June 17th, 2008Sarkar Raj - Movie Review

After a swing of duds, RGV hits back this time with a sequel to the successful Sarkar. The movie is a good addition to Sarkar (a hotch-potch of God Father and Bal Thackeray) and carries forward the tale of the most powerful family in Mumbai.

The movie begins with the 65th Birthday celebrations of Sarkar - Subash Nagre (Amitabh Bachchan). His son Shankar Nagre has carried forward his baton and has endeared himself to the masses as a new age hero. A foreign firm comes up to build a power plant in a remote village called Thackarwadi, which will solve the power problems of the cities but will result in the displacement of 40,000 villagers. The daughter of the firm’s owner, Anita (Aishwarya Rai), tries to get Sarkar’s help. He rejects the idea initially but relents when Shankar convinces him of the benefit this power project will bring to Maharashtra. To persuade himself, Sarkar visits his Gandhian mentor Rao Sahab (Dilip Prabhavalkar) whose peevish and hot-headed nephew Sanjay Somji (who carries an uncanny resemblance to Raj Thackeray), a farmers’ leader opposes the idea completely. Shankar, along with Anita visits village after village, explaining the benefits of the power plant to the villagers. But all his attempts are foiled by Sanjay, who mobilises popular opinion against the power plant and sets the Political canon afire, resulting in riots athwart Maharashtra. The movie thereafter captures the battle that ensues, which ultimately forces Sarkar, the ultimate patriarch, to step in.

The movie has nearly all of the elements of an RGV movie – crime, mafia, Politics and people who are killed like mosquitoes. The fact that a powerful persona is created in Sarkar helps the most. Amitabh, as Sarkar, conveys every idea and emotion, be it through his deep voice, or threatening silence. Abhishek and Aishwarya, with a short love story, also put up a good performance. The background score of Saam-daam-dhand-bhed captures the depths of the dark world of Politics in just four words. The strongest point of Sarkar Raj, as the promos suggest, is its hair-raising climax, done in a typical Sherlock Holmes style.

But that’s it. Sarkar Raj mainly benefits from the strength of the characters that were created in Sarkar. Without Subash Nagre (who suspiciously looks like Bal Thackeray), Sarkar seems to be nothing. Moreover, it justifies all means, no matter how bad and horrifying they are, if the ends are acceptable. The camerawork suggests that it is like any other RGV movie and is drenched in sepiatone, like a period film.

But at the end of it all, it showcases a very relevant theme – Industrial Projects, displacements and politicisation of those projects. Moreover, RGV moves beyond the pro or anti industries stand of the newspaper editors and shows the dark nexus that exists behind all this. In short, it is worth watching even if you are not an RGV fan. And for the RGV fans, the movie ends with a proposal of a Sarkar 3!

June 17th, 2008Mere Baap Pehle Aap - Movie Review

Reconstruction ustaad Priyadarshan once again brings up a comedy movie Mere Baap Pehle Aap, does not justify the promos in any means and is also at responsibility of dragging the film for two and a half hours. Initial first half is laughter ride but the second half takes you to a dramatic topography, surely Priyan needs to do something more than this for sure.

It’s about a widower Janardhan Rane (Paresh Rawal) who spends his life in the upbringing of his sons Chirag (Manoj Joshi) and Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna). Now the sons take on the responsibility of managing business and household activities. But it is the younger Gaurav who takes care of his father as if he were his son, to the degree of shouting, fighting and locking the father up in room only to keep him away from his friend Madhav Mathur (Om Puri). Madhav is fraught to get married and seeks Janardhans help always, ending up into trouble, only to be bailed out by Gaurav time and again. Gaurav starts receiving calls from a girl Shikha (Genelia D’souza) who happens to be his old college friend whos back from the US and stays with her guardian Anuradha Joshi(Shobana).

Janardhan happens to meet Anuradha only to recognize she is his lost love. Gaurav and Shikha get to know of it and are determined to get them married and in the process take a liking for each other.

Akshaye has developed the penchant for such roles and rendered the right poise. Paresh is at is usual best and the director surely knows how to use him. Genelia does leave her mark. But there is a gross under utilization of performers like Om Puri and Shobana knowing their caliber. Archana Puransingh is fantastic. Naseeruddin is effective in his cameo. Rajpal Yadav is yet another talent wasted out here. Manoj Joshi seems okay.

The music (Vidyasagar), editing and scripting are simply disappointing. The cinematography (Piyush Shah) is a worth mention. This is what we do not expect of Priyadarshan movie and is just enough to make you say “ Bas kar Baap Re Baap”

May 23rd, 2008JANNAT Movie Review



The Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt not at all run out of stories. In their new trip JANNAT, Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt have yet another new story to tell. This time, it’s all about match fixing and bookies. But wait! It would be mistaken to categorize JANNAT as a cricket-centric film. Cricket is just the wallpaper here. The center is on the love story, like GANGSTER which was, at heart, a love story.

What vicious circle you by complete surprise is the fact that JANNAT has been helmed by a debutante director [Kunal Deshmukh] and penned by, again, a debutante wordsmith [story: Vishesh Bhatt; screenplay Kunal Deshmukh and Vishesh Bhatt]. You’re surprised at the level of maturity, the command over the craft, and the display of self-assurance in their very first outing. Honestly, you don’t take to JANNAT instantly. The initial portions - the love story - are firmly chalta hai stuff. But the best part is, JANNAT takes a step forward every 10 minutes. The film actually takes off when the characters reach Cape Town, South Africa. The piece thereafter is of the same kind to a roller coater ride. Right from the interval point to a hair-raising, pulse-pounding climax, JANNAT is another journey altogether. The end, especially, hits you like a ton of bricks [it wouldn’t be right to reveal what happens to the characters].

You can’t envisage JANNAT without Emraan Hashmi. Right from his debut film FOOTHPATH to JANNAT, the actor has only grown-up with the passage of time. The actor displays the gamut of emotions with aplomb, he changes expressions like a chameleon changes colors. JANNAT is yet another turning point in his career. In a nutshell, JANNAT is one of the finest films to come out of Vishesh Films. Not to be missed!

Arjun [Emraan Hashmi] is a reckless young man with an obsession for making money at card games. A probability meeting with a girl in a mall, Zoya [Sonal Chauhan], gives him the reasons he was looking for to move out of his ordinary life. He steps up from playing small-time card games to becoming a bookie. Stuck in a triangle of sorts between the woman he loves and his addiction to make a quick buck, Arjun steps into the world of match fixing. But his dizzy rise attracts the attention of the police [Samir Kochar

May 9th, 2008Get Signed Up by Recording Companies.

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