‘System’ review: Legal drama maintains poise and purpose even after losing its brief
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Only if a crime can be proven is a person actually guilty of it, says the lawyer who has never lost a case. Nobody takes the lawyer’s observation more seriously than his creators.
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System, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s first full-length feature in six years, is about the fundamental slipperiness of culpability and innocence. Out on Prime Video, the Hindi film follows Neha (Sonakshi Sinha), an advocate like her celebrity father Ravi (Ashutosh Gowariker) and her brother Alok (Adinath Kothare).
Neha is slaving away as a public prosecutor at a Delhi court. She’s stumbling along until she’s steadied by the court stenographer Sarika (Jyotika).
A self-taught legal expert after having typed up numerous arguments, Sarika becomes Neha’s collaborator. As the working-class wife of a disabled man (Nishant Singh), Sarika also gives Neha a glimpse into how the other half lives.
Sarika’s experience is sorely needed for Neha’s latest case. Ravi’s regular client, the shady builder Vikram (Vijayant Kohli), is accused of murdering a social media influencer. Neha finds herself facing her father in court.
Written by Harman Baweja and Arun Sukumar with additional credits by Iyer Tiwari and Tasneem Lokhandwala, System moves on seemingly parallel tracks that are destined to meet. The 123-minute movie is both courtroom drama and murder mystery, which leads...