Raajneeti Hindi movie download reviews

Prakash K Jha known for his hard-hitting films returns to fine form with a multi-starrer Rajneeti, a present day adaptation of the Indian epic Mahabharata. The director who, himself, has fought elections in Bihar in the past, heads this political drama that stars some of the best talent in the Bollywood film industry.

The story in a nutshell: Prithvi Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal) and Veerendra Pratap Singh (Manoj Bajpayee) are the successors of a powerful political party. Prithvi is a power hungry rogue, but Veerendra turns out to be his biggest opponent. When Prithvi is appointed as the head of the party, Veerendra teams with Sooraj (Ajay Devgan) and the two concort a successfull plan to put an end to Prithvi's rule in the party.
Enter Samar (Ranbir Kapoor) who has absolutely no political aspirations, but is sucked into the world of politics due to the family political rivalry. Under the guidance of Brij Gopal (Nana Patekar), Samar and Prithvi start their own political party and contest the elections against Veerendra. What follows is an extremely compelling political drama, that should not be missed!

Why Rajneeti stands head and shoulders above movies made about politics (Aandhi, Meri Aawaz Suno, Pratigyabandh)

• In Rajneeti, Brij Gopal plays a role inspired by Lord Krishna who guides Ranbir Kapoor who plays a modern day character derived from the legendary character of Arjuna, Veerendra plays the evil Duryodhana and Ajay Devgan is Karna. The film also has shades of Hollywood classic Godfather and our very own Ram Gopal Varma directed Sarkar. All characters are well fleshed out and what makes Rajneeti interesting is the fact that all the characters have shades of grey. In short, nobody's perfect.
• Prakash Jha’s style of narration proves to be extremely effective. The treatment is simple and the film never really gets monotonous.
• The screenplay is tight with plenty of twists and turns to keep the audience hooked, the first half is well-paced and gripping, the dialogues although at times hard to understand are good. The lack of songs works very well for the film.
• The performances are top notch. Two actors stand out – Manoj Bajpai and Ranbir Kapoor (more on the performances below)

A few negatives

• The length – 3 hours – is slightly on the longer side. The pace does slow down considerably in the second half which seems a bit over-stretched.
• The Kunti meets Karna track doesn’t work.
• Katrina’s dialogue delivery and her expressions tends to fade away at the crucial point, the climax! The punch, the tone that was necessary to cast that one last powerful spell falls pheeka. It failed to make the impact it should have and that leaves the climax hanging. Considering the director had a powerhouse of talent, he shouldn't have left it to his least talented actress to carry it through.
• Dialogues: the powerhouse of any political drama feel at times hackneyed. Also, the film gets cynical and comical in the wrong places.

The performances

• Manoj Bajpai is fantastic in a outright negative role, the actor gets everything right – his diction, body language and expressions. An award worthy performance!
• Ranbir Kapoor is extremely effective in Rajneeti, blessed with amazing screen presence the actor proves yet again why he is considered worthy enough to be the next truly bankable star!
• Arjun Rampal is brilliant, one of his best performances ever. And to think that this model turned actor was once called wooden. You've come a long way, Arjun baby!
• Nana Patekar is terrific, as always. He delivers the most difficult lines with utmost ease.
• Ajay Devgan doesn’t really get a lot of screen time, and considering that he has to share footage with a pack of lions, he does stand his ground in most of the scenes that he is a part of.
• Katrina Kaif does very well in a role without an iota of glamour. Her dialogue delivery is surprisingly good.
• Shruti Seth deserves a special mention, she’s very good. Nasseruddin Shah has a miniscule role and he sleep walks through it. All the other supporting actors are good.

Overall, Rajneeti is one of the most compelling films in recent times and Prakash Jha’s best in a long time. The second half though could have been better and much shorter. At the box office, the film is already off to a flying start and over the next two weeks prior to the release of Raavan should do very well with good word of mouth .