Prakash Jha's 'Aarakshan' offers a rock-solid first hour, but loses pace in it's slightly deary second. This tale on India's socio-political setup, begins very well, but later on, loses focus on the issue, it tries to tackle on.
'Aarakshan' is a socio-political drama based on the controversial policy of caste based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions.
The Screenplay by Anjum Rajabali & Jha himself, is impressive in the first-hour and offers a punch. However, the second-hour, becomes slightly deary and goes off-track. What starts off as a film on 'Reservation', suddenly becomes this story of this one man's struggle to, basically, win back his house from the devious villain. Even the climax for that matter, isn't as effective, as it ought to have been. Also, the excessive running-time, needed some trimming. Jha's Direction is nice. Cinematography is fair. Editing is alright.
Performance-Wise: Amitabh is in form. Saif Ali Khan hardly gets scope. Deepika Padukone delivers a sincere performance. Manoj Bajpai plays the evil part superbly. Prateik has been better, while Tanvi Azmi is perfect. Darshan Jariwala is excellent. Saurabh Shukla, Mukesh Tiwari, Yashpal Sharma, Chetan Pandit & Vinay Apte lend support.
On the whole, At best, A Passable Fare, that deserved to be better.
'Aarakshan' is a socio-political drama based on the controversial policy of caste based reservations in government jobs and educational institutions.
The Screenplay by Anjum Rajabali & Jha himself, is impressive in the first-hour and offers a punch. However, the second-hour, becomes slightly deary and goes off-track. What starts off as a film on 'Reservation', suddenly becomes this story of this one man's struggle to, basically, win back his house from the devious villain. Even the climax for that matter, isn't as effective, as it ought to have been. Also, the excessive running-time, needed some trimming. Jha's Direction is nice. Cinematography is fair. Editing is alright.
Performance-Wise: Amitabh is in form. Saif Ali Khan hardly gets scope. Deepika Padukone delivers a sincere performance. Manoj Bajpai plays the evil part superbly. Prateik has been better, while Tanvi Azmi is perfect. Darshan Jariwala is excellent. Saurabh Shukla, Mukesh Tiwari, Yashpal Sharma, Chetan Pandit & Vinay Apte lend support.
On the whole, At best, A Passable Fare, that deserved to be better.