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The promos were giving an idea about the nature of the film - Hardcore patriotic flick in the backdrop of Hindu Muslim riots / Unity? Also the promos were highlighting the number of characters representing the strata of Indian cultural, economic and social aspects. And all of them are entangled in a religious thread. Well the story has roots of Godhra riots and 2007 Mumbai train blasts. It merits in terms of direction, story, dialogue and acting, not much in terms of music or cinematography though.
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The director has used the shock treatment and anti-climaxes in most of the scenes very effectively. However it's used so repeatedly that it becomes too predictable and weakens the overall impact otherwise the movie could have had on the viewers' minds. The story is told in such a bland way (read 'Balbodh!)such that I could analogue it with the Sathyanarayanan Katha :-) - The stories about how someone can suffer if not followed the divine commands and how everything can work well if they just follow the same :-)
The language is little filthy at times.
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N. Chandra is back with the bang. He was lost in weird flicks like 'Style' and 'Excuse me' for almost 21 years after the success of Tezaab which started with Ankush and Pratighaat. A very intriguing cliché of variety of characters and situations portrayed by able actors. Apart from Rajit Kapoor, Vijay Raaz, Sayaji Shinde and Seema Biswas, the most notable was Pravin Dabas - I could recall him with this movie moving forward. Some scenes are plotted considering Atul Kulkarni's expressions especially his eyes, that works, but those seem really planted - 'Paisa Vasool' scenes. And at many occasions, it succeeds in making you thrilled, saluting the tri-color and loudly reverberating in mind 'Mera Bharat Mahan…', 'Jay Maharashtra…' and so on. Net-net a good movie that can be watched once, at least for the die-hard N Chandra followers of early years of his career.
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