Movie Review
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Shreya Saran, Mrinalini Sharma, Ashutosh Rana, Aashish Vidyarthi, Atul Parchure, Shaad Randhawa, Purab Kohli, Salil Acharya, Rehan Khan
Director: Mohit Suri
Producer: Mukesh Bhatt
Music Director: Pritam Chakraborty
Lyricists: Sayeed Qadri, Asif Ali Beg, Baba Farid
Cinematography: Raaj Chakravarti
Editor: Akiv Ali
Screenplay: Shagufta Rafique
EXCLUSIVE REVIEW BY HANUMANT BHANSALI
Mohit Suri, proves himself as one of the finest narrators present in the Hindi Film industry with the dark, grave and violent offering titled Awarapan. The film is a fine blend of performances and script, and barring a few sequences the film is bound to hold your interest till the very end. Only thing is, one needs quite a bit of courage and sensibilities to sit through its serious setting.
The film is partly inspired by the storyline of a Korean film A Bittersweet life, made by Kim Ji-Woon. Awarapan is a film which depicts a rainbow of love, faith, spirituality, violence and much more.The story of Awarapan is about Shivam (Emraan Hashmi). He works as a hitman dedicated towards his boss Malik (Ashutosh Rana). Malik instructs him to keep an eye on his lady of love Reema (Mrinalini).
Shivam is haunted by his past which involved Aliaya (Shreya Saran). Reema reminds him of his dead love Aliaya, whose life ended in a disastrous way. Soon, Shivam discovers that Reema is going to flee from the country with her boy friend Bilal (Rehan Khan). Hearing this news from Shivam, Malik instructs him to kill Reema.
He backs out at the last moment and now, the entire force of Malik gets behind him. There is no saviour for Shivam. He has to fight it all on his own.
The film discovers the various emotions that a man in distress goes through. At times though, the scenes look made up and a bundle of characters forced in. The narration needs a little intelligence to penetrate into the sudience’s mind.
The thought process involved in the making of the film moves constantly from one frame to frame. The message is clear and evident, every individual has the right to freedom.
Bhatts claim Awarapan as the costliest film ever made under their banners with an overall budget of 20 crores. The digital enhancements are overboard and the photography is ordinary. Akiv Ali’s editing needs some polishing.
Music gels well with the story. One hardly remembers the tunes other than Toh Phir Aao, which is already creating raves at the musical chartbusters. Dialogues are bound to make you crave for more. Fantastic!
Emraan emerges as a powerhouse of talent with this one and he performs splendidly. Shreya Saran makes an impressive debut with her small role. Ashutosh Rana is a magnificent performer. He easily qualifies as one of the most underrated actors of Bollywood. Mrinalini does a god job, barring her moves in the dance sequence. Purab Kohli darkens the screen with his presence. He is good. Shaad does well in his second appearance after Woh Lamhe.
The film will attract fairly discriminated views in terms of totality. The business at the box office will grow steadily as the film is well made and strong after release publicity should pep up its financial numbers.
Radiosargam Movie Rating: 6.5/10
Hanumant Bhansali
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