Manohar Arjun
Surve (John Abraham) scored 78% in his graduation exams in 1970. At that point in time, it would have been stunning
and would have put him at the top of his class.
But the Mumbai police had slightly different plans for the body builder
from Dadar thanks to his involvement in a murder that his brother committed.
And so, one of the chessier dialogues in the movie goes, “Mujrim Maa ke pet mein kam, jail ke gate pe zyada bante hain” (Criminals are not born off a mother as much as they are born when they get to jail). The 9 years in Yerawada and then Ratnagiri change Manohar to Manya Surve – one of the most dreaded gangsters known to Mumbai.
Based on the book – Dongri To Dubai by S Hussain Zaidi – Shootout At Wadala is the story of Manya Surve and ACP Isaque Bagwan (Anil Kapoor). The movie traces part of the book and doesn’t focus on Dilawar (Dawood) Kaskar (Sonu Sood) OR Zubair (Sabir) Kaskar (Manoj Bajpayee).
Ambedkar College Wadala was the first recorded “encounter” by the Mumbai Police and has since then become part of everyone’s vocabulary in the maximum city. What I liked about the way Sanjay Gupta has shown it is the narration – something that has always been his strength area.
Gupta retains the focus on Manya Surve and yet gives us a flavor of all characters involved. The characters of Dawood and Sabir given their due. The Pathans and Haji Mastan are just touched upon. The narration shuttles between Manya’s story and that of ACP Isaque’s & Raja Tambat (Ronit Roy) who were responsible for the eventual encounter – Operation Manya Surve.
The frustration of the police during the underworld’s blatant reign in Mumbai has been shown very well. Anil Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar are perfect for their roles. Each one of them do exactly what is required off them. Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar are subdued in their emotions and Anil Kapoor is the hot head.
John Abraham has done a good job – not something that you can say off all his movies but with Sanjay Gupta, he kind of comes to his own. Maybe because Gupta gives him what he can handle and nothing more. The rest of the cast do what is required and nothing more. So no supporting cast awards here for certain.
What I didn’t quite enjoy was the music. Most of the songs were ill placed. The item numbers were a tad too much to handle. Honestly, none of them were required to be in the foreground. I would think this is the only part Sanjay Gupta got wrong. He could have gone the music video route and kept the songs in the background. Could have chopped 30 minutes from the movie.
SAW (as a good friend called it – and I thought he was referring to the crappy Hollywood movie) is a decent watch for certain. Like most Sanjay Gupta flicks, it is fast, pacy, never short of action and entertaining. You will not get bored for certain. It’s a good weekend for Bollywood I guess. 6 on 10.
And so, one of the chessier dialogues in the movie goes, “Mujrim Maa ke pet mein kam, jail ke gate pe zyada bante hain” (Criminals are not born off a mother as much as they are born when they get to jail). The 9 years in Yerawada and then Ratnagiri change Manohar to Manya Surve – one of the most dreaded gangsters known to Mumbai.
Based on the book – Dongri To Dubai by S Hussain Zaidi – Shootout At Wadala is the story of Manya Surve and ACP Isaque Bagwan (Anil Kapoor). The movie traces part of the book and doesn’t focus on Dilawar (Dawood) Kaskar (Sonu Sood) OR Zubair (Sabir) Kaskar (Manoj Bajpayee).
Ambedkar College Wadala was the first recorded “encounter” by the Mumbai Police and has since then become part of everyone’s vocabulary in the maximum city. What I liked about the way Sanjay Gupta has shown it is the narration – something that has always been his strength area.
Gupta retains the focus on Manya Surve and yet gives us a flavor of all characters involved. The characters of Dawood and Sabir given their due. The Pathans and Haji Mastan are just touched upon. The narration shuttles between Manya’s story and that of ACP Isaque’s & Raja Tambat (Ronit Roy) who were responsible for the eventual encounter – Operation Manya Surve.
The frustration of the police during the underworld’s blatant reign in Mumbai has been shown very well. Anil Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar are perfect for their roles. Each one of them do exactly what is required off them. Ronit Roy and Mahesh Manjrekar are subdued in their emotions and Anil Kapoor is the hot head.
John Abraham has done a good job – not something that you can say off all his movies but with Sanjay Gupta, he kind of comes to his own. Maybe because Gupta gives him what he can handle and nothing more. The rest of the cast do what is required and nothing more. So no supporting cast awards here for certain.
What I didn’t quite enjoy was the music. Most of the songs were ill placed. The item numbers were a tad too much to handle. Honestly, none of them were required to be in the foreground. I would think this is the only part Sanjay Gupta got wrong. He could have gone the music video route and kept the songs in the background. Could have chopped 30 minutes from the movie.
SAW (as a good friend called it – and I thought he was referring to the crappy Hollywood movie) is a decent watch for certain. Like most Sanjay Gupta flicks, it is fast, pacy, never short of action and entertaining. You will not get bored for certain. It’s a good weekend for Bollywood I guess. 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9U0vyx2e9A
No comments:
Post a Comment