‘Jab dost banakar kaam hota hain toh dushman kyon?’
The powerful dialog era seems to be back again. What a punch! ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai’ rocks! The story of these films are quite predictable. Thanks to the world cinema and being based on some true events. Still, it holds you and shakes. You don’t get any time to think and assume. Very well penned and performed. Take a bow Mr. Milan Lutharia.
It leaves you awestruck. There’s hardly any bloodshed in this gangster movie. It’s all about mind game. Trust & Betrayal. You don’t have to be an expert on the past of Mumbai underworld and its power games, doesn’t matter. OUATIM tells you all in a very sleek and stylish way in the league of Deewar, Satya & Company.
The film is set in the eighties and it brings the same powerful dialog era back to life. ‘Ab supari lee hain toh choona nahi lagaoonga’ or ‘dono mein se kisi ek bhagwan ko chun lo’ or ‘mauka milega bhi nahi’ (the pause before that is quatil) or ‘duva mein yaad rakhna’ give goose bumps. Almost every alternate line is heavy. Sometimes it becomes too much especially with the ACP Agnell & Sub-inspector Khan dialog. But then it’s about cinematic liberty. Remember, we believed an uneducated brat saying ‘Suna hain lift ki deewaron ke kaan nahi hote’ or ‘main aaj bhi feke huye paise nahi uthata’.
In OUATIM the magical words of Rajat Arrora come from the real superstar Ajay Devgan. The man literally lived Sultan Mirza. He simply wears the godfather attitude. His style, get up & his walk. Oh my god! Killing. Finally, our very own serial kisser has put his lips at the right spot. He’s a revelation. Emraan has efficiently showed the transformation from a spoilt greedy brat to a don via a sweet love story. Yes, the leading ladies too have something to do in this completely male dominated flick.
I don’t want to go in the debate of ‘ethical’ and ‘unethical’ crime. But looking at the character of Sultan Mirza and the current situation of our cities, I really felt somewhere inside that ‘are such Sultan Mirzas require in each and every town in India who love the city and wish the city should be worry free?’
