Malik follows the story of a young Juvenile who is tasked to kill an experienced gangster behind bars who incidently is his uncle. Again, just a one liner to keep you interested but my words will not do justice to the kind of depth that the story has in terms of characterisation and situations. As they say, there are two sides to the same coin, the story has loads of this element and more that makes it a satisfying experience on paper. And it required some solid execution, the screenplay does just that. It opens with a 12 minutes one take sequence(that faintly reminds you of the opening wedding sequence in The Godfather) wherein the writers introduce you to the household of our protagonist and the undercurrents flowing through. The intention here is to just give you a gist as a bystander, which leaves you scratching your head as to what on earth is going on, in a technically brilliant one take. As things progress, you are exported to a flashback wherein you are introduced to the main players and how they find themselves in the situation that they are in. And in doing so, there are many issues smartly tackled that of communalism and the politics behind it. Very polished. The pacing is slow here that allows you to sink your teeth into the drama and taste every bit of it as it melts in your mouth. There are several twists and turns throughout culminating into a shocking final act that will leave you dazed. <span;>This is a perfect example of a polished gangster drama. Just one demerit could be its length which I felt was a tad too long, around 10-12 minutes could have been chopped off on the edit table. But overall a writing masterclass nevertheless.