Stories on gangsters and their ruthless crimes,have been a recently adopted trend for film making in Bollywood. However,the concept of identical twins,separated at birth due to some tragedy, and their difference in behaviour arising out of the different circumstances faced by them, followed by their interchanging due to the story line,that results in comical or thrilling situations and confusions,is a not so common plot used by film makers today.This type of plot predominantly used in 80's and 90's,have become extinct today.
Writer and Director,Atul Sabharwal,has mixed the above two plotting concepts of Indian Cinema in an unequal and somewhat unbalanced blend,into this movie "Aurangzeb",backing them with a large and powerfully assembled cast comprising of Arjun Kapoor,Prithviraj Sukumaran,Rishi Kapoor,Sashaa Agha and Swara Bhaskar in lead roles,along with Deepti Naval,Jackie Shroff,Amrita Singh,Anupam Kher and Sikander Kher in supporting roles.
Released on 17th May,2013,Aurangzeb is a Bollywood action thriller film,which executes the ideology of "Good triumphs over evil".The theatrical trailer was released on 3rd April,2013 and was highly received by the audience.But unlikely,the film could not manage to do the same at cash registers and was a decent,above average hit.Lack of realistic concept,too predictable story line,and a large number of previously predictable straight cut twists could not make the film a worthwhile watch.Although,the first half is decent enough,the film loosens very quickly towards the second half,and the end could easily be guessed.
Now,beginning with the review:
Title - The film has a somewhat little uncanny resemblance to the life and policies of the ruthless Mughal Emperor,Aurangzeb and hence the title "Aurangzeb" has been used in a justified manner.However,here I would like to focus on the title of the movie,stating the fact that the title of this movie is interesting enough to grab the audience's attention,without revealing even a bit of the story line that the movie follows.Hence,the title selected by the director is successfully exhibited.
Trailer - The theatrical trailer of the movie,released on 3rd April,showered introduction on the lead characters of the movie,along with a hint of the possible story line that the movie may follow.The trailer introduced a story line involving a family of cops and a family of criminals,and focused on the conflicts between them.In order to bring the criminals down,the cops capture a member from their team,and send his look alike to take his place.However,things don't go as smooth as expected and tables are turned upon one of the families.The main tag line of the trailer was "Kingship knows no kinship".
The trailer was very well received by audience,and crossed 1million views on Youtube in just three days.
Story Line - The story line of the movie,as mentioned at many places above,is quite predictable and the twists that come are also the same.It starts with a family of corrupted police cops or rather collectors (Rishi Kapoor,Prithviraj and Sikander) in Gurgaon,who in order to bring down a real estate Developer, Yashvardhan (Jackie Shroff),capture his son Ajay(Arjun Kapoor),and send his long lost twin brother Vishal (Arjun kapoor again) to take his place and inform the police about Yashvardhan's whereabouts.The main purpose behind this was to restore the lost glory of an honest and dutiful police officer(Anupam Kher), brother of DCP Ravikant(Rishi Kapoor),and father of ACP Arya(Prithviraj),who had protected Yashvardhan's wife and one son,after faking an encounter of them.But,the greedy DCP Ravikant had something else in mind.However,tables are turned when Vishal decides to be with his father,and stops helping the police.Then what follows is a series of traits,deceptions and double crossing,finally letting good triumph over evil.
Acting - Arjun Kapoor,in the double role of Ajay and Vishal,carries out his task well.In both the roles,as the ruthless hooligan and spoilt brat Ajay,as well as his timid counterpart Vishal,he stands firmly.However,his typical mannerism leads to no difference between them in some scenes,especially his typical laughing scene.He needs certain more polish in expressing his emotions.
Rishi Kapoor,after the role of "Rauf Lala" in Agneeepath,does an excellent job again as the main antagonist.The veteran actor has once again proved that in acting,he is not less than any body.The character of the greedy, witty and clever DCP Ravikant has been accurately executed by him.He will be remembered for some heavy one liners,delivered by him at ease.
Prithviraj Sukumaran,Jackie Shroff and Swara Bhaskar,have also done justice to their roles.
Sashaa Agha,the Pakistani singer and actress,daughter of singer Salma Agha,has not much scope of acting in this movie.Roaming around in skin tight minis,coming out of pools in bikinis,and making love to Arjun Kapoor,is what she has to offer in this movie.She has been able to generate the oomph factor required in the movie,and has executed her as a sex kitten.Probably,this is the purpose for which she had been offered a role in the film and so,in a way,she has done justice to her role.
Anupam Kher,has a very little role in the movie,too little for any kind of determination. Sikander Kher,in the role of ACP Dev,an ally of DCP Ravikant,still needs to learn acting and even delivering dialogues.His acting is the most disastrous performance in the movie.
The rest of the cast is just okay.
Music - The music is composed and directed by Vipin Mishra and Amartya Rahut. The music of the movie could not stand up to it's mark and is not at all positively received by the audience.Only the song "Barbadiyaan",sung by Sashaa Agha and Ram Sampath ,seems to be a little popular,that too mainly because of the ample exposure of Sashaa Agha. However,I personally like the song "Jigra Fakira",sung by Keerthi Sagathia. The music scores 6/10.
Pace - The pace of the movie is slow,which adds to it's predictability.Slow pace along with a predictable plot is the main reason that makes the movie uninteresting to watch,specially towards the end.
Go watch it for Rishi Kapoor's stupendous performance,or if you are a die hard Arjun Kapoor or Prithviraj Sukumaran fan.
If you intend to go for the skin show,rather visit Youtube than visiting theatres.
This movie can be given a miss.
Overall,I rate the movie 5/10.
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