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'Deewaar': Strong commercial potential!
By Our Correspondent ©2004 Bollyvista.com

Those who've seen 'Deewaar' tell us that the film is low on emotion and soul but has some brilliant action sequences. Of course, many seem inspired by a range of jailbreak Hollywood flicks, but the execution of the scenes is highly stylized (by Bollywood standards). The film is author-backed for Bachchan. Of his three releases, 'Deewaar' will be the best, followed by 'Dev' and 'Lakshya'. Sanjay Dutt is passable while Akshaye Khanna chips in a power-packed performance as usual. Commercially, the film might not be a runaway hit but has decent commercial potential. Let's wait and watch!


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In Toronto, Deewar is screening at Square One (THX) and at Albion & Woodside.


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Why was Deewaar made?

Ashish Magotra | June 25, 2004 08:08 IST


Every once in a while, there comes along a movie that forces you to think.

Deewaar - Let's Bring Our Heroes Home does that and more. It forces you to think of a legitimate reason for its existence. You will search the depths of your soul, and I guarantee you will fail to come up with an answer.

If you trying to escape from a maximum-security prison, would you do it in broad daylight, when the guards are fresh and alert, or does the cover provided by night seem a better option?

Logic would indicate that after 18 unsuccessful escape attempts, the inmates led by Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan), would choose the right option. But the makers of Deewaar - Let's Bring Our Heroes Home would have us think otherwise.

The movie revolves around the attempts of 33 Indian prisoners of war, who were captured in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, to get back home. That gave the director, Milan Luthria, ample scope to weave an intriguing story. But it was not to be.

The prisoners eventually manage to escape from the prison, aided by Maj Kaul's son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna), who has made his way to Pakistan illegally, without any support from the Indian government.

The soldiers are eventually successful in their achieving their objective, helped in no small measure by the journeyman Khan (Sanjay Dutt).

Radhika (Amrita Rao), the female lead, seems to be added as an afterthought. Her contribution to the movie is one song and one chase through the streets of Lahore. She falls in love with Gaurav and when the time comes go back to India, he leaves her behind to fend for herself. So much for true love and gallantry!

A star-studded cast that includes Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan and the very talented Raghuvir Yadav has been thoroughly wasted in this farce of a movie.

A true reflection of any movie is often in the tiny details and Deewaar fails in that sense too. The producers, who spent Rs 30 crore (Rs 300 million) on the movie, would have us believe that one year of research went into the scripting of the film. If that were really the case, they need to hit the books again.

Authenticity is left far behind, right from the first scene where they show an Army truck crash into a TATA (an Indian company) truck, to the point where they show all the Pakistani soldiers and officers speaking in Hindi. They are even shown counting in Hindi. A little Urdu or Punjabi would have been nice.

Or how about the time when they show the Bullet Enfield (an Indian motorbike) on the roads of Pakistan. Early in the movie, a Pakistan guard recognises a matchbox of Indian make. Amazingly, not one of them manages to notice the bike.

And that's not all.

If 33 prisoners escape from a prison, the police, the national guard, the army and every other armed force would be on red alert. But even as the POWs make their way towards the Indo-Pak border, only three jeeps containing not more than 20 Pakistani soldiers chase them. No helicopters, no artillery support, nothing of the sort.

Strikes you as vague? That's what Deewaar is.

The movie earned a place in the Limca Book of Records for having the highest insurance cover. One wonders whether there is any cover against flopping miserably.

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Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Kay Kay, Amrita Rao
Director: Milan Luthria
Producer: Gaurang Doshi
Music: Aadesh Shrivastava
Lyrics: Nusrat Badr


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Not all reviews are 'Not Glowing' reviews.

Here are some excerpts from Sify.com's Glowing Review of Deewar:

http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/review ... ~above~all!

If you are under the impression that DEEWAAR is about Prisoners of War languishing in the jails of Pakistan, you are bang on target!

If you are under the notion that DEEWAAR is yet another film that is anti-Pakistan, you are partially right. The film is set in Pakistan and portrays the Indian soldiers in a positive light, a few Pakistanis in a negative light. There's no Pak-bashing here, let's get that right!

Gaurang Doshi's DEEWAAR, directed by Milan Luthria, walks on a tight rope…More than anything else, it is perhaps the first Hindi film that talks about the great escape of Indian POWs from Pakistani soil. The makers have ventured into a lane where not many producers, directors and writers of Hindi films have had the guts to risk into.

DEEWAAR is a stirring example of courage and the indomitable human spirit. It thrillingly celebrates the heroism of men who never gave up the fight.

DEEWAAR borrows from two Hollywood masterpieces - David Lean's THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI [1957] and John Sturges' THE GREAT ESCAPE [1963]. With such illustrious textbooks to refer to, DEEWAAR just cannot go wrong…and it does offer plenty of thrills in those 3 hours. DEEWAAR may not be historically accurate, but it does not keep you away from enjoying the film, especially its second half.

The movie starts off well. The initial reels, depicting the plight of the POWs, seem straight out of life. The barbaric attitude of the Pakistani officer [Aditya Shrivastav], the torturous and brutal moments [Sanjay Narvekar being 'punished' by Kay Kay], the never-say-die attitude of the Indians…everything seems to be well explained.

Akshaye's journey to Pakistan makes the goings-on more fascinating. His interaction with Akhilendra Mishra first [a Hindu residing in Pakistan] and with Sanjay Dutt subsequently makes the proceedings more interesting.

The film is stylishly shot, has a grand look despite it being a prison film and care has been taken to make the goings-on seem as pragmatic as possible.

Writers Sridhar Raghavan, Gaurang Doshi and Milan Luthria deserve a pat for attempting a novel theme and packaging it well,

Cinematography [Nirmal Jani] is outstanding. Action scenes [Tinu Verma], though well executed, will meet with extreme reactions - some might sit through it, some might find it difficult to absorb. Music [Aadesh Shrivastava] is a mixed bag. 'Leke Aayee Hain Hawayein Ye Ishara' is the pick of the lot. 'Marhaba' is a mass-appealing number that is well placed in the narrative. Adesh's background music is superb; it often enhances the impact of the scenes.

DEEWAAR has an impressive cast, but it is Amitabh Bachchan who towers above all with a splendid and power-packed performance. The actor seems to be accomplishing the unattainable with every film. This is his third memorable performance this year, after KHAKEE and DEV.



Sanjay Dutt is in form yet again. Although his role isn't as well defined as that of Big B or Akshaye Khanna, Dutt comes up with an extremely likeable performance that is sure to win him plaudits from the viewers. His dialogues are well worded and are sure to appeal to the masses.

Akshaye Khanna is a treat to watch. The youngster proves yet again that he is amongst the most gifted actors of the present generation. Amrita Rao is wasted.

On the whole, the plusses in DEEWAAR outnumber the minuses in the film. The lethal combination of a fantastic star cast, hi-voltage dramatic sequences, a riveting second half and vibrant action will ensure a successful run for the film. Yet, the action - specifically the brutal ones - is not the type that would catch the fancy of ladies/families. However, lack of a major release for the next two weeks will only help its distributors smile all the way to the bank!

Rating:- * * *.
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as EXPECTED TARAN with his MORAN BUISNESS SENSE! DECLARES IT BETTER VALUE than LAKSHYA/DEV etc for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES!!

POT BOILERS RULE!! QAYAMAT/AAN/APD! were ALL BETTER same like DEEWAR! :bash:

Deewaar

By Taran Adarsh, June 25th, 2004 - 1115 hrs IST


If you are under the impression that DEEWAAR is about Prisoners of War languishing in the jails of Pakistan, you are bang on target!

If you are under the notion that DEEWAAR is yet another film that is anti-Pakistan, you are partially right. The film is set in Pakistan, portrays the Indian soldiers in a positive light, a few Pakistanis in a negative light, but there's no Pak-bashing here, let's get that right!

Gaurang Doshi's DEEWAAR, directed by Milan Luthria, walks on a tight rope… More than anything else, it is perhaps the first Hindi film that talks about the great escape of Indian POWs from Pakistani soil. The makers have ventured into a lane where not many producers, directors and writers of Hindi films have had the guts to risk into.

DEEWAAR is a stirring example of courage and the indomitable human spirit. It thrillingly celebrates the heroism of men who never gave up the fight.

DEEWAAR tells the story of a few prisoners of 1971 war, still in custody of the Pakistanis, leading a pathetic life in their jails.

In India, the wives of these soldiers continue to wait patiently for their homecoming. But the relationship between the two countries being such, the Indian officials fear that if they raise the issue, their counterparts in Pakistan will eliminate the Indians for fear of being exposed.


Gaurav [Akshaye Khanna] decides to get his father, Major Ranvir Kaul [Amitabh Bachchan], back to his homeland. But the path is thorny. Gaurav is aided by Khan [Sanjay Dutt] in his mission, also of Indian origin but held captive in Pakistan.

The prisoners attempt yet another escape. And this happens to be the final escape…

DEEWAAR borrows from two Hollywood masterpieces - David Lean's THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI [1957] and John Sturges' THE GREAT ESCAPE [1963]. With such illustrious textbooks to refer to, DEEWAAR just cannot go wrong… and it does offer plenty of thrills in those 3 hours. DEEWAAR may not be historically accurate, but it does not keep you away from enjoying the film, especially its second half.

DEEWAAR is divided into two parts; the first being the son's quests to trace his father and get him back home and then the last hour focuses on the mass escape by prisoners. There is plenty of excitement throughout even while the prisoners are still trapped behind the barbed wire fences.

DEEWAAR starts off well. The initial reels, depicting the plight of the POWs, seem straight out of life. The barbaric attitude of the Pakistani officer [Aditya Shrivastav], the torturous and brutal moments [Sanjay Narvekar being 'punished' by Kay Kay], the never-say-die attitude of the Indians… everything seems to be well explained.

Akshaye's journey to Pakistan makes the goings-on more fascinating. His interaction with Akhilendra Mishra first [a Hindu residing in Pakistan] and with Sanjay Dutt subsequently makes the proceedings more interesting.

But there's a problem here: The goings-on move at a slothful pace, often taxing the patience of the viewer. Besides, the violent proceedings in the first half do catch you unaware. Yes, violence has to be an integral part in a genre like this, but the impact is so strong and a few sequences are so brutal that the weak-hearted would squirm in their seats.

With mixed feelings you watch the second half unfold before you. Thankfully, the post-interval portions save the film from being a mediocre product. The escape strategy, the eventual escape, the chase, the massacre… the final hour keeps you on the edge.

But the post-interval portions [despite the fact that it is riveting] are not without their share of blemishes. The romantic track between Akshaye and Amrita stands out like a sore thumb. There was just no need to depict the song-and-dance routine ['Piya Bawri'] since it acts as a speed breaker in the narrative. Even the culmination of the romantic track looks like a compromise from the writing point of view. Frankly, it would've only helped had it been a flick without the heroine angle.

Also, the film would've done without the songs in the second half. At least two songs come in rapid succession and dilute the impact of the hi-voltage dramatic scenes.

DEEWAAR is director Milan Luthria's third outing [after the interesting KACHCHE DHAAGE and the utterly forgettable CHORI CHORI] and you can't help but notice the giant strides he has taken as a technician. The film is stylishly shot, has a grand look despite it being a prison film and care has been taken to make the goings-on seem as pragmatic as possible.

Writers Sridhar Raghavan, Gaurang Doshi and Milan Luthria deserve a pat for attempting a novel theme and packaging it well, but how one wishes the narrative had a concise format. The film could've easily done without a few songs and as mentioned above, without the romantic track as well. In fact, it would only help if the film were trimmed by at least 15-20 minutes to perk up the goings-on.

Cinematography [Nirmal Jani] is outstanding. Action scenes [Tinu Verma], though well executed, will meet with extreme reactions - some might sit through it, some might find it difficult to absorb. Music [Aadesh Shrivastava] is a mixed bag. 'Leke Aayee Hain Hawayein Ye Ishara' is the pick of the lot. 'Marhaba' is a mass-appealing number that is well placed in the narrative. Adesh's background music is superb; it often enhances the impact of the scenes.

DEEWAAR has an impressive cast, but it is Amitabh Bachchan who towers above all with a splendid and power-packed performance. The actor seems to be accomplishing the unattainable with every film. This is his third memorable performance this year, after KHAKEE and DEV.

Sanjay Dutt is in form yet again. Although his role isn't as well defined as that of Big B or Akshaye Khanna, Dutt comes up with an extremely likeable performance that is sure to win him plaudits from the viewers. His dialogues are well worded and are sure to appeal to the masses.

Akshaye Khanna is a treat to watch. The youngster proves yet again that he is amongst the most gifted actors of the present generation. Amrita Rao is wasted.

Kay Kay conveys a lot through his eyes, but the role isn't of the memorable type. Yet, his silent confrontation with the Big B [the first time they come together] is simply extra-ordinary. Amongst character actors, Raghuvir Yadav, Aditya Shrivastav and Akhilendra Mishra stand out with praiseworthy portrayals.

On the whole, the plusses in DEEWAAR outnumber the minuses in the film. The lethal combination of a fantastic star cast, hi-voltage dramatic sequences, a riveting second half and vibrant action will ensure a successful run for the film. Yet, the action - specifically the brutal ones - is not the type that would catch the fancy of ladies/families. However, lack of a major release for the next two weeks will only help its distributors smile all the way to the bank!

Rating:- * * *.


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DEEWAR - LETS BRING OUR HEROES HOME (2004)

Producer: Gaurang Doshi
Director: Milan Luthria
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Khanna and Amrita Rao
Music: Aadesh Shrivastava
Lyrics: Nusrat Badr
Audio: T-Series

RS RATING: 6/10

Introduction:
Deewar is certainly director Milan Luthria's most ambitious project to date. The big budget movie features a massive cast, explosive storyline and some catchy music. Its little wonder expectations are pretty high…does Deewar meet them? Radio Sargam gives its verdict!

Story:
Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan) and many of his men are captured by the Pakistani Army during the 1971 war and kept in various Pakistani prisons. They are treated badly, human rights are violated and the Indian army and the government have also forgotten about them.

These POWs try and escape numerous times, and many are killed in the process. The film opens with the escape of one such POW who sends a message back to the families of these POWs stating that they are alive…

Ranvir's wife (Tanuja) and her son Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) are also waiting. When the Indian army does not agree to help them out, Gaurav sets off on a mission to rescue his father. He reaches Pakistan and stays at the house of a Pakistani Hindu Jabbar (Akhilendra Mishra) and falls in love with his pretty daughter Radhika (Amrita Rao). Jabbar helps him to a certain extent. In the meantime Ranvir Kaul and his men are transferred to another jail as the human rights activists try and locate for atrocities committed on the Indian POWS.

There they meet the evil jailor (Kay Kay) and another Indian army man Jatin Kumar (Raj Zutshi). Together they plot an escape… but are caught and a few men are killed. Although the Pakistani army try and kill another anti-social inmate Khan (Sanjay Dutt), he escapes after being saved by Gaurav.

Khan and Gaurav unite and make a plan. They steal a blueprint of the prison and strategize the flight. Khan gets arrested, reenters the prison and discusses plans of escape. Suddenly they realise that the one that they think is Jatin Kumar is not an Indian army man but a Pakistani soldier in disguise. They pre-pone the plan and escape a day before…

Critique:
The film has some great moments. It is a thorough entertainer like Milan Luthria's previous film Kachhe Dhaage, which also was an escape drama about Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan escaping. Deewar is slickly paced, but has a slightly tried and tested formula. Milan Luthria's storytelling is however worth mentioning.

Amitabh Bachchan gets a hero's role after a long time. He did carry Baghban on his shoulders and carried this one too, admirably. Bachchan has not lost any of his charm and personality. Since he plays his age, the role suits well.

Sanjay Dutt is mind blowing as Khan! His eyes speak a lot in the film and his sense of comedy and timing leaves you stunned as the rare comic moments waft through the serious film.

Akshaye Khanna works hard on his role. He suits it too. His comic timing, his charismatic smile, fits the bill. The only problem is the age. He is said to be 30. And he was a small child when Amitabh Bachchan went to the war. It ahs been 33 years since the war. Which means that he had to be 35 at least. Anyway, that is left to cinematic liberty.

This film focuses on the male characters and therefor Amrita Rao hardly has scope. She is very cute, but sadly does not look like a seductress during the Piya Banwari song though she tries very hard.

Tanuja is wasted as the mother. Aditya Shrivastav as the bad Pakistani army man and Kay Kay as the evil jailor do well. They give out menacing looks and do not utter any anti-India dialogues. The film does not have any anti-Pakistan dialogues like Gadar and does not create any communal or anti national feelings.

The camerawork is nothing spectacular, but the slick editing helps the film a lot. There has been a lot of research on the script and every detail has been done well. Even the scene of a Pakistani soldier noticing the Indian matchbox in the hands of Akshaye Khanna is quite remarkably taken.

But there needs to be a thought given to not inserting songs when the pace of film is just picking up. There were people who walked out for a smoke during the Piya Banwari and the Marhaba numbers.

All in all… an entertaining project Deewar does not disappoint at all. It is a delight for many interested in watching engaging and compelling cinema.


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If u want QUALITY, then BUY NEW GREAT ESCPAE REMASTERED 2 DISC EDITION on DVD!

Otherwise!! Watch DEEWAR to BOIL your POT! :lol:


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arsh wrote:
If u want QUALITY, then BUY NEW GREAT ESCPAE REMASTERED 2 DISC EDITION on DVD!

Otherwise!! Watch DEEWAR to BOIL your POT! :lol:


If the choice is between 40 year old film on DVD or a brand new Indianized, Masalaized, Additionlized Film on Giant screen in THX, my choice is "Deewar on Giant Film Screen in THX".


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rana wrote:
arsh wrote:
If u want QUALITY, then BUY NEW GREAT ESCPAE REMASTERED 2 DISC EDITION on DVD!

Otherwise!! Watch DEEWAR to BOIL your POT! :lol:


If the choice is between 40 year old film on DVD or a brand new Indianized, Masalaized, Additionlized Film on Giant screen in THX, my choice is "Deewar on Giant Film Screen in THX".


I knew, ur choice, so thats why, I gave it to u, lol!!

but mind u, it wont go like HUM TUM with the family!!

If it would be ME!! ? I'll leave DEEWAR to DVD RENTAL only, and BUY GREAT ESCAPE for my collection!

** Watch AMRITA RAO for me, in PIYA BAVRI song pls :wink: :roll:


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arsh wrote:


** Watch AMRITA RAO for me, in PIYA BAVRI song pls :wink: :roll:


I can do better. I'll let you in the theatre, instead of myself, for that song. :)

May be that song itself might turn out to be Paisa Vasool song?? :)


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rana wrote:
arsh wrote:


** Watch AMRITA RAO for me, in PIYA BAVRI song pls :wink: :roll:


I can do better. I'll let you in the theatre, instead of myself, for that song. :)

May be that song itself might turn out to be Paisa Vasool song?? :)


Thats the BEST THING in the ENTIRE ALBUM imho!!


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Deewaar (2004)
By MIO Team
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Swashbuckling 'Deewar' is cold at heart

Direction: Milan Luthria
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Akshaye Khanna, Amrita Rao, K.K. Menon, Tanuja, Arif Zakaria, Akhilendra Mishra, Aditya Shrivastava, Raghuvir Yadav, Raj Zutsi;


"(In) This school of ours he's the headmaster!" guffaws Sanjay Dutt, pointing to Amitabh Bachchan.

"Deewaar" is largely set in a prison camp in Pakistan. As in Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List", the barbed fence plays a pivotal part. Prisoners jump on it in frantic attempts to escape, the heroes get their hair hands, limbs and torsos bloody and swollen over it.

Yup, the spiky fence is the real villain of Milan Luthria's film.

Screenwriter Sridhar Raghavan, who shares writing credits with director Milan Luthria and producer Gaurang Doshi, seems to have watched every prison escape drama, from Richard Attenborough's "The Great Escape" to John Flynn's "Lock Up" to Frank Darabont's "The Shawshank Redemption".

In spirit, "Deewaar", like Raj Santoshi's "Khakee", is more Hollywood than Indian.

This patently Westernised attitude to adventure drama comes at a cost.

"Deewaar" often loses out on that moist feeling which so reassuringly separates the audience's Bollywood experience from Hollywood..."Devdas" from "Troy", so to speak.

At its pragmatic and rather cold heart, "Deewaar" secretes a potentially tear-shedding emotional drama about a son's search for a father he has seen only as a child.

This, and not the ongoing escape drama, should've formed the core of the plot in "Deewaar". The 30-year-old separation of father Amitabh Bachchan and son Akshaye Khanna just don't affect us emotionally.

To compound the emotionless crisis there's Tanuja as the patient wife. The actress hardly looks like a woman who would wait 30 years for her reportedly dead husband to return from enemy camp.

The improbabilities often threaten to swamp the film's undoubtedly meritorious adventurous spirit. Akshaye's infiltration into Pakistan, the way he suddenly collars a Pakistani soldier into divulging his father's whereabouts and the utterly ludicrous manner in which he runs into Sanjay Dutt reveal a sudden and startling lapse of reason in the plot.

But the escape drama is brilliantly mapped. The tensions in the prison camp captured through clenched jaws, defiant eyes and parched lips.

The orange glow of the setting sun, the ominous darkness of moonless escapades, the crowded by-lanes of Karachi (recreated in India) and the unforgiving desert-scape of the India-Pakistan border come vividly to life in this film.


Cinematographer Talat Jani and art director Jayant Deshmukh take the clever-but-cold-around-the-heart plot beyond the precincts of a Hardy Boys' adventure story.

Once again, it's entirely up to Bachchan to hold together the loose ends in the plot. As the headmaster of the bedraggled army of prisoners, he proves once again why he is what he is.

Bachchan is more assertive here than in "Dev". From the pain of whip lashing to the anguish of a father who comes face to face with his son after 30 years, his weary eyes convey anguish, hope and defiance as he takes on the sadistic jailor played with cocky diabolism by K.K. Menon.

Menon seems inspired by Ralph Fiennes in "Schindler's List". What a cross to bear! And not just for the actor.

Sanjay Dutt as the mercenary with a heart of gold provides comic relief in the tense drama. His growth as an actor is evident in the way he jumps awkwardly into the plot and proceeds to make space for himself...right next to the mighty Bachchan without looking like a sidekick in the main event. Among the very competent supporting cast of prisoners, Arif Zakaria's silences speak louder than words.

Akshaye plays it cool. The son's turmoil is all under the surface, a place where this film never really goes.

The Akshaye-Amrita Rao romance is wishy-washy and intrusive. Amrita's seductive song, which comes right in the middle of the main drama, is more idiotic than erotic. I suggest Luthria take a look at how deftly Farhan Akhtar wove romance into the war epic in "Lakshya" last week.

At the end, when the son gets back his father, he simply walks away from the girl back to the 'right' side of the border. The age of chivalry ended when cross-border politics became fashionable.

Aadesh Shrivastava's music is far more effective in the background, though admittedly he did a better job of recreating on-screen emotions in "LOC". The songs, especially the romantic duet and the belly dance, belong to another planet.

The climactic battle in the deserts with guns and camels finally narrows down to a fist-to-fist between the Indian soldier and the evil Pakistani jailor.

"Deewaar" is a terrific modern-day equivalent of the swashbuckler as long as you don't look too hard at the liberties taken with the rather-serious politics of cross-border terrorism.



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'Deewaar' shocks the industry!
By Our Correspondent ©2004 Bollyvista.com

Even though 'Deewaar' was lauded for its fair commercial potential and some fine performances, the Indian audience has chosen to be nasty to the ambitious mega-venture! If the initial response to the film is anything to go by, this Bachchan-starrer like 'Lakshya' and 'Dev', may not make it to the winning mark! And then Bachchan, who was in the news for three consecutive releases, will then be in the news for three consecutive flops!


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