B FOR BOLLYWOOD #6

JOHHNY GADDAAR

 

 

RELEASE DATE:
28th September, 2007

GENRE:
Neo-noir thriller (neo-noir = stylish crime drama)

PLOT:
The film is an tribute to various film makers especially of the noir genre.The film revolves around a gang of five, viz Sheshadri (Dharmendra), Vikram, Johhny G (both Neil Nitin Mukesh),Shardul (Zakir Hussian), Prakash (Vinay Pathak) and Shiva (Dayanand Shetty). Kalyan (Govind Namdeo) offers Sheshadri drugs worth Rs. 5 crores for just Rs, 2.5 crores. Each member has to contribute equal amount for the deal. Everything goes on as decided till the greedy demon in Vikram lures him in stealing the money that Shiva is to carry. He plans to do so in Parwana(1971) style. Will he be successful....will his plan work...will the other 4 ever know about his motives...who is fired at the start of the movie?? Believe me, its worth watching...

TEAM AND PERFORMANCE:
Superb acted by the whole gang as well as the supporting roles. Rimi Sen has too little to offer. But Ashwini Kalsekar manages to leave an impression as also Govind Namdeo who has a small role. Late Rasika Joshi, in a cameo shows her caliber once again. Superbly directed and written by Sriram Raghvan The nostalgic background score reminds us of the late 70s era which gave us the best music Bollywood will ever hear. Perfect 5 for their performance.

MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS:
The music and the background will make music lovers nostalgic. The posters of the film were nice too.Thriller genre has been nicely potrayed in this film owing to the superb background score.

COLLECTIONS:
Only Rs. 10 crores for it though it was a sleeper hit. Rave reviews didn't help it though film lovers might consider it a cult film soon.

USP/WHY IT SHOULD HAVE WORKED:
Superb performance by each and every actor/actress. Though predictable afterwards,worth watching till the end.

FLAWS/WHY IT DIDNT WORK:
No flaws as such. Too difficult to say why it didn't work out. Watch it once and give your comments

WHY SHOULD YOU WATCH IT:
Simply for the thrilling story, pretty much predictable beyond a point.

RATING:
4/5