There comes a time when as a audience you are eagerly waiting for a film with supremely talented actors, finest director and breath- taking visuals. Will Rangoon live up to its name ? Lets find out ..
Set in the Pre-Independence era during the British rule, "Rangoon" is a love triangle between Kangana Ranaut, Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapur. Kangana plays as actress, Jaanbaaz Julie, and looks absolutely gorgeous in her new avatar. While Saif plays the role of a director, Shahid gets his down dirty essaying a soldier in the film.
When you know that film is being directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, the curiosity will reach sky high as the marvelous director has given us "Makdee", "Omkara", "Haider", "Maqbool" and "The Blue Umbrella" to name a few. However, my joy turned out sour after watching "Rangoon" today. The movie does not give out the cinematic brilliance as showed by Bhardwaj in his previous films. The movie begins with a guerrilla war scene which has been well executed followed by introduction of each characters. The movie does not keeps you engaged and inclusion of unnecessary songs just adds further woes.The second half does not seem to take off and even the main story unfolding here does not help much. Climax is weakly depicted and has nothing to talk about.
Vishal Bhardwaj seems to have missed the bus this time as "Rangoon" falls flat on the face. Script is a mess with no clue about what is the actual story. Cinematography is amazing along with tuneful songs (though too many). Art direction is good but editing is bad. Performances wise, none of the actors were impressive. Kangana Ranaut went over board while Saif Ali Khan had nothing much to do. It was Shahid Kapur who showed some decent performance.
Overall, probably the most weakest film of Vishal Bhardwaj till now. Poor 1/5
Set in the Pre-Independence era during the British rule, "Rangoon" is a love triangle between Kangana Ranaut, Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapur. Kangana plays as actress, Jaanbaaz Julie, and looks absolutely gorgeous in her new avatar. While Saif plays the role of a director, Shahid gets his down dirty essaying a soldier in the film.
When you know that film is being directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, the curiosity will reach sky high as the marvelous director has given us "Makdee", "Omkara", "Haider", "Maqbool" and "The Blue Umbrella" to name a few. However, my joy turned out sour after watching "Rangoon" today. The movie does not give out the cinematic brilliance as showed by Bhardwaj in his previous films. The movie begins with a guerrilla war scene which has been well executed followed by introduction of each characters. The movie does not keeps you engaged and inclusion of unnecessary songs just adds further woes.The second half does not seem to take off and even the main story unfolding here does not help much. Climax is weakly depicted and has nothing to talk about.
Vishal Bhardwaj seems to have missed the bus this time as "Rangoon" falls flat on the face. Script is a mess with no clue about what is the actual story. Cinematography is amazing along with tuneful songs (though too many). Art direction is good but editing is bad. Performances wise, none of the actors were impressive. Kangana Ranaut went over board while Saif Ali Khan had nothing much to do. It was Shahid Kapur who showed some decent performance.
Overall, probably the most weakest film of Vishal Bhardwaj till now. Poor 1/5