Starring: Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi and Kalki Koechlin.
The movie is based on a political shindig in a fictional town of Bharatpur. The CM is planning a major housing and commercial development thereby moving a large population of slum dwellers. A fiery activist, Dr. Ahmedi, speaks against it and is murdered in the process which is declared a drunk-driving accident. Shalini (Kalki Koechlin) wants to reveal the truth and meets a cocky photographer Jogi (Emraan Hashmi) who has some evidence to help her. IAS officer, T.A. Krishnan (Abhay Deol) is handed the task of inquiring the murder-accident and stumbles upon some dirty secrets of the political world.
The beauty of the movie lies in the way Dibakar Banerjee has portrayed the notorious world of beaurocracy and the superb acting by the cast. Emraan Hashmi is the soul of the movie and plays the role of a small town photographer to par. The make up is flawless and a lot of attention to details have been given which lends a sense of authenticity. The two songs in the movie took a minute too long which could have been done away with. The rest of the movie was tactfully music lacking which had the desired effect of making people grip. I admit the Tamilian accent of Abhay Deol wasn't convincing at all and the starting of the movie was a bit darb, but it is the best Bollywood movie in a long long time. I hope the trend continues
Oh come on!! You got to be kidding me. . Accepted that the script was good, and the cast was superb, but it crawled a snail's pace!! Could have been a very nice, smooth moving movie instead. .
ReplyDeleteYou sure the director is not one of your kins?? :D
agreed that the pace was a wee bit slow but thats what added to the charm of the movie. they showed everything that could have happened and i loved the way things panned out in the end.
DeletePS- i have forgotten who the director is