The one thing that I have always believed in when I go to watch a remake is to cancel out everything in my head about the previous movie. Luckily the original to this one was made 22 years back and the memories aren’t that strong. Unlike quite a few that I am acquainted with who swear by the original. But how can I blame them for not being able to shut out the magic created by an aging Big B on his comeback along with a director who India was unlucky to have seen only a little bit of i.e. Mukul Anand. It would be difficult to find too many people from my time (aged between 10 and 20 in 1990) who wouldn’t have seen – “Vijay Dinanath Chavan…. Poora Naam (Full name)”. And who can possible forget, “Hawa tez chal raha hai Dinkar Rao. Topi Sambhalo” (Take care of your hat Dinkar Rao… there is a strong breeze blowing).
First time director Karan Malhotra and Hritik Roshan would have been extremely familiar with the challenges of filling the huge shoes that was left by the Mukul Anand – Big B. But to the credit of Karan Malhotra, he has managed to hold his own. At least for over 2 hours in this nearly 3 hour long attempt to come close to the original. He however, completely loses the plot in the last 30 to 45 minutes. The other thing that doesn’t come up to the original is the calm and composed nature of the original VDC (Big B) as against the VDC (Hritik Roshan) shown in this one who is more angry and out for revenge that he cannot but stop gritting his teeth every time he sees Kancha Cheena (Sanjay Dutt) or thinks about getting Mandwa back.
The story is also ever so slightly different with the introductions of Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor), the Dongri ka Don who VDC uses to climb up the mafia ladder and get to a position where he can challenge Kancha Cheena. And the entire aura of M A Krishnan Iyer Nariyal Paani Waala (Mithun Da) has been eliminated. Instead we find a bunch of eunuchs and prostitutes who swear by VDC and are part of the chawl that VDC comes to when Master Dinanath Chavan is killed by Kancha Cheena and the villagers to make way for the Cocaine Trade.
On paper it seems weird but the end result is not really that bad. The story flows smoothly scene by scene and doesn’t seem to get into a rut of sorts ever till much later. The music is average and I have no clue why there is one Ganapati Song in every damn movie which involves a chawl these days. Get over festivals for crying out loud!!!! There can be movies without them and songs which have an aarti. Chikni Chameli of course rocks and it is amusing when u see the “Cigarette Smoking is injurious to helath” warning in Australia. All in all, this one is entertaining enough. Nowhere close to the intensity of the 1990 version. But worth a dekko. 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1FKVW3QHZY
First time director Karan Malhotra and Hritik Roshan would have been extremely familiar with the challenges of filling the huge shoes that was left by the Mukul Anand – Big B. But to the credit of Karan Malhotra, he has managed to hold his own. At least for over 2 hours in this nearly 3 hour long attempt to come close to the original. He however, completely loses the plot in the last 30 to 45 minutes. The other thing that doesn’t come up to the original is the calm and composed nature of the original VDC (Big B) as against the VDC (Hritik Roshan) shown in this one who is more angry and out for revenge that he cannot but stop gritting his teeth every time he sees Kancha Cheena (Sanjay Dutt) or thinks about getting Mandwa back.
The story is also ever so slightly different with the introductions of Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor), the Dongri ka Don who VDC uses to climb up the mafia ladder and get to a position where he can challenge Kancha Cheena. And the entire aura of M A Krishnan Iyer Nariyal Paani Waala (Mithun Da) has been eliminated. Instead we find a bunch of eunuchs and prostitutes who swear by VDC and are part of the chawl that VDC comes to when Master Dinanath Chavan is killed by Kancha Cheena and the villagers to make way for the Cocaine Trade.
On paper it seems weird but the end result is not really that bad. The story flows smoothly scene by scene and doesn’t seem to get into a rut of sorts ever till much later. The music is average and I have no clue why there is one Ganapati Song in every damn movie which involves a chawl these days. Get over festivals for crying out loud!!!! There can be movies without them and songs which have an aarti. Chikni Chameli of course rocks and it is amusing when u see the “Cigarette Smoking is injurious to helath” warning in Australia. All in all, this one is entertaining enough. Nowhere close to the intensity of the 1990 version. But worth a dekko. 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1FKVW3QHZY
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