Mrs. Undercover review: Radhika Apte's spy comedy is a clueless, tonal misfire

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Undercover review: Radhika Apte is utterly wasted in this spy comedy that doesn't know what kind of film it wants to be..

Undercover begins with a self-proclaimed woman-hater (Sumeet Vyas) who films a video of his Tinder date and then kills her, repeatedly running over her body with his car until he is sure..

Undercover will then move on to tell how Durga, who is now a middle class housewife managing a chauvinist husband, his son, and his irritating parents under one roof in Kolkata, was once a spy agent..

Yet, the special forces team lead by the Chief (Rajesh Sharma) who is called- out of nowhere- Rangeela (cue to the ridiculous use of background music whenever he appears on screen), has enough time to stalk Durga, sometimes dressed as a pandit, or a fish-seller, a sweeper, and even a pimp, to get her to take on the case..

Of course, in all the cartoonish back and forth required to get Durga back to the case, our 'common man' is out there killing more women..

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