Monday, August 08, 2005

Dus: A Crowd Puller


"Too many cooks spoil the recipe", this is what some people can say about this movie. Because this happened in "LOC" (J P Datta, 2003). But that's not happening in this movie. The movie is a full timepass. In Mumbia language "jhakash". Its not a good movie but a good entertainer. Its crowd puller. Hundreds of movies are being made on the same theme, but still this can be watched and enjoyed once.

The movie opens with a rocking song "Dus bahane kar ke le gayi...". And then an ATC Team (Anti Terrorist Cell), decorated with sophisticated weapon and instrument nabs some terrorist, hiding in a building. I wish Indian Commandos would have used such weapons and instrument during "Akshar Dham", they definitely would have caught some terrorist alive and some casualties would have been avoided. India is shining! Don't agree with me, come on - at least feel good!!

The movie has a very few songs, though not required, but if removed will not fall in the category of crowd puller. I personally don't like songs in movie, but songs are totally fitted in the movie. They go well with story.

The most boring scene in the movie is the last scene when Abhishek is taking a bomb away from the city, but due to time constraint he need to crash the plane in lake and sacrifice his life (yes he dies, may be Mr. Anubhav wanted to apply the same formula which Ramesh Sippy applied to his movies (Sholay, Shakti) on Amitabh, kill him, and he will pull the crowed). The conversation among Abhi, Zayad and Sanjay is so boring that audience gets frustrated.

In male star cast it Abhisekh, Sanjay, Pankaj Kapoor and Gulshan Grover, steal the show, Sunil Shetty is average. In female start cast its Shilp Shetty. Rest of the star cast is complete waste. Esha Deol, Zayad Khan, Ramia Sen, Dia Mirza immediatly should join some acting classes.

Gulshan Grover does a good jobs. Even thought he does not delivers any dialogs (except a few) but makes his presence felt. Its the Pankaj Kapoor who steals the show in negative role.

Even though movie is a hit but Anubhav Sinha has a long way to go. This movie would have been made better by putting some logic in it. If defusing a bomb was as easy as putting a chewing gum, then probably chewing gum would have been much more costly.

All the best Anubhav.

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