Director: Prakash Jha
Genre: Politics, Drama
A failed attempt in the process of recreating multiple failed public reforms in the course of our Indian politics. Dikhaana hi hai to success stories dikhao, jo fail ho chuka use hum dekhkar kya karein!!
Overhyped, same old regular drama, very well can put you to sleep. However, watch it for Manoj Bajpayee
PS: It is a clear win to John Abraham on his Madras Cafe over Satyagraha! :)
Minuses:
- Over dramatic approach towards everything. Be it Amitabh being too harsh on Ajay in the first half, or Amrita always in tears specially where she is simply asked to bribe an official for 100-200 bucks(as if she is harassed particularly), Amitabh slapping the officer, Ajay dropping years of amibitions and hardwork for simply something he never thought was important, Kareena acting as the one and only voice for entire India....god save me! This is what happens when TV serials are attempted in movie make!
- Boring boring boring! Nothing new happens that you havent seen before. God damn! the characters are also repeated in the same platform of Prakash Jha's movies repeatedly telecasting same old drama with new title. Havent we seen Amitabh playing a teacher with his tight grounds on morales in 'Aarakshan'-Prakash Jha again. How many times have we seen Ajay Devgan acting as a rising leader?? Soon we can expect his son to play the young fighting leader in Prakash Jha's next :P
- The entire plot is so so hackeyned from multiple dramas of Prakas Jha's own cradle! It doesnt raise any different public conscience! It doesnt help getting any patriotic, nor does it compel you to do something about our country's current state
- The base script upon which the entire protest is built up is very shanty! It almost feels that Prakash Jha only had the second half on his mind, and he never paid attention to its first half, when the base is the most important aspect!
- First half is extremely boring
- Music is pathetic, all the attempts of blending in rock with desi music, blunder! I have no idea what did the Music Director try to create. The desi item number in a regular disc, is such an eye sore. At least a better model would have done some good! And then you must notice all the high musical drama with utter chaos when the old Bapu is fighting with his life during his hunger strike. How can any sick person take all these!
- And to top it all! The movie gives no solution by the end of it! An open end and continued drama :D
Lukewarm:
- I do have special regards for Amitabh Bachcan but cant really add any credits for his role in this one. The caricature of Anna Hazare was just not required. What good is it going to do anyway. Does it set any role based model for the audience..NO!! Could the reforms of Anna Hazare bring about any change in the system...NEVER! Why then the entire drama once again at the cost of our hard earned money and time!!
- Ajay Devgan, same old avatar. Lame lame lamer this time! The story progresses 3 years after the beginning shots. 3 years before, he was heading to abroad for MBA, and 3 yrs hence, he not only does complete his MBA, he even builds a fortune for his profoundly known telecom start up! How many do you see running so fast :D And then the rabbit suddenly turns into a tortoise, leaves everything,sells everything to fight a cause which he knows best is an endless muddle. Stained his role right here and done for the rest of the movie :)
- Kareena Kapoor, i kind of hate her expressions. She just doesnt suit modest roles. Her attitude is trademark and shows up even in love making scenes, as if she is doing a favor to her partner :P Good role to her but looks like she bought this one :P Such big news creating history out there and she and her channel is the only one addressing it till very long! Why was she even there in all the meetings where Arjun Rampal should have been there, crap!
- I am very very disappointed with Arujun Rampal. Not a very well defined character. He is the local leader with absolutely no attitude. He just is way too modest for a leader, ready to give in everytime to anybody at all! Looks like his and Kareena's roles were swapped :P
Pluses:
- Manoj Bajpayee is the only man which makes the watch all worth it. Trust me, all the while as the movie runs, i was waiting for his scenes only! One brilliant actor, awesome delivery of dialogues. More than the weightage of the dialogues, the weight was in his delivery. A natural actor tat he is
- And look who is here in the positives, none other than Amrita Rao. Unexpectedly significant role and she looks pretty throughout with least of make up and plays a support mostly but is appreciable :)
- Second half is watchable, much better than the first half
- One song romantically involving the lead pair is good to the ears
My rating: 2/5
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