A still from the film, 'Rajdhani Express'.

The dots don’t connect and the loose ends shamelessly stare at you. Apparently, somebody must have thought that the screenplay is the least important aspect of filmmaking. Perhaps even the best of performances couldn’t have saved the day! To make things worse, even the dialogues are dumbed down and border on hollow clichés. Background score isn’t engaging either, nor is the cinematography. Though the film begins with a loud constitutional call for an ideal world, it has nothing new to offer in that direction.

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Coming back to performance, Leander ‘acts’ far better on tennis courts. Here, he had only one somebody-just-slapped-me expression throughout. Priyanshu Chatterjee’s Bong act is almost convincing while Sudhanshu Pandey passes off as a fashion designer with a confusing sexual orientation. Jimmy Shergill comfortably continued with his A Wednesday cop persona. Gulshan Grover as the self-righteous ticket examiner is irritating at times. Puja Bose displays a spark and Sayali Bhagat hams beautifully.

If good motives alone never made good movies, then we better not try to gauge the motive behind this film. By that logic, Rajdhani Express can easily lay claim to be one of the worst films of 2013.