Film

A Gentleman

Name: A Gentleman
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 2017
Cast: Sidharth Malhotra, Jacqueline Fernandez, Suniel Shetty, Darshan Kumaar, Kushal Punjabi

Comedy
Light-hearted

A Gentleman is a 2017 Hindi action-comedy about a man mistaken for a dangerous criminal, forced to become the adventurous hero his girlfriend always wanted. It's a breezy, over-the-top romp that leans hard into genre pastiche and chemistry between leads. For viewers who want style over substance and don't mind when logic takes a backseat to spectacle.

TMDb rating

3.1

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you enjoy a breezy Bollywood action-comedy where a mild-mannered romantic gets shoved into a much larger, louder adventure and the banter does as much work as the stunts.

Skip it if you want tight, serious action or a grounded romance; the tone is playful and glossy, and the plot leans on coincidence and broad caricature more than craft.

What it asks of you: Around two and a quarter hours, it moves fairly briskly with its set pieces and asks you to go along with its cheerful, improbable logic without much strain.

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