The great expectations you might have developed after watching the trailer, will surely be let down in this film. The film is perfectly mediocre and somewhat unsubtle, but with excellent performance by Akshay Khanna and, Production and Set Designers.
The film might have been made very well with in the hands of a good director. I have not read the book so I can't say very surely but it does seem like that there were huge flaws in adapting Baru's book into a film's screenplay. The result ? The film becomes boring to watch after a while; if the screenplay was written better, this could have been much more interesting and thrilling to watch!
The film is so unsubtle, it's message so obvious - given to the viewers ready and cooked on a plate, the characters so one dimensional - that it starts to seem like a borderline propaganda film.
Anupam Kher's acting also doesn't seem very good, inspiring or exceptional. However, given that he portrays someone who is so difficult to emulate and portray, I won't judge him too harshly.
The positives are that the film will surely be somewhat informative for the general public, to varying degrees, depending upon how much one already knows how the PMO and related politics works, AND also that this is somewhat a first film of it's kind in India.
As a side note - Akshay Khanna's good acting should come as no surprise. The man has not acted bad in even one film, and is the most underrated actor in the industry. I don't know why some good directors of the industry don't work with him.
On a lighter and comic note - For whoever has watched Dhinchak Pooja's song "Daru Daru Daru", I will like to dedicate below song to this film's source 'Sanjay Baru' :-
Baru Baru Baru Oye !
Baru Baru Baru Oye !
Baru Baru Baru Oye !
Jo Na Chhaape Usko Maroon..!
The film might have been made very well with in the hands of a good director. I have not read the book so I can't say very surely but it does seem like that there were huge flaws in adapting Baru's book into a film's screenplay. The result ? The film becomes boring to watch after a while; if the screenplay was written better, this could have been much more interesting and thrilling to watch!
The film is so unsubtle, it's message so obvious - given to the viewers ready and cooked on a plate, the characters so one dimensional - that it starts to seem like a borderline propaganda film.
Anupam Kher's acting also doesn't seem very good, inspiring or exceptional. However, given that he portrays someone who is so difficult to emulate and portray, I won't judge him too harshly.
The positives are that the film will surely be somewhat informative for the general public, to varying degrees, depending upon how much one already knows how the PMO and related politics works, AND also that this is somewhat a first film of it's kind in India.
As a side note - Akshay Khanna's good acting should come as no surprise. The man has not acted bad in even one film, and is the most underrated actor in the industry. I don't know why some good directors of the industry don't work with him.
On a lighter and comic note - For whoever has watched Dhinchak Pooja's song "Daru Daru Daru", I will like to dedicate below song to this film's source 'Sanjay Baru' :-
Baru Baru Baru Oye !
Baru Baru Baru Oye !
Baru Baru Baru Oye !
Jo Na Chhaape Usko Maroon..!