ZANJEER. [2013
review by
ANIZ FILMVALA
*****
CRITIC VIEW.
Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) in "zanjeer" 1973 was a inferno of anger which gave (Amitabh Bachchan) a power house performance oppurtunity and which he started then and still is the only Actor with the angry men image. It was a colossal hit in 1973 and got the super star image for him.
Our Bollywood is in dire need of good original ideas and scripts which can make a new mega star,but to fiddle with the past blockbusters and landmark films which are still source of inspiration and entertainment.
The makers are in foolish invasion practice to remake and degenerate such cult classics in return we get a mockery of new films made in lines of remake.
Directed by Apoorva Lakhia "ZANJEER" is just a regular commercial film with less effort and insignificant method of a remake of the original.
Only a handpicked scenes [police station hai tumahare baap ka ghar...] a landmark scene shot and performed in very bad taste surely to be forgotten in a blink.
Also the story has been adapted in a haphazardly manner to give you a confuse state of mind.
Ram Charan is a misfit for the iconic character of Vijay Khanna,Priyanka Chopra definitely needs a revision of acting.
Sanjay dutt and Prakash Raj are just added to get you the extra dose of brainless acrobatics of performance.
Watch it on your own risk.
CAST.
Directed by Apoorva Lakhia
Produced by Puneet Prakash Mehra,Sumeet Prakash Mehra
Screenplay by Suresh Nair,Apoorva Lakhia
Story by Apoorva Lakhia
Based on Zanjeer by Salim-Javed
Starring Ram Charan,Priyanka Chopra
Music by Meet Bros Anjjan,Anand Raj Anand
Cinematography Gururaj R. Jois
Editing by Chintu Singh
Studio Prakash Mehra Productions,Flying Turtle Films
Distributed by Reliance Entertainment
