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| RAAJNEETI
MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Harish V |
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Starring:
Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgon, Ranbir Kapoor,
Katrina Kaif.
Direction:
Prakash Jha
Music:
Pritam Chakraborty, Aadesh Shrivastav, Shantanu
Moitra, Wayne Sharp
Production:
Prakash Jha Productions |
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Have
you ever imagined how modern day Mahabhartha
would seem like if told with Indian Politics
as the base? do not try to test your intellectual
brilliance any further, just shell out
the movie hall fees and get into the dark
room, for Prakash Jha had already done
that and come up with a movie which is
fresh, dark, extremely disturbing and
brutal.
You might feel that Prakash Jha had seen
a double bill Maniratnam's 'Dhalpathy'
and Ram Gopal Verma's' Sarkar Raj' before
he had sat down to script this 3 hour
saga of politics, deceit and crime. But,
you have to give it to Prakash, for he
(and Anjum Rajabali) have come up with
such a compelling screenplay that you
only can feel sorry for those few who
had refused to accompany you to the theaters.
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In the quest of who will lead the family owned party
when the party leader, the eldest of the family gets
a stroke, Samar Pratap(Ranbir), a PhD scholar and
the youngest who has no plans to enter politics is
forced into it after a cruel assassination in his
family. The tussle for power becomes a free for all
within the family, with even blood relations being
forgotten for power. Conspiracies are hatched and
countered by the day and Samar realizes that reconciliation
and fighting as a united party is a non-existent possibility.
And Samar, with his brains splits the empire and launches
a new party, guided by Brij Gopal(Nana) with plans
of bringing his elder brother Prithviraj(Arjun Rampal)
to power. The parent party is now in the hands of
the now paralysed leader’s son Virendra (Manoj
Bajpai) and he is now fighting with a new found firebrand
youngster who is portrayed as the leader of the Dalits
and other minorities; Suraj (Ajay Devgon).
A family feud in films is not new in Indian cinema
and politics has also been taken many a times on celluloid
but this is a dark film which keeps you hooked and
entertained all through. Thanks mainly to the crystal
clear screenplay by Prakash and Anjum, this movie
clearly can be tagged one of the better movies made
on Indian politics. There are several underlined references
which you would so easily understand if you do follow
Indian Politics. There were some continuation problems
which the director could have worked on, and even
the item number looked forced. Logically there were
few things taken for granted apart from that, its
all aces.
Performances from the ensemble cast are near to perfect.
The movie does not belong to a single person but Ranbir,
Nana and Arjun just blow you away, near perfect performances
with Nana achieving cent percent. Katrina Kaif has
given a subdued performance though her sudden love
towards Arjun is not properly justified. Ajay Devgon
maintains single minded intensity throughout; exactly
what the character demanded. Naseerudin Shah is wasted
in an insignificant role. Nikhila Tirkha is strictly
ok. Sarah Thompson is a revelation. The rest of the
crew have given their best in every single frame.
Cinematography by Sachin Kumar Krishnan, is just perfect
for such a movie even the experimentation is kept
in check and not overdone as like a Ram Gopal Verma
movie(thankfully!). Editing by Santosh Mandal could
have been better in the second half. Art direction
by Jayant is brilliant, some of the sets he has erected
are grandiose. Music has been used very intelligently
and is made sure that it doesn't affect the screenplay,
due to that the songs work. Dialogues are all very
powerful but sometimes we just wonder who speaks in
such a dialect, like when Nikhila Tirkha meets Ajay
in person.
Overall its a movie which Hindi film industry has
been waiting for, as Kites has already kissed the
ground this movie is all set to keep the ticket counters
ringing for quite some time. Maybe the modern day
version of Ramayana can crack it in a fortnight. Its
going to be an interesting war. The war of the modernized
epics, lets wait and watch.
Verdict:
Time and ticket wait for none, Go get it!!
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Patekar,
Ajay
Devgn,
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Katrina
Kaif |
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