Movie Review : Rann
Rating : 3.25/5
Banner : Vistaar Religare Film Fund, Big Bang Films Production, WSG Pictures
Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Behl, Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Rajat Kapoor, Gul Panag, Neetu Chandra, Rajpal Yadav, Sudeep, Rahul Pendkalkar, Neena Kulkarni, Simone Singh, Iklaq Khan, Alok Nath and Others
Music : Dharmaraj Bhatt and others
Cinematography : Amit Roy
Producer: Sheetal Vinod Talwar, Madhu Mantena
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Released Date: January 29, 2010
Story:
An intense tale, the story is set on the backdrop of the channel wars and here is Vijay Malik (Amitabh) who owns a news channel 'India 24 X 7'. He believes in the moral code of responsibility towards society and his channel comes up with honest news and reporting. However, his son Jay (sudeep) thinks otherwise and for him, this is just a means of income. Then, there is Amreesh (mohnish) who is a staunch rival to Vijay and he has a channel 'Headlines 24' that is zooming high on TRPs. Jay wants to achieve that spot and in this process, the opposition party leader Mohan Pande (paresh rawal) comes into picture. He decides to use both the channels to bring down the government and get to power. What are the consequences of that and what happens to Vijay's integrity forms the rest of the story.
Presentation:
The director has come up with a point blank truthful situation and both his presentation and narrative are top notch. The dialogues are lengthy but meaningful, the script was tight and the screenplay was efficient. Background score was excellent but songs were poor. Cinematography is the real hero of the movie, they have captured the scenes with amazing brilliance. Editing was crisp. Costumes were perfect and the art department was convincing. Amitabh has given another masterly performance and only he could do justice to that role, Sudeep is a stunner and he will go a long way in Bollywood. Mohnish Behl had substance and he did good, Suchitra was neat, Neetu looked hot and sensuous, Paresh Rawal was outstanding, Rajpal Yadav was hilarious. The others did their bit as required and contributed valuably to the film.
Conclusion:
The film is an outright satire on the current ways of the electronic media and it is hard to say that anything is wrong with the message the makers are conveying. While the first half goes about with the regular elements of relations, drama, politics etc, it is the second half where things get into high voltage and the intensity reaches a peak. The flip side of the film is that it is too serious and very teaching types. Some might find it hard to relate to the protagonist given his ideals. The technical values are superb and the production values are high. This will appeal strictly to those who like serious and sensible cinema with a strong message, so it is the urban and multiplex crowd. Given the current political situation in our state, this would appeal in a big way
The director has come up with a point blank truthful situation and both his presentation and narrative are top notch. The dialogues are lengthy but meaningful, the script was tight and the screenplay was efficient. Background score was excellent but songs were poor. Cinematography is the real hero of the movie, they have captured the scenes with amazing brilliance. Editing was crisp. Costumes were perfect and the art department was convincing. Amitabh has given another masterly performance and only he could do justice to that role, Sudeep is a stunner and he will go a long way in Bollywood. Mohnish Behl had substance and he did good, Suchitra was neat, Neetu looked hot and sensuous, Paresh Rawal was outstanding, Rajpal Yadav was hilarious. The others did their bit as required and contributed valuably to the film.
Conclusion:
The film is an outright satire on the current ways of the electronic media and it is hard to say that anything is wrong with the message the makers are conveying. While the first half goes about with the regular elements of relations, drama, politics etc, it is the second half where things get into high voltage and the intensity reaches a peak. The flip side of the film is that it is too serious and very teaching types. Some might find it hard to relate to the protagonist given his ideals. The technical values are superb and the production values are high. This will appeal strictly to those who like serious and sensible cinema with a strong message, so it is the urban and multiplex crowd. Given the current political situation in our state, this would appeal in a big way
