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ZANJEER MOVIE REVIEW
Zanjeer was never a particularly great film. Sure, it had Amitabh Bachchan at his most primal, all flammable eyes and sincerely-furious baritone.
Telugu actor Ram Charan has marked his Hindi debut in this film as a lead actor. Priyanka Chopra has played the female lead, Prakash Raj plays the antagonist and Sanjay Dutt, Atul Kulkarni appear in other important roles in the film.
The movie revolves around a hyper-active police officer who is transferred from corner to corner due to his straightforward and aggressive ways, and finally lands up in Mumbai where he digs into the root of a petrol mafia case.
Ram Charan categorically is a hero material with his stunning looks and physique. However, his appearance in Zanjeer, with a stubble and spiked hair, does not match the character he is playing. The action sequences have been choreographed neatly even though it gets mind-numbing after a certain period of time. Prakash Raj’s performance as a comedic villain is a breather amidst the other elements of the film, that apparently seem to race one another into the hall of notoriety. Sanjay Dutt is inadequately used and his character is clumsy. His appearance as Sher Khan might raise the spirits of his ardent fans though.
Priyanka Chopra’s introduction dance is easily the best item number out of the three that feature in the movie. She looks really hot and pretty at the same time. However, one may wonder why she is even there in the movie, especially after her role in the case is finished. Talk of romance with the cop!
The background music completely lacks the drive that is needed and is deplorable at times. The “Ragupathy Raghava Raja Ram” music, that commences whenever Ram Charan tightens his fist to bash up the goons, sounds so detached. The action sequences would have been more engaging had the background score been better.
Gururaj’s cinematography is watchable though not remarkable. The ultraslow motion shots in the fight sequences are something that appeal visually. The sequence that features Ram Charan plowing into thatched houses in a car and emerging out without causing any major damage to the vehicle, is not only frivolous but also an example of poor direction.
ZANJEER MOVIE REVIEW
Zanjeer was never a particularly great film. Sure, it had Amitabh Bachchan at his most primal, all flammable eyes and sincerely-furious baritone.
Telugu actor Ram Charan has marked his Hindi
debut in this film as a lead actor. Priyanka Chopra has played the female lead,
Prakash Raj plays the antagonist and Sanjay Dutt, Atul Kulkarni appear in other
important roles in the film.
The movie revolves around a hyper-active police officer who is transferred from corner to corner due to his straightforward and aggressive ways, and finally lands up in Mumbai where he digs into the root of a petrol mafia case.
Ram Charan categorically is a hero material with his stunning looks and physique. However, his appearance in Zanjeer, with a stubble and spiked hair, does not match the character he is playing. The action sequences have been choreographed neatly even though it gets mind-numbing after a certain period of time. Prakash Raj’s performance as a comedic villain is a breather amidst the other elements of the film, that apparently seem to race one another into the hall of notoriety. Sanjay Dutt is inadequately used and his character is clumsy. His appearance as Sher Khan might raise the spirits of his ardent fans though.
Priyanka Chopra’s introduction dance is easily the best item number out of the three that feature in the movie. She looks really hot and pretty at the same time. However, one may wonder why she is even there in the movie, especially after her role in the case is finished. Talk of romance with the cop!
The movie revolves around a hyper-active police officer who is transferred from corner to corner due to his straightforward and aggressive ways, and finally lands up in Mumbai where he digs into the root of a petrol mafia case.
Ram Charan categorically is a hero material with his stunning looks and physique. However, his appearance in Zanjeer, with a stubble and spiked hair, does not match the character he is playing. The action sequences have been choreographed neatly even though it gets mind-numbing after a certain period of time. Prakash Raj’s performance as a comedic villain is a breather amidst the other elements of the film, that apparently seem to race one another into the hall of notoriety. Sanjay Dutt is inadequately used and his character is clumsy. His appearance as Sher Khan might raise the spirits of his ardent fans though.
Priyanka Chopra’s introduction dance is easily the best item number out of the three that feature in the movie. She looks really hot and pretty at the same time. However, one may wonder why she is even there in the movie, especially after her role in the case is finished. Talk of romance with the cop!
Telugu actor Ram Charan has marked his Hindi debut in this film as a lead actor. Priyanka Chopra has played the female lead, Prakash Raj plays the antagonist and Sanjay Dutt, Atul Kulkarni appear in other important roles in the film.
The movie revolves around a hyper-active police officer who is transferred from corner to corner due to his straightforward and aggressive ways, and finally lands up in Mumbai where he digs into the root of a petrol mafia case.
Ram Charan categorically is a hero material with his stunning looks and physique. However, his appearance in Zanjeer, with a stubble and spiked hair, does not match the character he is playing. The action sequences have been choreographed neatly even though it gets mind-numbing after a certain period of time. Prakash Raj’s performance as a comedic villain is a breather amidst the other elements of the film, that apparently seem to race one another into the hall of notoriety. Sanjay Dutt is inadequately used and his character is clumsy. His appearance as Sher Khan might raise the spirits of his ardent fans though.
Priyanka Chopra’s introduction dance is easily the best item number out of the three that feature in the movie. She looks really hot and pretty at the same time. However, one may wonder why she is even there in the movie, especially after her role in the case is finished. Talk of romance with the cop!
The background music completely lacks the drive that is needed and is deplorable at times. The “Ragupathy Raghava Raja Ram” music, that commences whenever Ram Charan tightens his fist to bash up the goons, sounds so detached. The action sequences would have been more engaging had the background score been better.
Gururaj’s cinematography is watchable though not remarkable. The ultraslow motion shots in the fight sequences are something that appeal visually. The sequence that features Ram Charan plowing into thatched houses in a car and emerging out without causing any major damage to the vehicle, is not only frivolous but also an example of poor direction.
The
words “Sanjay Dutt as Sher Khan” might have struck fear into some of your
hearts, and I’m here to reassure you that the result is exactly as woebegone as
it sounds. Dutt sleepwalks through Pran’s iconic role, looking demented during
the Yaari hai imaan dance and lazy the rest of the time, even during fight
scenes.
At one point he beats away assailants like they were errant pinatas, and at another -- during his big, crucial fight scene with Ram Charan -- he and his rival look too physically drained to square off against each other, like Street Fighter ran out of batteries.
A lame fight is apparently what passes for male bonding in the Lakhia universe, and a few scenes later both of them are playing car-racing games on a Playstation. Dutt, if only to provide us with a tragic metaphor, continues to grapple violently with his controller, mashing the buttons even though his car has already crashed and burned.
Whenever Dutt appears on screen, the background score switches to that of an operatic crescendo, like a rejected cut of something that’d play behind an Old Spice commercial. Background score man Amar “BringYourEarplugs” Mohile has a blast in this film, having made three or four music cues -- others include an Inception-y blare, and a Mission Impossible riff -- and clicking through them with high-volume recklessness, without care or nuance.
At one point he beats away assailants like they were errant pinatas, and at another -- during his big, crucial fight scene with Ram Charan -- he and his rival look too physically drained to square off against each other, like Street Fighter ran out of batteries.
A lame fight is apparently what passes for male bonding in the Lakhia universe, and a few scenes later both of them are playing car-racing games on a Playstation. Dutt, if only to provide us with a tragic metaphor, continues to grapple violently with his controller, mashing the buttons even though his car has already crashed and burned.
Whenever Dutt appears on screen, the background score switches to that of an operatic crescendo, like a rejected cut of something that’d play behind an Old Spice commercial. Background score man Amar “BringYourEarplugs” Mohile has a blast in this film, having made three or four music cues -- others include an Inception-y blare, and a Mission Impossible riff -- and clicking through them with high-volume recklessness, without care or nuance.
And
then there’s Ram Charan, a cop so tough he wears only two inscrutable
expressions. He struts around trying to look hardcore, but clearly there is a
reason why it takes someone like Salman Khan to make a stupid actioner work.
This new boy has zero screen presence, possibly worsened by the Hindi dubbing, and taking on one of Bachchan’s Vijays is particularly suicidal. When the film mercifully ends, some remixed song has the gall to play Bachchan’s voice saying that “yeh police station hai” line, which seems particularly cruel to young, unimpressive Ram.
This new boy has zero screen presence, possibly worsened by the Hindi dubbing, and taking on one of Bachchan’s Vijays is particularly suicidal. When the film mercifully ends, some remixed song has the gall to play Bachchan’s voice saying that “yeh police station hai” line, which seems particularly cruel to young, unimpressive Ram.
VERDICT: WORTHLESS TO WATCH
1/5
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