Satyagraha – An Effort Wasted!

Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Amrita Rao & Manoj Bajapi
Director: Prakash Jha
Producer: Prakash Jha, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ronnie Screwvala.

Duration: 152 Minutes

Shot at the backdrop of Anna Hazare’s movement Satyagraha is totally an effort wasted. The film revolves around the events that led to Satyagraha, similar to the one done by Mr.Anna Hazare of course with lot of melodrama, emotional atyachar and politics in it !

Dwaraka Anand (Amitabh Bachchan) an upright man who lost his son in the ugly game of politics takes a stand. A stand, to get the corruption out of the system and making people get what their right is.

His movement is joined in by Ajay Devgn, Arjun & Kareena Kapoor who becomes his supporting pillars. How these events finally lead to the good winning over bad is Satyagraha.

The Good: The good thing about Satyagraha is, Prakash Jha has kept the coin transparent which shows the pros and cons of a moment like this. He made sure he got the best cast available who have done a splendid job, especially performance by Mr.Big B …..just a phenomenon. Prakash Jha perfectly depicted how movements like this are socially hyped so as to make an issue vibrant.

The Bad: Satyagraha is an encyclopedia of errors. Right from the script which keeps falling apart in the name of emotions, to many loose ends that just needed a perfect knot. Too many technical errors just makes this movie fall flat, How come a man owning 6500 crores just gave up his entire property in a days time and still doesn’t get prosecuted. A reporter who should be unbiased becomes a member in the movement stays in the same house with Mr.Anand but yet continues to report news? Ajay Devgn no matters, what drives the News channel car as his personnel property. Adding to all the above flaws bad music and awful lip synching by actors just makes this boring.

Satyagraha would have been better had the director has taken up a stand to show what is real rather than giving up the plot to current political situation. .

Watch Satyagraha only for Mr.Big B you would be happy with him……!

Rating: 2.5/5

Chennai Express – Boarding this is a must…!

Cast: Shahrukh Khan & Deepika Padukone.
Director: Rohit Shetty.
Producer: Gauri Khan, Siddharth Roy Kapur and Ronnie Screwvala.

Duration: 142 Minutes

Rahul (Shahrukh Khan), a late bloomer in love & life is all set to make his boring life happening by setting on a tour to Goa with his friends. Before that, he has to take detour to Rameshwaram for offering his grandfather’s last rituals.  

He sets his journey with Chennai Express amidst huge confusion, which lands him with Meena Lochini (Deepika Padukone) and the henchmen sent by her father Durgeshwara, Don of Kumbhan city.

Rahul & Meena are forced to return to Kumbhan wherein she is forced to marry Tangaballi another don from the same city.  

Meena with Rahul escapes from Kumbhan only to be chased by Durgeshwara & Tangaballi. Chennai Express is tale of Rahul & Meena finding their love amidst the two chasing dons & some tough situations.

Chennai Express is a perfect entertainer for all sections. Rohit Shetty has given a clean film which has every ingredient that makes your money & most importantly time worth it.

Crisp & tight story, good music, fabulous actors and the never ending fun, typical Rohit Shetty style just makes this movie a good watch.

Some good foot tapping numbers from Vishal-Shekhar, immaculate camera work (Watch out for Helicopter angels) and special performance from Shahrukh & Deepika will be the things to watch out for.

Shahrukh sticking to his words has placed Deepika before him in credits…..a welcome change.

All in all board this Express for sure, to experience a fun filled ride. Double thumbs up for Chennai Express. Go for it!

Rating: 4.5/5