The Networker Movie: Showtimes, Review, Songs, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos

Time of India

09-05-2025

Story: After his multi-level-marketing (MLM) company collapses, Aditya (Vikram Kochha) teams up with his friend Raghav (Rishabh Pathak) and a seasoned networker, Lallan (Durgesh Kumar), to launch new ventures. They rope in a motivational speaker and a fake MD to build credibility—before fleeing to Dubai with the investors' money.
Review: Films often find drama and intrigue in high-stakes stories of scams and Ponzi schemes. In this comedy-drama, director Vikas Vishwakarma explores how desperation turns the deceived into the deceiver in the world of pyramid schemes.Left with no choice after losing his family's and investors' money in a failed MLM venture, Aditya teams up with his friend Raghav and a seasoned networker, Lallan (Durgesh Kumar), to launch a new company bankrolled by a powerful investor, Pradhan (Atul Srivastava). But the initial funding quickly goes into repaying old liabilities, and the venture collapses.
During a visit to a restaurant with robotic servers, Aditya comes up with a new idea: a fake company promising to build AI robots for public services. They hire a frontman, Pradeep Biswas (Ishtiyak Khan), as the MD to earn public trust. The scheme promises double returns and soon racks up investments worth Rs 10,000 crore. But it's all a sham — there are no robots, just a con job.
The plan is to shut the company and pay back only powerful investors like Pradhan. However, Pradeep, moved by guilt, asks for his share to start a real business that repays the everyday investors who risked everything. Eventually, the trio absconds to Dubai but chooses to return money only to the "honest" investors.
Written by Vikas Vishwakarma, the narrative is simplistic and repetitive, as ventures follow the same rise-and-crash cycle. The ease with which thousands of crores are raised feels unrealistic, and the film never delves into how the con actually works. The impact on victims is barely touched upon — limited to one montage involving stock characters like a man unable to fund his mother's treatment, a student losing college admission, and a wedding being called off.
Vikram Kochhar, Durgesh Kumar, and Rishabh Pathak deliver passable performances. Ishtiyak Khan and Brijendra Kala handle their quirky roles with charm, but they can't lift a weak script.
Despite an interesting concept and moments of humour, the film struggles with execution and relies on shallow storytelling, preventing the narrative from taking off.