Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1620933/
Bihar mein baaghi hote hai, dacaoit parliament mein milte hai...
I was waiting for this movie since years, finally it got released. Though it took me 2 viewings to like this film a lot.
Based on a true story about a army athelete who won a gold medal and later turned into a dacaoit due to personal life problems with no one coming to his rescue.
Irrfan Khan is one of most under-rated talents, and I am one huge admirer of his acting. I would rate this performance very close to Maqbool. How he enacts different shades in the film, like in army he isn't given too much importance for the dacaoit background he has. When sent to army athelete place, he surprises the coach who has his son in law set to win the race but Paan Singh poses a threat, and hence he makes him change the race, eventually letting Paan win a gold medal in steeple chase. And then his portayal of a dacoit, seeking revenge at first from Bhanwar Singh (Jahangir Khan)
Watch his expressions, when his request to go for a fight is cancelled. Or when he is given ice-cream as a gift while leaving Army. Also, the humurous scenes involving his foodie side, or the romance with his wife played by Mahie Gill, sending kids away every time. That was one hillarious sequence. And, the border cross police uniform sequence too.
Also, the dialect Irrfan has in the movie, making it as real as it can get. Though, at times it was difficult to understand few dialogues due to that.
I like the screenplay, the way they narrate the life of Paan Singh Tomar leading to his fall. The climax is perfect, heroic death. I wonder if that hand signal Irrfan makes while running was taken from real athlete life (on whom film is based) or it was director's idea, or Irrfan improvised on it. I loved that, and its used in the dacaoit scenes too when he runs after people, or runs for his life. Only thing that I missed in the film was use of the song 'Kero Mama', should had used it atleast somewhere even if as a background.
Mahie Gill is again in a role that offers very less to her, still better than Dabangg. Vipin Sharma shines once again, finally he isn't in a gangster role. Thankfully, the casting team didn't make him also one of the dacaoits from Paan Singh Team.
Jahangir Khan is decent. Imran Hasnee is fine. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is good. Brijandra Kala is efficient as always. It was nice to see Rajendra Gupta in a good role. Zakir Hussain was his usual.
Overall, Paan Singh Tomar is a film you would like as long as you don't belong to section of audience who believes in only 'Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment'. Though having said that, there is decent enough dose of entertainment in this film too. So, a film for all I guess then...
Verdict : VERY GOOD
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1620933/
Bihar mein baaghi hote hai, dacaoit parliament mein milte hai...
I was waiting for this movie since years, finally it got released. Though it took me 2 viewings to like this film a lot.
Based on a true story about a army athelete who won a gold medal and later turned into a dacaoit due to personal life problems with no one coming to his rescue.
Irrfan Khan is one of most under-rated talents, and I am one huge admirer of his acting. I would rate this performance very close to Maqbool. How he enacts different shades in the film, like in army he isn't given too much importance for the dacaoit background he has. When sent to army athelete place, he surprises the coach who has his son in law set to win the race but Paan Singh poses a threat, and hence he makes him change the race, eventually letting Paan win a gold medal in steeple chase. And then his portayal of a dacoit, seeking revenge at first from Bhanwar Singh (Jahangir Khan)
Watch his expressions, when his request to go for a fight is cancelled. Or when he is given ice-cream as a gift while leaving Army. Also, the humurous scenes involving his foodie side, or the romance with his wife played by Mahie Gill, sending kids away every time. That was one hillarious sequence. And, the border cross police uniform sequence too.
Also, the dialect Irrfan has in the movie, making it as real as it can get. Though, at times it was difficult to understand few dialogues due to that.
I like the screenplay, the way they narrate the life of Paan Singh Tomar leading to his fall. The climax is perfect, heroic death. I wonder if that hand signal Irrfan makes while running was taken from real athlete life (on whom film is based) or it was director's idea, or Irrfan improvised on it. I loved that, and its used in the dacaoit scenes too when he runs after people, or runs for his life. Only thing that I missed in the film was use of the song 'Kero Mama', should had used it atleast somewhere even if as a background.
Mahie Gill is again in a role that offers very less to her, still better than Dabangg. Vipin Sharma shines once again, finally he isn't in a gangster role. Thankfully, the casting team didn't make him also one of the dacaoits from Paan Singh Team.
Jahangir Khan is decent. Imran Hasnee is fine. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is good. Brijandra Kala is efficient as always. It was nice to see Rajendra Gupta in a good role. Zakir Hussain was his usual.
Overall, Paan Singh Tomar is a film you would like as long as you don't belong to section of audience who believes in only 'Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment'. Though having said that, there is decent enough dose of entertainment in this film too. So, a film for all I guess then...
Verdict : VERY GOOD
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