Article Updated 26 June, 2004 01:02:18 AM IST   'Deewaar - let's bring our heroes home' - 'Bang On!' By Prema K. ©2004 Bollyvista.com   'Deewaar' is based on true incidents and facts but has been presented as a well made commercial film. There is nothing pretentious about it. Major Ranvir Kaul (Amitabh Bachchan), is a prisoner-of-war in a Pakistani POW camp. Along with many others, he is languishing in the camp for over 30 years. The film revolves around how his young son, Gaurav (Akshaye Khanna) brings him back with the help of Khan, (Sanjay Dutt), who suddenly springs from nowhere. He starts off by being a man with no conscience who has no hang-ups about switching sides depending on the money that comes his way. It is an adventure flick definitely inspired from a lot of Hollywood films but is a treat for the audience both visually as well as performance wise. The credit goes to the director, Milan Luthria, for having worked out every little detail carefully, be it the look or mood of the film. The supporting cast, who make up the POW team have been given enough importance. Even Tanuja, who is playing Amitabh's wife and Akshaye's mother does not seem wasted at all in a brief role. Amrita Rao, who is playing Akshaye's love interest of sorts too has a small role but enough screen time to showcase her talent and leave a mark. But it wasn't such a great idea to present her as a seductress in the hot but pleasant number, 'Piya Bawri'. She has no oomph value and should stick to her clean, innocent image. But here's an actress who is growing with every film and delivers even in the briefest of roles. Akshaye delivers another power-packed performance. His dedication and sincerity shows in every frame. But how one wishes he had the well-toned body look that he is sporting these days in real life. But extra weight or not this guy is one hell of a looker with oodles of talent to boot! After an ill-etched out role in his previous release, 'LoC', this is justice indeed to the brilliant actor. Sanjay Dutt seems tailor made for Khan's role (initially money-minded and carefree but who has a change of heart later). His sensitivity and make up adds to the look of the character. He is best in the action sequences and also the bits of comic relief that he provides. But surprisingly, 'Marhaba Marhaba' with the specially flown in belly dancers does not have enough sizzle. All said and done 'Deewaar' is Amitabh's film and he has done complete justice to it. Be it the fight or emotional scenes he proves that he is still the best. He is very sprightly and even shakes a leg with his usual ease and confidence. Now for the negative bits about the film. How does Akshaye manage to get help effortlessly at almost every point? The last half hour of the film has a few unnecessary scenes that could have been easily trimmed off to make the climax crisp. KK (the main villain) relies more on facial expressions than dialogues and does a good job. But he could have been given a few lines. Music of the film is not hot. However, the excellent stunts, fight scenes and cinematography more than make up for it. Credit is really due to Nirmal Jani (camera work) and Tinnu Verma (action director). The commercial prospects of the film look good and it is definitely one of the better films of the recent crop of films! **** (Four Stars) *poor; **average; ***good; ****very good; *****excellent   close   Print this Article http://www.bollyvista.com   http://www.bollyvista.com/article/a/29/2894