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By Sudhir Daruwala Š2005 Bollyvista.com |
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A Still from 'Viruddh' |
Life moves on nicely until Amar gets killed in an attempt to nab a politician's son Harsh [Amitabh Dayal], who is trying to run away after killing his girlfriend in front of a nightclub. One expects the movie to take a dramatic turn from here on with some fiery sequences to follow. Unfortunately, the script doesn't allow any such things to happen. The family mourning a death is surely not something that could have been done away with, but the punch that one expected from this stage on is missing.
Vidhyadhar files a case against Harsh and predictably looses due to police-lawyer-politician nexus. Instead, Amar is tainted as a drug peddler. At this stage, once again the audience hopes that things would pick up with Vidhyadhar coming up with some superlative scheme. But again, the execution is not hard hitting enough to sympathize with the proceedings. In fact, it looks childish to see Vidhyadhar first recording Harsh's statement in a hidden recorder and then openly playing it right in front of him to expose him. His rationale behind doing so is not convincing either. The subsequent court scene is one of the tamest scenes ever in current Bollywood that defies all logic [and probably even the rules of law]. This is where one feels sorry for Mahesh Manjrekar, the director, as he built up the story so well for most of the part, only to have it fall apart with some weird writing at the end.
Sharmila Tagore comes up with a lovable performance [one of her best ever] that should make number of producers start thinking about signing her and Big B together more often. Bachchan continues his good form in 2005 and enacts his character very well as he turns from happy-go-lucky, to helpless, to finally rebellious (though one misses the fiery part in him that was expected in the last few reels). John Abraham shows that he can do much more than be a cool dude and given his career chart so far, this should be yet another interesting addition to his profile. Anusha is a delight and brings on a smile in all her happy scenes with the Bachchan family. Sachin Khedekar doesn't get much scope to act except for the opening scene, which he does well. |
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