Midway through the film or thereabouts, there’s an interesting exchange between Bob Biswas (Abhishek Bachchan) – emerging after eight years in a coma, having lost all memory – and an enigmatic old pharmacist Kali-da (veteran Bengali film, TV and theatre actor Paran Bandopadhyay). He is a sort of conduit between Bob and the people pushing him back into his old trade as an assassin.
The protagonist has no remembrance of things past. The audience does have memories of the crackling Kahaani. Comparisons are inevitable. The expectations remain largely unfulfilled.