Prakash Jha, the courageous producer/director has once again given a movie which commands respect all by itself and takes us in a journey of knowing the lives and thinking of political minds of our country. Although the first half of the film is little taxing on the minds figuring who is who and the relationship, the second half steals the show taking the audience along with the story line which becomes gripping. The director smartly leaves the thinking of relating the characters to the present day politics to the viewers and one can draw assumptions on their own. It is also not true that the role of Katrina resembles that of the congress President Mrs Sonia Gandhi. However one similarity that both these women have is their looks which is stunning at all times!
Prakash Jha, seems to have taken tips from the south based director in Mani Ratnam who always weaves stories based on ancient epics and creates parallel characters to match them so that viewers are familiar with the story line that leaves them happy of hearing the good old ancient epic that were told to them by their mother and grand parents while making them eat food or sleep!
The ancient politics was created in our history and lives hearing and reading Maha-Bharatha and the same principles are seen to be adopted in this film making it more interesting! For a change, there are no romantic songs or dancing around trees except for a couple of bold bed room scenes.
The young mother revolting against her own father who happens to be the Chief Minister by joining hands with a rebel much older in Nasiruddin Shah and eventually giving birth to a male child who is left all alone in the river Ganga seems an ancient plot which does not go well in modern times! This boy transforms into an adult belonging to the Dalit class as in case of Karna who happens to be the foster son of a chariot driver. Here instead of a chariot, the father is the driver of a Mercedes Benz belonging to the politicians! When the mother discovers that Ajay devgan is her child who was given away to mother Ganges, she pleads with him to come back which he politely refuses. He also does not shoot his younger brother in Ranbir Kapoor due to emotional reasons and eventually gets shot by Ranbir who acts upon the advice of Nana Patekar who is always seen grinning and smiling as Lord Krishna does in Maha-Bharatha!
The dirty politics of retaining family power and the lust to hold on to the chair has been described and shown explicitly by the director. The academician in Ranbir Kapoor who gets drawn into the whirl pool of family politics and power has been well handled. Both Ranbir and Kat have donned different kinds of roles and is a welcome change for the cine-goers!
There are some brutal killings in the film which might have forced the censors to give the film some kind of trimming that it deserved. The role played by a woman aspiring to become an M L A by offering herself to the politician is something which will make the general public think and ponder about the woman politicians in a political party and create a serious debate about 33% reservation for women.
Its the bloodshed, hatred and lust to power and hold on to the party post at any costs that remains as headlines in your minds when you come out off the theatre and makes you wonder if these politicians have any humane consideration,, love and affection for anyone including their own families? Is money and power, the ultimate goals in one's life? Prakash Jha, being a seasoned politician himself is quite right in telling the people of the country about the current day politicians and well, he is and must be correct!
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