Movie Review: Rann (2010) starring Amitabh Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Riteish Deshmukh, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav, Monish Bhel, Suchitra Krishnamurthy, Rajat Kapoor, Gul Panag, Neetu Chandra, Sudeep, Rahul Pendalkar, Neena Kulkarni, Simone Singh, Iklaq Khan, Alok Nath.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma
Producer: Sheetal Vinod Talwar, Madhu Mantena
Music Director: Amar Mohile, Bapi, Tutul, Sanjeev Kohli, Jayesh Gandhi
EXCLUSIVE REVIEW BY HANUMANT BHANSALI
Ram Gopal Verma, the director who has been responsible for giving some of the biggest hits and the debacles to the industry has been in the news for his cluster of flop films in the recent past. The director had the last chance (with Rann) to connect with his audience and strike the chord. And does he strike the right chord? The answer is YES. This time the director shows up with his favourite actor Amitabh Bachchan and the classic Jodi of the Actor-Director yet again works for the film. Like his previous projects Rann true is a stereotypical film and exposes the social drama.
An atypical film with no candyfloss and all serious drama, the movie would go well with the viewers who liked RGV’s previous projects like Sarkar and Sarkar Raj. A movie with loads of intelligence and strictly requires intelligent viewers.
The movie revolves around the ace journalist and reporter Vijay Harshvardhan Malik (Amitabh Bachchan) who is the originator of a private news channel named- India 24/7. This man knows no showmanship and is full of ethics, thus the channel is battling for its survival. Jay (Sudeep), Malik’s son, sees the channel as perfect money making venture and feels the things need to be improvised and bettered for the channels endurance. He hates his competitor (Monish Bhel) who is expert in selling the stories as entertainment. Thus his channel has higher TRP’s and is doing far better than Malik’s channel. However Purab Shastri (Riteish Deshmukh) plays a true journalist full of ethics like his guru and his idol Vijay Malik.
In the mid of all drama and the fight to make the channel do better than the rest, the story takes an unpredictable turn when the fraudulent and shady politician Mohan Pandey (Paresh Rawal) decides to use the channel for his advantage by using Malik’s son-in-law Navin (Rajat Kapoor), an industrialist. On one hand where Pandey aspiers to be the nation’s Prime Minister, on the other hand Navin asks Jay to join hands to make the channel a boom in the media industry and also knows that Pandey would help him become a top industrialist if he becomes the PM .
Thus Navin, Jay, Pandey and all other set a trap against Malik and try to blemish his image. And thus the lone man Vijay tries to come out of the situation and prove that media is not for entertainment but for a social cause and public awareness.
Ram Gopal Varma’s direction is top notch and brings good news for his film followers. Very smartly and characteristically he exposes the truth behind the media. Moreover his way of presenting such a serious social matter effortlessly and with simplicity is remarkable. He gives equal importance to all the characters in the film and undoubtedly amongst all Mr. Bachchan is the main highlight of the film.
The story by Rohit Banawlikar is realistic, aesthetic, up to the mark and deserves full marks. Cinematographer Amit Roy does a splendid job and is watch worthy. The dialogues are hard-hitting and play a crucial role to make the film a success.
Amitabh Bachchan is remarkable and words fall short for the actor. Paresh Rawal stylish avatar is amazing and his acting is totally unblemished. Rajat Kapoor and Monish Bhel do a great job and justify their roles completely. Sudeep is excellent and Riteish Deshmukh is astounding.
On the whole RANN is a well made flick and unquestionably worth watching. Go Run for RANN…
Radiosargam Movie Rating: 7.5/10
Hanumant Bhansali
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