‘Blind Game’ movie review: Arjun Rampal’s swag can’t save this twisted thriller

When noted filmmaker Sangeeth Sivan passed away in 2024, he left behind a rich legacy of genre-defining Malayalam films such as Yoddha and Nirnayam alongside a string of unapologetic Hindi potboilers. His posthumous thriller, Blind Game, arrives as an intriguing final chapter, attempting to channel the taut, puzzle-box sensibility of his 1990s thrillers into a Hindi adaptation of the Malayalam hit 7th Day.

Yet, despite strong screen presence from Arjun Rampal and Priyamani, the film struggles to match the razor-sharp craft of his early career, leaving both the plot and its characters lost in the mist of the Himachal hills. Sangeeth Sivan, maker of super-hit ‘Yodha,’ passes away in Mumbai storyline 1 feature Priyamani: I took myself seriously after ‘Paruthiveeran’ Priyamani in the Telugu film ‘Bhama Kalapam’ On a wintry Christmas Eve in Manali, a suspended IPS officer named Sikander (Rampal) crosses paths with two panicked youths after a minor car accident.