India, June 12 -- At one point while watching Governor, it began to feel less like cinema and more like an economics class. And while that may work well for a web series, where there is enough time and space to delve into ideas, it becomes a challenge in a theatrical film. There is simply too much information being packed in, without enough dramatic variation to keep the narrative engaging.

Directed by Chinmaya Mandlekar, the film unfolds during India's economic crisis of 1991. When the nation finds itself staring at bankruptcy, A. Ramanan (Manoj Bajpayee), who had warned of the impending disaster, is chosen as the Governor. The measures he takes to pull India back from the edge form the rest of the narrative.

Chinmaya, who earlier dire...