India, April 10 -- bullets slicing through the air, an entire police force closing in, a rifle your only defence, and your partner right beside you. High stakes, right? Not in the world of Dacoit. Here, right in the middle of what should be chaos, everyone politely pauses for a five-minute conversation between the hero and heroine. The cops hold their fire. The hero delivers his lines like it's a stage play, not a shootout. Urgency takes a backseat, drama takes over, 'jaanu' arrives before 'jaan'.

Cinematic liberty, did someone say? Yeah, that can be taken when the rest of the film entertains you enough to stay seated.

Directed by Shaneil Deo (and written by Deo and Sesh), the story kicks off with a convicted murderer, Hari (Adivi Sesh)...