Jewel Thief: 2025 Hindi Action Thriller Film, Trailer, Review

4to40.com April 26, 2025 Movie Reviews 1,922 Views

Movie Name: Jewel Thief
Directed by: Kookie Gulati, Robbie Garewal
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Nikita Dutta, Kunal Kapoor
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Release Date: 25 April, 2025
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Production Companies: Marflix Pictures
Budget: ₹- crore

A master thief accepts a mission to steal the legendary African Red Sun diamond. What begins as a meticulously planned heist spirals into a dangerous game of double-crosses and shifting loyalties.

Jewel Thief: Movie Overview

Jewel Thief – The Heist Begins is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Kookie Gulati and Robbie Garewal. Produced by Marflix Pictures, it stars Saif Ali Khan, Jaideep Ahlawat, Nikita Dutta and Kunal Kapoor. The film will premiere on Netflix on 25 April 2025.

The film was announced in February 2024, starring Saif Ali Khan and Jaideep Ahlawat.

However, on 28 May 2024, the official title of the film was announced Jewel Thief – The Red Sun Chapter.

Principal photography began in March 2024. The filming took place in Mumbai and Budapest before wrapping up in May 2024.

In November 2024, Kookie Gulati was brought in for reshoots. The reshot was completed in December 2024.

In February 2025, Netflix revealed its slate lineup for 2025, and the film was re-titled as Jewel Thief: The Heist Begins.

The film will be made available for streaming on Netflix on 25 April 2025.

Movie Trailer:

Movie Review:

Saif Ali Khan struggles in a generic, juvenile thriller

Co-directors Robbie Grewal and Kookie Gulati conjure up a damp squib out of explosive talent and a promising premise

With the OTT platforms investing more energy and intensity into the long form, feature films are languishing like one-day cricket. Rehan (Saif Ali Khan), a rakish thief, is hired by Rajan Aulakh (Jaideep Ahlawat), a criminal in the garb of an art collector, to steal Red Sun, the African equivalent of Kohinoor. The title ‘Jewel Thief’ unnecessarily draws comparisons with Goldie’s iconic crime caper. The makers even drop the name of Vijay Anand in one sequence, but could mine precious little out of flattery.

Saif and Jaideep have cut down on flab and look fab in crisp suits. It is hard to decipher who has a better drawl or could chew the scenery and the vowels better. While the boys jostle to steal the scene, an elegant Nikita Dutta sparkles in a glam avatar. However, the visual aspect fails to liven up the flat writing and insipid music.

There is a lot of posturing and preening, but the characterisation is skin-deep. The earnestness of the actors can’t help when the twists are unimaginative, and the dialogue writer (Sumit Arora) resorts to profane words to generate impact.

When it comes to the nuts and bolts of the heist, Kookie and Robbie rob us of surprise. In times of Money Heist, it works like a cookie-cutter con of the 1970s, where infrared rays guard a diamond, and a password is waiting to be cracked. Of course, there is a blackmail story to whitewash the criminal intent of the flawed hero. The predictable recipe can’t do without the cop who remains one step behind the con artist. Here, he seems like a mile behind, and deliberately so. Kunal Kapoor returns after a gap only to add gas to the hollow cat-and-mouse game.

In such corny cinema, the art lies in covering up the frivolity of the exercise behind a sleek facade. But here, the stealth is missing. It feels like a generic project assembled by watching a few films to generate curiosity and populate the library of the OTT platform.