‘Fever’, starring Rajeev Khandelwal, Gauhar Khan, Gemma Atkinson and Caterina Murino should be a study in what not to do while making a film. What makes it so frustrating is that at least the cast member should have known better. The script is tedious and tries all the suspense-thriller clichés. The dialogues are cringe worthy and the acting is unimpressive. All in all, avoiding ‘Fever’ would be a good choice. 

If you've watched Rajeev's earlier film Samrat & Co., Fever will feel familiar. It is just as amateurish and convoluted. It fashions itself as a thriller but is too mind-numbing to make a mark. You'll figure out quite early which way the film is headed, long before Armin makes the revelation. It is hard to forgive good actors when they reduce themselves to such parts. Rajeev, who was mesmeric in Aamir, still remains a one-time wonder in Bollywood. Gauahar isn't half bad (though the diamond stud on the mole above the lip was distracting). Bond girl Caterina Murino and Gemma Atkinson were wasted. Khandelwal is sincere in his desi Sherlock act (he apes Cumberbatch, making his deductions from the clues popping on screen) but has no support from the plot. You wish the writer-director had used some logic, the film wouldn't have been this silly. The picturesque locales (snow-capped Swiss Alps?) could provide some respite but the deafening background score and overwrought storyline should be reason enough to skip this one. The aftertaste can be best described in a line from the movie, "Life is a hit-and-run. Everything happens by accident..." We assume, so did Fever.