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Filmi Score
Good
8 reviews
60
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Critics agree Bachchan and Akhtar's performances and a gripping first half carry Wazir, but most find the second half nosedives into a predictable, over-explained climax that saps the thriller's grip.
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Summary
Wazir (2016, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 60 from 8 critic reviews, and is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A).
'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.
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'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.
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Jha calls Wazir a taut, original emotional thriller carried by Bachchan and Akhtar's chemistry, with only a passing, self-dismissed wish that the… Read it there →
Shetty-Saha praises a gripping first half and Bachchan's precision (with solid support from Akhtar), but says the second half loses steam into a… Read it there →
Gupta says Wazir's second half nosedives, its climax convenient and inane, and predictability its biggest problem, leaving Bachchan and Akhtar's… Read it there →
Sen finds Wazir predictable and dispiritingly drab despite committed lead performances from Bachchan and a solid early Akhtar, arguing the twist… Read it there →
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28
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 8 readings; 4 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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What did critics say about Wazir?
Wazir has a Filmi Score of 60 (Good), the mean of 8 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 28 (Rediff) to 92 (Firstpost). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
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