Directed by : Apoorva Lakhia
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357489/
This film will only give you headache, unless you got a different (bad) taste.
Read at your own risk, the post is full of spoilers. Also, if you are a die hard Ram Charan/Priyanka Chopra fan, avoid reading anything further.
I haven't seen Amitabh starrer Zanjeer fully yet, only seen in parts and loved all of that. This version of Zanjeer by Apoorva Lakhia as a whole doesn't come anywhere near to those parts that I saw even, forget the whole movie.
When you start watching a movie, and you are just 5 mins into the movie that you realize what a big headache you have asked yourself to get into... its a sign how bad the movie is.
The opening credits begin with a awkwardly, wierdly shot guy/girl in zanjeer with minimum clothes and coal sprayed over the body.. one of the worst opening credits I ever saw. If that wasn't enough, now Apoorva wanted us to see the body of Vijay Khanna (Ram Charan) (thankfully not a slow motion scene) where he awakes to the childhood trauma of his parents death. Finally, Apoorva realizes there is a story to be told and the proceedings begin about how tough and angry Vijay is, making him being transferred 17 times to different places. The director keeps giving bad surprise after surprise, just when it seemed maybe something good happening, chalo ek good action scene aa raha.. he has put 'raghupati raghav rajaram' as the signature tune for Vijay.. what for ? What did you do in those 5-10 mins that went by to get the trust of the audience to such a extent that they would accept Vijay as something special..
When he reaches Mumbai as his next place being transferred to, we are greeted with two comic characters, named Amar and Prem.. who from first scene itself reveal how much they will be used to further irritate you.
Then move to next crap sequence, entry of Mala (Priyanka Chopra) who dances as a item girl at her facebook friend's marriage over those stupidly written lyrics. Okay, I admit for first time I loved something in the film, Priyanka was looking very good in that song. Also, from here on.. you are blessed with the entertaining dialogues from Mala. Though, time and again she will get on your nerves too.. but in comparison to other characters, she has atleast something decent to offer.
The villian, Teja (Prakash Raj) gets major or probably all the double meaning lines in the movie. Be it the chick n chicken comparison one, or the best of all 'Mona darling, apna muh sirf ek kaam ke liye hi khola karo'. If Ajit (villian of previous Zanjeer) was alive, he would had died laughing listening to such aweful dialogues written for his character. One good thing though about Prakash Raj character is, that he gets a better signature tune.
Mona (Mahile Gill) plays the seductress, and at times is asked to act like a cat with those 'meow' expressions. Like Really ?
The romantic track between Vijay and Mala comes across very weak too. And so does the friendship between Vijay and Sher Khan (Sanjay Dutt), which I thought (yes I still was in some sort of small hope) would be atleast good. Sanjay Dutt does completely no justice to Pran.
The famous scene (among those parts I had seen in old zanjeer) where Sher Khan meets Vijay for first time and Vijay says that evergreen line 'jab tak baithne ko na kaha jaaye, sharafat se khade raho..yeh police station hai, tumhare baap ka ghar nahi'. Though before this scene arrives I had already accepted that Ram Charan is acting poorly, this scene gave a complete proof to my thought.. he maybe famous down south, but his acting was miserable in this movie, with fixed expressions. Not everyone can play angry young man role after all.
The fight sequence between Vijay and Sher Khan is also poorly directed. Few of funny scenes : A man before being burnt to death, takes photos of people who are illegally doing some work.. but our man is gutsy enough to stand in front of them and tell them that I am taking your photos, so you could quickly kill me. Then, Sher Khan and Vijay have a important conversation while playing Video games.
The songs were tolerable, Pinky was best though with those bad lyrics. Kaatilaana reminds of old Zanjeer song, has similar tune and lines at places. While the famous 'Yaari hai imaan mera' was replaced with new qawaali 'Khoche pathan ki zubaan'.. which no one will remember after 1 month itself. The FIR serial fame actress gets chance in another of the item songs in the movie, which is better picturised.
Background Score is extremely loud.
Among Supporting cast, Atul Kulkarni is decent, but then again its a poorly written character, and also his scenes give monotous feel after a while.
Overall, Lakhia's Zanjeer adds to the list of movies like 'Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag', 'Jaani Dushman' etc which you ever come across on T.V, you quickly change the channel to save yourself from any kind of health issues. I had loved Apoorva Lakhia's work in Shootout at Lokhandwala and to certain extent Ek Ajnabee too.. but he seems to have lost the plot in his last two movies.
Another point I would make is, if any director wants to remake a old film, which I have time and again shouted isn't right way to go, make original film instead... But still if you are adamant to remake it, then atleast don't make fun of yourself by making such crappy nonsense stuff. How do these people during shooting not realize what they are in for.. so blind ? Even at scripting stage, this movie should had got re-worked properly.
This is 2nd masala movie I have badly hated, even more than Chennai Express. And I am sure there will be people who would praise this shit too, afterall aam janta wants entertainment even if its a fucking crap being sold in form of entertainment.
And don't give me the bullshit that this is not a remake, its just based on old Zanjeer plot. Even if I accept it, as original movie too this film remains among worst seen ever.
Verdict : AVOIDABLE
Imdb link -> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357489/
This film will only give you headache, unless you got a different (bad) taste.
Read at your own risk, the post is full of spoilers. Also, if you are a die hard Ram Charan/Priyanka Chopra fan, avoid reading anything further.
I haven't seen Amitabh starrer Zanjeer fully yet, only seen in parts and loved all of that. This version of Zanjeer by Apoorva Lakhia as a whole doesn't come anywhere near to those parts that I saw even, forget the whole movie.
When you start watching a movie, and you are just 5 mins into the movie that you realize what a big headache you have asked yourself to get into... its a sign how bad the movie is.
The opening credits begin with a awkwardly, wierdly shot guy/girl in zanjeer with minimum clothes and coal sprayed over the body.. one of the worst opening credits I ever saw. If that wasn't enough, now Apoorva wanted us to see the body of Vijay Khanna (Ram Charan) (thankfully not a slow motion scene) where he awakes to the childhood trauma of his parents death. Finally, Apoorva realizes there is a story to be told and the proceedings begin about how tough and angry Vijay is, making him being transferred 17 times to different places. The director keeps giving bad surprise after surprise, just when it seemed maybe something good happening, chalo ek good action scene aa raha.. he has put 'raghupati raghav rajaram' as the signature tune for Vijay.. what for ? What did you do in those 5-10 mins that went by to get the trust of the audience to such a extent that they would accept Vijay as something special..
When he reaches Mumbai as his next place being transferred to, we are greeted with two comic characters, named Amar and Prem.. who from first scene itself reveal how much they will be used to further irritate you.
Then move to next crap sequence, entry of Mala (Priyanka Chopra) who dances as a item girl at her facebook friend's marriage over those stupidly written lyrics. Okay, I admit for first time I loved something in the film, Priyanka was looking very good in that song. Also, from here on.. you are blessed with the entertaining dialogues from Mala. Though, time and again she will get on your nerves too.. but in comparison to other characters, she has atleast something decent to offer.
The villian, Teja (Prakash Raj) gets major or probably all the double meaning lines in the movie. Be it the chick n chicken comparison one, or the best of all 'Mona darling, apna muh sirf ek kaam ke liye hi khola karo'. If Ajit (villian of previous Zanjeer) was alive, he would had died laughing listening to such aweful dialogues written for his character. One good thing though about Prakash Raj character is, that he gets a better signature tune.
Mona (Mahile Gill) plays the seductress, and at times is asked to act like a cat with those 'meow' expressions. Like Really ?
The romantic track between Vijay and Mala comes across very weak too. And so does the friendship between Vijay and Sher Khan (Sanjay Dutt), which I thought (yes I still was in some sort of small hope) would be atleast good. Sanjay Dutt does completely no justice to Pran.
The famous scene (among those parts I had seen in old zanjeer) where Sher Khan meets Vijay for first time and Vijay says that evergreen line 'jab tak baithne ko na kaha jaaye, sharafat se khade raho..yeh police station hai, tumhare baap ka ghar nahi'. Though before this scene arrives I had already accepted that Ram Charan is acting poorly, this scene gave a complete proof to my thought.. he maybe famous down south, but his acting was miserable in this movie, with fixed expressions. Not everyone can play angry young man role after all.
The fight sequence between Vijay and Sher Khan is also poorly directed. Few of funny scenes : A man before being burnt to death, takes photos of people who are illegally doing some work.. but our man is gutsy enough to stand in front of them and tell them that I am taking your photos, so you could quickly kill me. Then, Sher Khan and Vijay have a important conversation while playing Video games.
The songs were tolerable, Pinky was best though with those bad lyrics. Kaatilaana reminds of old Zanjeer song, has similar tune and lines at places. While the famous 'Yaari hai imaan mera' was replaced with new qawaali 'Khoche pathan ki zubaan'.. which no one will remember after 1 month itself. The FIR serial fame actress gets chance in another of the item songs in the movie, which is better picturised.
Background Score is extremely loud.
Among Supporting cast, Atul Kulkarni is decent, but then again its a poorly written character, and also his scenes give monotous feel after a while.
Overall, Lakhia's Zanjeer adds to the list of movies like 'Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag', 'Jaani Dushman' etc which you ever come across on T.V, you quickly change the channel to save yourself from any kind of health issues. I had loved Apoorva Lakhia's work in Shootout at Lokhandwala and to certain extent Ek Ajnabee too.. but he seems to have lost the plot in his last two movies.
Another point I would make is, if any director wants to remake a old film, which I have time and again shouted isn't right way to go, make original film instead... But still if you are adamant to remake it, then atleast don't make fun of yourself by making such crappy nonsense stuff. How do these people during shooting not realize what they are in for.. so blind ? Even at scripting stage, this movie should had got re-worked properly.
This is 2nd masala movie I have badly hated, even more than Chennai Express. And I am sure there will be people who would praise this shit too, afterall aam janta wants entertainment even if its a fucking crap being sold in form of entertainment.
And don't give me the bullshit that this is not a remake, its just based on old Zanjeer plot. Even if I accept it, as original movie too this film remains among worst seen ever.
Verdict : AVOIDABLE
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