I recently saw Baadshaho, an action film by Milan Luthria set in 1975- 77 Emergency period.
I have to admit that it is one of the worst movie made by Milan Luthria who gave us films like Kachche Dhaage, Taxi No 9211, The Dirty Picture etc.
The film doesn't encompass any ethos of 1975-77 emergency period declared by Indira Gandhi. If you take out newspapers headlines, some dialogues of mentioned emergency, and a man writing on blackboard a notice; you will realize that the story could have told without it.
It is a simple story of few thugs trying to loot the gold of a queen. The film has a suggested portrayal of Maharani Gayatri Devi by Ileana D, which is of no use at all in, why she seeks to protect the gold? For whom?
It has some really bad cuts, you see film unfolds in time and space. The editor cuts the film before the space & time could establish the setting. Few cuts are actually a jump in time and space.
Cinematography, it is nothing great. The location has its own aura, its own effects on the dwellers. But the DOP has used it just like a prop in Ad films. Neither the village, nor the Castle is explored in its essence in this film. Besides the full desert where the end part of the film is set up is not utilized by the DOP and the director.
The script has a few very comic moment. When the truck is stopped by Ajay and gang, the police shoots, no one gets hit except when the Ajay and gang shoots back. When Ajay shoots at Vidyut it always hits the ground, why he wants to protect him, only director knows. And at the end they throw the guns and fist fights. What an action film!!! That's where actually the comedy happens.
The ending of film is very lose, it gives no sense of film making. The director, editor, cameraman and the writer leaves the film at its fate and fades out. It is such a badly ended film which needs a solid Script Writing.
In providing entertainment, entertainment and entertainment director forgot it is the script that create entertainment not the prop like actors who doesn't carry a scene, nor an emotion except that old guy Sanjay Mishra who says 'Tere jaise bahut chuitye ban gaye pyar mein..'
After watching the film audience came with the dialogue, 'Director made us chutiya by showing emergency in trailer'.
I have to admit that it is one of the worst movie made by Milan Luthria who gave us films like Kachche Dhaage, Taxi No 9211, The Dirty Picture etc.
The film doesn't encompass any ethos of 1975-77 emergency period declared by Indira Gandhi. If you take out newspapers headlines, some dialogues of mentioned emergency, and a man writing on blackboard a notice; you will realize that the story could have told without it.
It is a simple story of few thugs trying to loot the gold of a queen. The film has a suggested portrayal of Maharani Gayatri Devi by Ileana D, which is of no use at all in, why she seeks to protect the gold? For whom?
It has some really bad cuts, you see film unfolds in time and space. The editor cuts the film before the space & time could establish the setting. Few cuts are actually a jump in time and space.
Cinematography, it is nothing great. The location has its own aura, its own effects on the dwellers. But the DOP has used it just like a prop in Ad films. Neither the village, nor the Castle is explored in its essence in this film. Besides the full desert where the end part of the film is set up is not utilized by the DOP and the director.
The script has a few very comic moment. When the truck is stopped by Ajay and gang, the police shoots, no one gets hit except when the Ajay and gang shoots back. When Ajay shoots at Vidyut it always hits the ground, why he wants to protect him, only director knows. And at the end they throw the guns and fist fights. What an action film!!! That's where actually the comedy happens.
The ending of film is very lose, it gives no sense of film making. The director, editor, cameraman and the writer leaves the film at its fate and fades out. It is such a badly ended film which needs a solid Script Writing.
In providing entertainment, entertainment and entertainment director forgot it is the script that create entertainment not the prop like actors who doesn't carry a scene, nor an emotion except that old guy Sanjay Mishra who says 'Tere jaise bahut chuitye ban gaye pyar mein..'
After watching the film audience came with the dialogue, 'Director made us chutiya by showing emergency in trailer'.