India, Sept. 13 -- Revenge dramas are usually testosterone-fuelled, male-hero-driven actioners mounted on a grand scale with bigger budgets. Umesh Shukla's Ek Chatur Naar flips that template by placing a female protagonist at the centre, making the tone lighter. The setup is meaty from the word go. The ride, however, could have been smoother instead of bumpy.

The story follows Mamta Mishra (Divya Khossla), a street-smart woman struggling to make ends meet while supporting her young son and mother-in-law (Chhaya Kadam). One day, she manages to steal the mobile phone of businessman Abhishek Verma (Neil Nitin Mukesh), who is hand in glove with a corrupt politician (Zakir Hussain). Unlocking the phone, she stumbles upon intimate videos and s...