This movie has become one of my personal favorites ever since I saw it for the first time. Needless to say that I have seen it many times over and from my judgment I can honestly say that this film depicts the event on the most fantastic way imaginable. Hats off to the amazing editing that are present in this movie. It seemed to be a difficult job because the setting of the film was a historical date of 1991. Then there were many jumps from present to the past and even further back into character childhoods and back to the present. As confusing as it sounds it would have been even more confusing to see if it wasn’t for great editing skills.
The main man behind the curtain was Apoorva Lakhia who succeeded in capturing all the necessary moments without having too much junk, after all the movie was only about two hours long. His main focus was not only to capture action, but also to capture the characters in their state of mind at certain situations. This job must have been hard for him only due to the fact that there was a majestic cast involved and when such a situation arises it can only be more difficult to share the screen time of each one. Of course the main focus remained on Sanjay Dutt and Vivek Oberoi, the rest of the cast was not at all ignored. We Learned something about each one of them and their personal lives. Fattu and his family, Doubling and his hobby of repeating things, Buwa and his love life, Patil and his mar
riage, and many more stories that were combined to show an actual person rather than a mere character. More complements go to the director and his vision because since the setting was 1991, he had to make sure that Mumbai wasn’t seen as what it is today rather what it was before, which could be realized from all of the construction sites and focus on builders. Every little thing was taken care of properly with little to no mistakes visible.
The cast of this film could not have been any better. Every actor portrayed their character with great potential. My personal favorite in the movie was the character Kaviraj Patil who was played by Suniel Shetty. I found out that before casting Suniel, Arjun Rampal was considered for the role, but I think he could have not done this any better. The main man was of course Sanju Baba who played the real life A. A. Khan founder of the ATS. Many people did not realize that the real A. A. Khan was present in the movie as Commissioner Krishnamurthy. Sanjay Dutt who has played many gangster roles was just as great being the good guy with attitude. He was the man that wanted to bring justice his own way and he succeeded. This stubborn aspect of Shamshed Khan would not have been depicted with anyone else then Sanjay Dutt.
The person responsible for saving S. S. Khan’s life was former Justice Dhingra, played by none other than Big B. Yes my friends no matter how small the character may be, Mr. Bachchan made him larger than needed. The same could not be said of young Abhishekh. He was given a very minor role with perhaps five lines and a running scene. As good as his acting has become, he would have been able to pull of an actual character, but it was nonetheless nice to see his friendly appearance. Now enough about the good guys, because there was also great glamour in the villains as well.
The main man behind the curtain was Apoorva Lakhia who succeeded in capturing all the necessary moments without having too much junk, after all the movie was only about two hours long. His main focus was not only to capture action, but also to capture the characters in their state of mind at certain situations. This job must have been hard for him only due to the fact that there was a majestic cast involved and when such a situation arises it can only be more difficult to share the screen time of each one. Of course the main focus remained on Sanjay Dutt and Vivek Oberoi, the rest of the cast was not at all ignored. We Learned something about each one of them and their personal lives. Fattu and his family, Doubling and his hobby of repeating things, Buwa and his love life, Patil and his mar
riage, and many more stories that were combined to show an actual person rather than a mere character. More complements go to the director and his vision because since the setting was 1991, he had to make sure that Mumbai wasn’t seen as what it is today rather what it was before, which could be realized from all of the construction sites and focus on builders. Every little thing was taken care of properly with little to no mistakes visible.The cast of this film could not have been any better. Every actor portrayed their character with great potential. My personal favorite in the movie was the character Kaviraj Patil who was played by Suniel Shetty. I found out that before casting Suniel, Arjun Rampal was considered for the role, but I think he could have not done this any better. The main man was of course Sanju Baba who played the real life A. A. Khan founder of the ATS. Many people did not realize that the real A. A. Khan was present in the movie as Commissioner Krishnamurthy. Sanjay Dutt who has played many gangster roles was just as great being the good guy with attitude. He was the man that wanted to bring justice his own way and he succeeded. This stubborn aspect of Shamshed Khan would not have been depicted with anyone else then Sanjay Dutt.
The person responsible for saving S. S. Khan’s life was former Justice Dhingra, played by none other than Big B. Yes my friends no matter how small the character may be, Mr. Bachchan made him larger than needed. The same could not be said of young Abhishekh. He was given a very minor role with perhaps five lines and a running scene. As good as his acting has become, he would have been able to pull of an actual character, but it was nonetheless nice to see his friendly appearance. Now enough about the good guys, because there was also great glamour in the villains as well.
Vivek Oberoi has finally pulled another hit. After his success in Company he has not done such powerful roles. In Shootout he was no more a Chandu, but the legendary Mahindra Dolas, a.k.a. Maya. Nice only to friends and his mother and an absolute danger to everyone else was Maya. I believe that he had a great entrance and since then you could not wait to see more of him. As a surprise to me and many others Tussar Kapoor portrayed the character of Dilip Buwa. He wasn’t the spotlinght of the movie but you could say that he certainly pulled off his part, which by the way he probably received due to the fact that the production unit included Shobha and Ekta Kapoor. His love was Aarti Chhabaria who I believe was there to do the two item numbers. Another female was Neha Dhupia whom I could never imagine as a housewife, and after having seen the film I think she should never be one again. The one female that did her job nicely was Dia Mirza, for the first time being the brave reporter and no more a show doll.
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