Superb acting by starcast of the film.Akshay kumar is just outstanding.
The story of K M Nanavati, a dashing naval officer who killed his wife’s lover in 1959 but was acquitted by a jury( he was later convicted by a higher court but pardoned by the government) is one of the most debated verdicts in India and part of Mumbai folklore. An oft-repeated tale that acquires newer hues and aspects even after all these years, it is a story that isn’t just limited to the three people at the centre of it all – it signaled the rise of tabloid journalism in Mumbai and caused the Indian state to undertake a major judicial reform by banning trial by jury.
Tinu Desai’s “Rustom” is another attempt at re-creating those times and the crime. Akshay Kumar plays Rustom Pavri, an honest naval officer who is smitten with his half-British wife Cynthia( Ileana D'Cruz) . When he discovers that Cynthia has been seeing his friend and industrialist Vikram Makhija( Arjan Bajwa), Rustom’s world is shattered.
The next day, Makhija is shot dead, and Rustom is found standing over his body with a gun in his hand. The case causes a furore, in part because a decorated naval officer is at the centre of it, and also because tabloid editor Erach Billimoria, ( Kumud Chaudhary), a character obviously inspired by Blitz editor Russi Karanjia, uses the opportunity to drive up sales - printing and magnifying every bit of salacious gossip he can get his hands on.
