswinder’s pursuit turns into a relentless obsession.

Talking about the film, Neeraj Pandey shares his goal to captivate audiences with a narrative that intertwines obsession and mystery: “As a storyteller,...

Here’s our trailer review for Sikandar Ka Muqaddar! (Photo Credit – YouTube)

The trailer of the Netflix movie Sikandar Ka Muqaddar dropped recently. It stars Jimmy Shergill, Tamannaah Bhatia, and Avinash Tiwary in the lead roles. Set against the backdrop of a solitaire robbery in an exhibition, it has Jimmy once again in supercop mode after Phir Ayi Haseen Dillruba, wherein he is stuck between three suspects who could have committed the crime. Director Neeraj Pandey who has mastered the art of crime thrillers with his previous works, brings to us another gritty whodunnit crime drama.

The Sikandar Ka Muqaddar trailer begins with a robbery in broad daylight in an exhibition. After red solitaires of almost 50 to 60 crores are robbed, Jimmy Shergill’s character Jaswinder Singh, who happens to be a cop, is stuck between three suspects who happened to be at the crime scene. The first suspect is Rajiv Mehta’s character,...