‘Aurangzeb’ Movie Review- Tanmay Dubey

 

 

Starring:- Rishi Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Amrita Singh, Sasha Agha, Sikander Kher , Swara Bhaskar and  Kavi Shastri

Director:- Atul Sabharwal

 

 

Aurangzeb, is no longer a historical figure, it is a way of life which the modern day emperors aka real estate tycoons embrace in the battle for power, money and land. This way of life means blood is thinner than dreams. ‘Kingship knows no kinship’.  After all; the battles were always fought for land, then and now.

Yashwardhan (Jackie Shroff) is a gangster turned real estate king in Gurgaon and his rogue son (Arjun Kapoor) is his only heir. DCP Bhogat (Rishi Kapoor) along with his cousin Arya (Prithviraj) wants to finish his empire. They lay down a chessboard where pawn is Yashwardhan’s long lost son (Arjun Kapoor in a double role) is implanted as Aurangzeb (symbolic), in his father’s empire to act as an informer to Police.  The archer can only take the aim and fire an arrow, whether the arrow hits the target is another thing. That’s what precisely happens when Arjun develops sonny boy feeing for his gangster father and takes a U turn. What follows then is the battle where deceit is an old buddy and to trust is to lose the battle to death.

With all the ingredients in the plate; a contemporary topic of the nexus between real estate czars-police-politicians; a double role; old vendetta; deceit, director Atul Sabharwal had a great launch pad for the film, but in order balance the film between two vortex of ‘kya sapno ki keemat apno se jyada hoti hai’ and ‘badshahat rishte naate nahi dekhti’ he puts to many twists in the plot and leaves the audience a little confused. Especially in the second half, he uses lot of cinematic clichés, giving Arjun Kapoor lots of ‘hero moments’ in the film. Although he does manage to knit all the characters nicely and every one gives a thunderbolt performance (can’t write more about characters, as it might spill the beans!)  

Although raw, Arjun Kapoor hosts a lot of promise as an upcoming actor in the industry. It’s always a difficult for a newcomer to do a double role in only his second film, yet he handles the role with good maturity and sensibility.

Veteran Actor, Rishi Kapoor is in his lethal best, Prithiviraj expresses through his eyes, Amrita Singh has nothing much to do. Jackie Shroff is doing some gritty acts now, Sikander Kher for the first time suits the character and the female lead; debutant Sasha Agha (yes! you guessed It right. She is yesteryears actress Salma Agha’s daughter!)  Has very little to do, except for great figure, her dialogue delivery is very weak. She is only in the film to fulfill the sex appeal!  

As a Gurgaonite it is heartwarming to see the satellite town becoming almost a character in the film! The title is aptly suited for the flavor of the film. It is dry and tasteless as an herb, and like cannabis it is strong too. Go for it if you are looking for a dry and dark crime thriller!

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Great Plot, Nice Background score, fantastic performance,  

-  ive:-  Lots of cinematic cliché twists.

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 3 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 3.2 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)   Not Bad;

(2)  One Time Watch; 

(1)  On your own risk;