Hitting at your emotions, on the face at every point, is what makes the movie’s stronghold. To the point, the movie blows your mind by its crispness and tells its story without fixating, on the actors. The script doesn’t deviate anywhere, nothing is inconsequential. You are left with the seriousness of the issue staring at you, woefully on the face, as if with a glass separator as a saving grace.Though it does show Goa in a bad light, it also shows the mental sickness of people (forget nationality) dealing in drugs; the sheer ruthlessness, the audacity and the idea of minting money at the expense of innocents. It does, though create an impression as if Goa is the homeland for only loose women, easy sex, drugs and rave parties. It also includes people from other nationalities as part and parcel of the instigation, of such trade.
ACP Kamath (Abhishek Bachchan) is assigned the cleaning of the drug trade in Goa, by the Home Minister. Abhishek selects a team of two to achieve this. Slowly he busts all the small rackets.
Enter; Lorsa Biscuita (Aditya Pancholi) and everything starts and ends with him.
On the ride, hops in Lorry (Prateik Babbar), DJ Joki (Rana Daggubati), and Zoe(Bipasha Basu) who ultimately help Abhishek, in completing the mission. Lorry is the poor juvenile innocent who falls unwittingly in to the trap. Likewise, Zoe who loves Joki is forced to relinquish all, in order to achieve her dreams and finally falls in to the same web, as Lorry.
The elusive Michael Barbozza is the key to everything. Once he is found, everything falls in to place.
Another score point in favour of the movie is that, it is not very predictable and it definitely strays away from the tried and tested kinds of endings. It projects things pretty realistically and leaves it at that.
The last scene of Bips in the movie is touching and has touched the right chords in the mind; somehow it makes you want to do something to stop it. In simple words, like a slow killer!
Abhishek is impressive, though after seeing movies like Guru and Yuva, it feels like he has not exploited himself fully here. Still, the word for him is impressive and he plays his role to the tee. His portrayal of cops has always brought him luck at the box office (Remember Dhoom?)
Newcomer Rana Daggubati has made a good enough debut. Bipasha Basu performs her role with élan and with the ease of a talented actress. Even though Vidya Balan’s role is that of a cameo, one feels her strong presence throughout.
The Dolby 7.1 theatrical sound mixing is a first for Bollywood and is a must mention!
Pritam has done an excellent job with the music of this film. All the songs are in sync with the situation and ‘Te amo’, ‘Jaana Hai’, ‘Jiyein kyun’ and ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ rock, the movie. The scores are very good and as an album will definitely top the charts but in the movie, it is felt in a subdued way on account of the strong issue that is the highlight of the entire movie. It just blends well with the movie.
It is goa all the way which works well for the cinematographer and a mood enhancer for the film. It shows Goa in different lights; especially the difference in daylight and the ‘after light’ scenes seem well taken. It does show the soot and underbelly of the place and also manages to show us, how a beautiful place can also be so ugly.
However, what stays in the mind, is the drug scene and the sacrifice and waste of human life to drugs; one must understand that the drug scene is a reality, not pinpointing any particular place. But let’s face ground reality. In the light of changing worlds and society, the makers have tried to portray an ever growing menace to society, by bringing it to the fore. It is one hell of a gripper!
Cast and Crew:
Banner : Fox Star studios
Direction: Rohan Sippy
Production: Ramesh Sippy
Story: Shridhar Raghavan
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Rana Daggubati, Prateik Babbar, Bipasha Basu, Aditya Pancholi, Monty Munford
Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Cinematography: Amit Roy
Editing: Aarif Shaikh
Verdict: Hard hitting Riveter
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