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wld like to hear u say that when u r the old pervert ! ![]()
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I would say KH is defntly "One of the most talented actors of India". |
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Is that a proposal or an invitation?? ![]()
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Members were discussing so I went and rented a movie of Kamal Hassan ... he plays a mute. I was not impressed. Great story though ...
Suggest ... we watch two films before arriving at a conclusion. One single actor film Yaadein starring Sunil Dutt and a film where Sanjeev Kumar plays close to a dozen roles. I keep looking but cant find the dvd of two films.
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Unfortunately I haven't watched two movies ...
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tantuji dekh liya movies aapne? I don't have all the time in the world |
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![]() herez the synopsis: ’Times of Betrayal’’,this was the title which followed the poster of Govind Nihalani’s violent saga.Nihalani a former assistant of Shyam Benegal shot into fame as a director in early 80-s for his hard-hitting violent sagas-Aakrosh and Ardh Satya.The violence of his films was a bit different from other violent movies.The films had more of internal violence going in the character’s mind rather than kicks and punches.Needless to say that with Aakrosh he touched the pinnacle of alternate cinema making Naseer-ud-din Shah deliver another power packed performance and bringing Om Puri into limelight.With Ardh Satya in 1983 he gave the art-cinema its biggest hit ever and the movie got both him and Om Puri a number of national,filmfare and international awards.I remember clearly that in around end of 1994 I used to follow-India This week tv series after coming from school.They once showed a showcase on Drohkaal which was getting acclaim in many film-festivals.From the showcase itself it was evident that it was another hard-hitting cinema in Ardh-Satya.When it was released in May 1995 just a few weeks after Mani Rathnam’s classic-Bombay,I decided to watch Drohkaal with my friend on theatre.Ofcourse I was having second thoughts that it was the first art movie which I was going to watch on theatre( I saw Ardh Satya 4 years after in 1999) and I was not sure if I could enjoy it.Secondly I thought that such hard hitting cinema evolved with Nana Patekar in countless movies after Ardh Satya-Ankush,Pratighaat and Krantiveer which had bowled me over.So I thought that now what can Govind and Om do to better it.Needless to say that the combination of Naseer-ud-din Shah-a perennial favourite with Om Puri and Amrish Puri as well,gave me a feeling that the movie will atleast have great performances if nothing else.And they proved me right. The movie begins with 2 senior police officers(Naseer-ud-din Shah and Om Puri) encouraging new recruits of the police force.They wanted a few young officers to mix-up with the militants in such a way that they earn their trust and pass on information.The pack included one Dhanush(Milind Gunanji) and 2 other young officers.Naseer is a muslim and is the senior officer and is a simple but tough guy.Om,a Hindu is also tough but is not that hard-hearted.Despite the difference in religion they were great friends and their families interact and celebrate festivals together.Om is married to Mita Vashisth and has a small kid.Their main target is a guy who runs a terrorist outfit(Ashish Vidyarthi). Om also looks upon on his senior (Amrish Puri) as a philosopher and guide.He manages to catch hold of Vidyarthi but is not able to get any information from him.He is surprised to see that Vidyarthi is not an uneduacted man but a highly educated and a sensible young man who is against the country.He is scared by the mentality that is on the rise in the country.However he is not able to change much as he realises that he is a pawn in this big game of chess.Events take a turn in such a way that Ashish controls Om’s life even while being in prison.Om’s family is troubled and the problem escalates when Vidyarthi’s associate(Annu Kapoor) starts staying at Om’s place posing a threat to his wife and son.Meanwhile Dhanush’s other aid are caught by the terrorists and killed.However Dhanush is still on the hide and has won the confidence of everyone. Due to the evil forces Naseer is killed and Amrish commits suicide.Om kills Ashish but in order to catch the entire gang of terrorists dies at the hands of Dhanush so that Dhanush can become the commander and foil all plans of the terrorists group. Nihalani advertised his recently released flop -Dev as the sequel to Ardh Satya.However for a Govind Nihalani fan and even for a normal person who has seen this movie,Drohkaal looks and fits correctly as the movie which follows Ardh Satya. The story of Drohkaal like most Govind Nihalani’s movies is hard and is set against a backdrop of terrorism.The story is brilliant and it tries to look at the network of terrorists.The screenplay is good,although some scenes have traces of Amitabh Bachchan starrer-Benaam(read my review for details).The terrorising of a family by a criminal,attacking a child and killing of the dog was all present in Benaam.However except that there is no simialrity in both the movies.The editing is good although some scenes especially the bed-scenes between Om Puri and Mita Vashishtha tend to get too slow.The scene where Anu Kapoor sexually abuses Mita is not in proper taste and tends to drag.The dailogues are brilliant and the dailogues between Om Puri and Ashish Vidyarthi form the highlight of the movie.The sound recording and cinematography is brlliant.Govind Nihalanis totally controls the script by his brilliant direction.Although ,Ardh Satya,Aakrosh and Vijeta are the best works of the director yer Drohkaal is not very far from them.Amrish Puri again gets a role of an elderly man like in Aakrosh,Aaghaat and Ardh Satya.His character has negative shades and he delivers another good performance.While most people know about Om,others tend to overlook the fact that even Amrish Puri has been a favourite actor of Govind-Aaghaat,Aakrosh,Vijeta,Ardh Satya,Thakshak(read my review) and even the weak Dev.His death scene comes as a thrilling sequence. Mita Vashishth is just ok and so is Anu Kapoor.Milind Gunanji does adeuqate job in his debut(although I dreamt of Nana Patekar in his place in the role).However the show belongs to Ashish Vidyarthi.In his debut film Vidyarthi gives his carrier best performance.If Ardh Satya brought Sadashiv Amrapurkar as a villain in a big way,Drohkaal brought Vidyarthi to Bombay.His dailogue delivery,diction and expressions make him a real good actor and he matches the skills of both Om Puri and Naseer. Ashish got a national award for the best supporting actor that year although he lost to Mithun Chakraborty who won the Filmfare for the best villain for the B-grade Jallad.Unfortunately like most theatre actors except Naseer and Amrish Puri,Vidyarthi also could not get much success after his sensational debut.He is reduced to a B-grade villain and none of his performances except in Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin and to an extent Major Saab are anything to write.His confrontation scene with Om Puri in the forest deserves special mention. |
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Vyomisenaixa pai, great review... thanks, now I almost feel like watching Drohkaal... will try to get it. I personally feel that Dev was an excellent movie, superb acting and great script.
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![]() Naihalani was the link between realistic cinema and commercial cinema.... he never skirted the issues bur never went too preachy (except Dev I guess) either...
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