Wednesday, May 03, 2006

BANGARAM - A Man In A Battle For Love

BANGARAM, that precious thing on which hopes of millions and millions of hopes are pinned, hit the screens this morning. The author is proud to state that he ranks in the first 100's who saw the show that started at 5:58 AM IST.

Interestingly, Pawan plays a journo (world knows the relationship he had with the media). The movie unfurls with Bangaram interviewing a famous (oops..notorious) terrorist. In an attempt to save a girl in danger,he loses the tape and consequentially his job. The 1st half revolves around how he tries to impress the owner of the TV channel (Mukesh Rushi), to get a good conduct certificate so as to realise his ambition of joining BBC. Meera Chopra, MR's daughter tries to spoil his plans playfully, and the sequences that follow make an interesting watch. 2nd half gets serious with Ashutosh Rana ( in a powerful performance) trying to marry off Meera to his brother to expand his reach in the Seema. Yes, Pawan for the first time gets a faction background. But this does not go overboard, as is the case with lots of faction films these days.Director Dharani does a good job here.Bangaram tries to help Meera to meet Raja (her love interest) and the chase is on.



A man in a battle for love. The most meaningful tagline in ages. Power Star shows his heroism with some powerful dialogues like 'Bhaga bhaga mande bhoomi poralaninchi paikosthundi bangaram'. And his fights justify the '24 Carat Action' caption.His characterization is very good and as usual he is at ease in the comedy sequences. When taking on the village goons, Pawan wears this MEGASTAR imprinted shirt (pic attached) with RUSTHUM written on the back, crowd erupts with a huge applause. An observant eye (a pat on my back) can even catch a 'JAI CHIRANJEEVA' written on the cab that is used by Pawan towards the climax. And right at the far end there is a pleasant surprise waiting for you. Helps if your lucky number is 3 .. hehe..

PS: Under severe project pressure (don't you believe?) A detailed review will follow.
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