The movie Contract is directored by the ace director Ram Gopal Verma. The cast of this movie are Adhvik Mahajan, Sakshi Gulati, Prasad Purandare, Zakir Hussain, Vineet Sharma, Sadia Siddiqui, Saurabh Mahajan.

The famous director Ram Gopal Varma doesn’t want his latest movie “Contract” to be compared with movies Satya and Company. A pointless request, really, because they deal with the same subject and the publicity urges you to look at the movie Contract as a third in the trilogy..

In the movie Contract, the bad guy Sultan (Zakir Hussain) is a melodramatic filmi wicked guy, as he tilts his head to frighten you when talking about placing bombs in schools. The actor is a good artiste and does give you the creeps, but one trembles imagining this excessiveness in the hands of a lesser performer. This excessiveness, a departure for Varma, is a strong constant in the film. Its aim is naturally to make the film less mysterious and more commercial.

Contract makes tall claims of exploring the nexus between the underworld and violence, but there’s very little scoring under the surface. It’s actually just a well-made thriller, with the hero spouting dialogues and managing to overcome all towards the end—he even falls in love somewhere along the line.

Murders are lovingly captured, sometimes in slow motion, and we are subjected to extreme close-ups of dead bodies. Note two murders—in one, a glass window shatters leisurely only to let a bullet inside; and another takes place in a movie theatre. Black humour percolates off and on—note the scene where an encounter specialist is running naked on the streets for his life and a voyeur clicks his picture on his mobile.

In most of Ram Gopal Verma’s films high performance is the quotient—whether you like the film or not, you can be sure to be carried away by the acting, especially by the non-central characters. The credit, to Varma’s ability of extracting such performances, must be shared with his astute, infallible casting.

Varma’s hottest find Adhvik suits the role and has presence, but he could have gone easy on the angry. Sakshi Gulati as Iya makes a very promising debut with her exceptional beauty and an interesting presence.

The film has the distinction of having the most boring item song ever featuring Shama Sikander. The dialogues for the movie are written by Prashant Pandey

Technically, Contract is a delight. Cinematography by Aseem Mishra is excellent on extreme close-ups. The disconcerting background score by Amar Mohile is superb and the songs only add to the fervour.

Watch Contract and enjoy it as a flick. The film is way too implausible for you to take its tagline ‘Underworld meets Terrorism’ seriously.