Director: Sanjay Gupta
Cast: John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Kangna Ranaut, Tusshar Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Sonu Sood, Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar
Manya Surve (John Abraham) is a goody-two-shoes student who is madly in love with Vidya (Kangna Ranaut) and getting the right marks in his studies. Circumstances force him into becoming a gangster and it’s a downward curve from there.
The film has a Tezaab like beginning. A tough cop wants to hear how a hard working student became a dreaded gangster. Anil Kapoor was the gangster in Tezaab. He’s playing encounter specialist Afaque Bhagran here and instead of playing a sympathetic cop, (like Suresh Oberoi did in Tezaab), questions a bullet-ridden Surve because he finds his story interesting. So the tale is told in lengthy flashbacks, what with the cop and the gangster duo reminiscing about their life and times.
Sanjay Gupta’s last outing as a director came way back in 2005. Zinda was a remake of Korean revenge drama Oldboy. The film was appreciated for its slick and gritty treatment and one thing Sanjay hasn’t forgotten is being slick and gritty. The action scenes, especially those shot in Dongri and the Dhobi Ghat areas are a treat. The film falters when it tries to open the emotional faucet. John and Kangna have chemistry but heaving bodies under satin sheets does not make for a love scene. Also, Manya’s transition from an honest student to a callous gangster is too abrupt. And we could have done without the three item numbers.
John Abraham tries hard to play the troubled youngster. But instead of being subtle, he chooses the over-the-top route. Hence, instead of inner angst, what comes through is gnashing of teeth and flexing of muscles. The Vaastav, Satya kind of empathy with the protagonist is missing here. And that’s the problem with the film. You want to feel for the hero but can’t because his abs are coming in way of his internal trauma.
The film is touted as a John Abraham actioner but it’s Anil Kapoor who aces up as the surprise hero. He plays a cynical but honest cop, someone who wants to clean up the system, with the correct amount of bravado and aggression. His shoot-first-ask-questions-later act is ably supported by Ronit Roy and a wisecracking Mahesh Manjrekar, who play fellow cops. Manoj Bajpayee and Sonu Sood, who play mafia kingpins Zubair Imtiaz Haskar and his brother Dilawar Imtiaz Haskar (based on Dawood and his brother) too add the necessary menace to the film. Manoj suffers from another Sunny Corleone-like killing in the end (after Gangs Of Wasseypur) and seems to have become something of a death specialist.
Cast: John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Kangna Ranaut, Tusshar Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Sonu Sood, Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar
Manya Surve (John Abraham) is a goody-two-shoes student who is madly in love with Vidya (Kangna Ranaut) and getting the right marks in his studies. Circumstances force him into becoming a gangster and it’s a downward curve from there.
The film has a Tezaab like beginning. A tough cop wants to hear how a hard working student became a dreaded gangster. Anil Kapoor was the gangster in Tezaab. He’s playing encounter specialist Afaque Bhagran here and instead of playing a sympathetic cop, (like Suresh Oberoi did in Tezaab), questions a bullet-ridden Surve because he finds his story interesting. So the tale is told in lengthy flashbacks, what with the cop and the gangster duo reminiscing about their life and times.
Sanjay Gupta’s last outing as a director came way back in 2005. Zinda was a remake of Korean revenge drama Oldboy. The film was appreciated for its slick and gritty treatment and one thing Sanjay hasn’t forgotten is being slick and gritty. The action scenes, especially those shot in Dongri and the Dhobi Ghat areas are a treat. The film falters when it tries to open the emotional faucet. John and Kangna have chemistry but heaving bodies under satin sheets does not make for a love scene. Also, Manya’s transition from an honest student to a callous gangster is too abrupt. And we could have done without the three item numbers.
John Abraham tries hard to play the troubled youngster. But instead of being subtle, he chooses the over-the-top route. Hence, instead of inner angst, what comes through is gnashing of teeth and flexing of muscles. The Vaastav, Satya kind of empathy with the protagonist is missing here. And that’s the problem with the film. You want to feel for the hero but can’t because his abs are coming in way of his internal trauma.
The film is touted as a John Abraham actioner but it’s Anil Kapoor who aces up as the surprise hero. He plays a cynical but honest cop, someone who wants to clean up the system, with the correct amount of bravado and aggression. His shoot-first-ask-questions-later act is ably supported by Ronit Roy and a wisecracking Mahesh Manjrekar, who play fellow cops. Manoj Bajpayee and Sonu Sood, who play mafia kingpins Zubair Imtiaz Haskar and his brother Dilawar Imtiaz Haskar (based on Dawood and his brother) too add the necessary menace to the film. Manoj suffers from another Sunny Corleone-like killing in the end (after Gangs Of Wasseypur) and seems to have become something of a death specialist.
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