Movie review
Gulaal (Hindi)
Director: Anurag Kashyap
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Starcast: Kay Kay Menon, Raj Singh Chaudhary, Ayesha Mohan, Deepak Dobriyal
Rating: 3/5
By Namita Gupta
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Review: If politics is your cup of tea, then this one's for you. And quite aptly timed preceding the elections and post the Holi. For others it's again a hard-hitting stance from Anurag Kashyap who doesn't believe in any kind of barriers whatsoever. Definitely not a family entertainer, this is an intense film drawing inspiration from a few real life events. There's a whole lot of college politics replete with dirty ragging, danda maaro and gun chalao scenes. But the underlying message seems to come across quite vividly u00c3u0083u00c2u00a2u00c3u0082u00c2u0080u00c3u0082u00c2u0093 that of one-time royal community who coveted to claim its royalty and Rajputana province from a democratic government.
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Dilip Singh (Raj Singh Chaudhary) comes to Rajpur in pursuit of law after his post graduation. He is beaten up naked and locked in a dark room with Jesse Randhawa, a college professor and then brain washed with head down into a bathroom sink with flush on. From campus ragging he is soon enmeshed into politics when his roommate Rananjay Singh aka Ransa (the only handsome guy in the film, Abhimanyu Singh), who is an heir to the royalty, but prefers to live on his own, contests the college elections, but is murdered by his step brother. The fearless don Dukey Bana (Kay Kay Menon) compels Dilip to contest in place of Rananjay on behalf of the Rajputana party and makes him win. As if matters couldn't get worse, Kiran (Ayesha Mohan) who is Dilip's rival stoops down to luring him, sleeps with him and emerges in power. The reticent Dilip becomes harsh to his own ally. And then there's more bloodshed.
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What's hot: Mahie Gill's mujra number and Kay Kay Menon's belligerent act.
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What's not: Starts with a stark and unyielding flow making the complex plot even more intense. None of the scenes gain an applaudable impetus.
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Film- Baaji (Kannada)
Cast- Alok, Rani, Rangayana Raghu, Anath Nag.
Director- Shidlaghatta Srinivas
Rating: 2/5
By Manju Shettar
Director Shidlaghatta Srinivas makes his debut with a meandering story,u00a0contrived dialogue, and tedious screenplay. Srinivas has too many things to say, but none of it is something, which has not been said before.
Krishnappa (Rangayana Raghu) loses a bet over India-Pakistan cricket match against underworld don Abdul Khan (Kishore)u00a0and agrees to marry his daughter Priya (Rani) to the latter as he has no cash at hand. The story takes a different turn when the herou00a0Baaji (Alok) kidnaps Priya and takes her to his house. Priya narratesu00a0the tragicu00a0tale of her life to Baaji and asks him to rescue her from the clutches of Abdul Khan. Meanwhile, Baaji loses his heart to Priya and falls in love with her. But Priya is in love with another guy. How Baaji rescues Priya and wins the girl of choice forms the rest of the story.u00a0
What's hot:
Newbies Alok (veteran actor-director Kashinath's son)u00a0and Raniu00a0with their vibrant performances show a lot of promise. Veterans Ananth Nag and Rangayana Raghu are at their usual best.
What's not:
The plot bores you with its predictability. The second half of the movie is so trying that you anxiously await curtains.
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