London is bracing up for hosting an international conference on virology, and a RAW agent Biren Ghosh is hoping to obtain confidential information about a bio warfare that's about to be unleashed by the Chinese. He expects to obtain the details on the day of the conference from an unnamed source travelling with the Chinese contingent. Just a week before the event, Biren goes missing and then his dead body surfaces. But before dying, he has activated his colleague Uma (Mouni Roy) to take charge and avert the disaster from happening.
Uma has to collaborate with Arjun (Purab Kohli) to continue with the investigation as she has no idea about who the source is and how she should meet the person. All she has at hand is a framed landscape painting that contains a few Chinese characters written. As Uma digs further, she is convinced that there's a mole at the Indian Embassy as her moves are thwarted by some unknown forces and even Arjun faces several physical assaults. The Indian ambassador Nirupama (Kulraj Randhawa) wants results and identification of the alleged mole, but remains patient with Uma despite the latter's tottering investigation amid more dead bodies turning up.
London Confidential is a roller coaster spy thriller of just 77 minutes that keeps the viewer at the edge of the seat. The subject is contemporary and the director Kanwal Sethi keeps the espionage proceedings focused. Written by S Hussain Zaidi, the film creates intrigue, drama and suspense galore, of course with a few red herrings thrown in from time to time, so that you don't see the end coming. The unravelling of the mystery has its novelty value and gives London Confidential a professional finish. It's sleek, modern, quickfire and gripping till the end. Mouni Roy, Purab Kohli and Kulraj Randhawa are all spot on with professional performances without much melodrama.
Uma has to collaborate with Arjun (Purab Kohli) to continue with the investigation as she has no idea about who the source is and how she should meet the person. All she has at hand is a framed landscape painting that contains a few Chinese characters written. As Uma digs further, she is convinced that there's a mole at the Indian Embassy as her moves are thwarted by some unknown forces and even Arjun faces several physical assaults. The Indian ambassador Nirupama (Kulraj Randhawa) wants results and identification of the alleged mole, but remains patient with Uma despite the latter's tottering investigation amid more dead bodies turning up.
London Confidential is a roller coaster spy thriller of just 77 minutes that keeps the viewer at the edge of the seat. The subject is contemporary and the director Kanwal Sethi keeps the espionage proceedings focused. Written by S Hussain Zaidi, the film creates intrigue, drama and suspense galore, of course with a few red herrings thrown in from time to time, so that you don't see the end coming. The unravelling of the mystery has its novelty value and gives London Confidential a professional finish. It's sleek, modern, quickfire and gripping till the end. Mouni Roy, Purab Kohli and Kulraj Randhawa are all spot on with professional performances without much melodrama.