India, Oct. 23 -- I am struggling to recall the last time a film made me laugh as much as Udta Teer did. And none of it relies on double meaning dialogues or cheap innuendo, mind you. If you can sense my excitement already, let's get straight to why this Ayushmann Khurrana starrer simply works.

Directed by Akash Kaushik (who has previously written the screenplays for hits like Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and 3) Udta Teer follows Bilal/Vikrant (Ayushmann), who has been working as a Pakistani spy in India's counter terrorism unit. One day, he loses his memory in an accident and ends up working for India instead, dismantling Pakistan's terror network embedded within the system. Akash was bang on when he recently described the film as a "reverse Dhura...