Biraja Mohanty Three different stories, of different periods, almost not intersecting, yet making an enjoyable, watchable movie. Vikram as Goan David is brilliant. Neil Nitin Mukesh as London David is good. Monica Dogra in her short appearance is breath-taking. Dance moves of Isha Sharvani in 'Tere Mere Pyar Ki' song is graceful . Isha is cute as always. Sheetal Menon looks as smart as she looked in Bejoy Nambiar's earlier original "Shaitan".. Regular Hindi movie watchers are used to longer and more meaningful roles from Tabu, Lara Dutt, Rohini Hathangady and Satish Kaushik .. So the viewers are likely to feel a bit disappointed..Sarika does not seem to have aged at all.. Two songs "Tere mere pyar ki" and " Yun hi re " are outstanding in tune and singing.. Photograpy is good.. The comic scenes of Saurav Shukla as Goan David's father is really good and original.. The movie could have done better with slightly more intense story and a shorter length..

Chirag Shah made no sense only it's like a art film3 stories having nothing to do with one another but at the end they connect in a stupid way. Stylized for the sake of style but lacking in the fun and "masti". No entertainment value and quite boring at times. It's the type of film that tries to spread some message but such films are boring since we watch films for entertainment. The acting is good but not enough action and fun. It is also confusing at times. The story in Goa was the best because it was funny and Vikram acted very well. The musicians story was weird and made no sense and had no logic. The gangster story was OK but no cool love making scene. Basically I will be waiting for Himmatwala and Zilla Gaziabad. Those films seem "Paisa vasool" types and full of entertainment....

Mahesh C Visit: http://movies.chennaivision.com/tamil/review.php?id=1314Vikram and Jiiva, the two sought after actors of Kollywood, have come together for David, a film directed by Bejoy Nambiar of Shaitaan fame (and a former associate of Mani Ratnam).Despite the presence of two popular actors, we in Tamil Nadu hardly get a native feel as a result of which the film fails to work. In most parts, it is like watching a dubbed movie.Two characters hailing from different backgrounds sharing a common name and meeting together at one point of time is a good idea to execute.But Bejoy Nambir has failed to succeed fully in the execution part, at least in the Tamil version. However, the beautiful performance of Jiiva, Vikram, Tabu, Isha Shervani, Nassar and others saves the film from falling flat.The story is about two Davids. One (Vikram) lives a carefree life in Goa by spending most of his time drinking. And another (Jiiva) is an aspiring guitarist who wants to make it big in life.The latter has to settle scores with a politico, who has spoiled the reputation of his father. The two Davids meet each other at a point of time. What happens next is the crux of the story.Vikram and Jiiva have come out with their best. While the former reflects well a carefree youth, the latter expresses the feeling of a musician in an emotional way.Some songs are impressive while the others are not. Background score is loud at places. Cinematography adds strength to the movie.On the whole, David is an interesting knot which gets diluted while making it as a movie.David - Curate's eggVerdict: Average

gops-s21 Here's how the director must have convinced the producer for getting a green signal for this flick.Director: Hey I got an idea. Producer: Tell me. Director: Three lives.. Three destinies.. One name. David. Producer: Whoaaa..! That sounds so cool man.. Here's your cheque.David(2013) is an action/crime/drama thriller directed by Bejoy Nambiar,(the man behind Shaitan) that tells three stories of three men from three different eras that are linked by one name David or so we know until the final few minutes when the actual connection is revealed. Sound's promising isn't it?David is one of those films that try to be different. So if you are a person who chants 'Different is good.. Different is great' every time you enter the movie hall then chances are you might just end up liking this one.As for me I am fine with 'different' as long as it doesn't bore me which sadly this movie does. And to be frank there was nothing different except the editing that mixes three different time periods skillfully and some good music mixed with innovative slo-mo sequences that got me saying "Yeah.. now we are talking baby!"If you find my opinion horribly inconsistent, then seriously it's not me… it's this film that jumps up & down from entertaining to deathly boring every few minutes.So in a story set in 1975 London we have David(Neil Nitin Mukesh) who works for Iqbal Ghani, a mafia don.Then we have another David(Vinay Virmani) in another story set in 1999 Mumbai where he is a musician born to a Christian middle class family who struggles when his family is dragged into a political issueAnd there is a third David(Vikram) who is a fisherman living in Goa who falls in love with a deaf-mute girl Roma(Isha Sharvani) who would be getting married to his best friend in 10 days.So in simple words.. 1- Serious Action 2- Political Khichdi/Action 3- Romantic ComedyOf all the three stories the first one is easily the best of the lot. Shot in sepia and nicely acted this story seemed intriguing in parts. The second plot felt contrived and OK. The third one was entertaining in parts but horribly boring otherwise.Surprisingly this movie has such good actors and no one is convincing. Neil Nitin Mukesh and Vinay Virmani are OK and Vikram tries his level best to inject some life into an otherwise dull and poorly written character. At the end of the day it's the gorgeous Isha Sharvani who saves the film.Stylishly shot and slickly edited this movie is attractive to look at but the writing is so ardent for being 'out of the box' that it never settles its butt.Conclusion: Disappointingly average.