Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- serious
- tense
- conspiratorial
- serious thriller night
- bollywood movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film convoluted, overlong, and insufficiently thrilling despite its strong ensemble and a committed central performance.
What sets it apart
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The secret DSD unit, confidential data, and threats to expose covert operations drive the conflict.
Major Jai Bakshi's disappearance with confidential information makes his loyalty the central mystery.
Generals, officers, secret units, and institutional threats shape the plot more than conventional combat.
The film foregrounds secret-unit investigations, senior officers, and operational detail in a grounded thriller framework.
Films like Aiyaary, and why
Baby
Indian espionage thriller centered on covert operations, military institutions, and divided loyalties
Special 26
Hindi crime thriller combining intelligence operations, conspiratorial plotting, and an ensemble cast
The Ghazi Attack
Indian military thriller focused on secret missions, institutional loyalty, and moral conflict
Movie Details
- Director
- Neeraj Pandey
- Release Date
- 2018-02-16
- Runtime
- 157 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (58)
Cast
- Manoj Bajpayee
- Sidharth Malhotra
- Rakul Preet Singh
- Anupam Kher
- Naseeruddin Shah
- Kumud Mishra
- Adil Hussain
- Vikram Gokhale
- Pooja Chopra
- Juhi Babbar
Common questions
- What is Aiyaary about?
- A tense Hindi espionage drama follows a military colonel pursuing an officer who has vanished with the secrets of a covert intelligence unit.
- What is Aiyaary like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Aiyaary as slow, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Aiyaary violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Aiyaary as mild.
- What did critics think of Aiyaary?
- Critics broadly found the film convoluted, overlong, and insufficiently thrilling despite its strong ensemble and a committed central performance.
- Which films are like Aiyaary?
- Films with a similar feel include Baby, Special 26, and The Ghazi Attack.
- How long is Aiyaary?
- Aiyaary runs 157 minutes.
