Rustom

The best part of this film is presentation of the strong presence of the Parsi community in 1950’s South Bombay. The sets present the deserted Fort area, the vintage cars, old money and the British hangover convincingly. European attires of the playboy Vikram Makheja and seductive deep neck dresses of his sister Preeti, stand out. Art direction and cinematography are worth watching. Apart from that the film is mediocre at best.  The real life story of Captain Rustom Pavri must have been a tad more serious. The courtroom scenes were childish and immature with audiences clapping and responding loudly to the court proceedings. The scenes drag with pathetic jokes and weird dialogues of the judge. It was more like reading the reports in a newspaper than watching the film. The characters seem exclusive and separate and do not blend into the story to make a médley. Akshay Kumar does his best as Rustom and weaves an interesting story around the death of Vikram. He looks good in the navy uniform but could have changed it while in jail. Arjan Bajwa looks suave but could have been more flamboyant in playing the wealthy lustful character of Vikram Makheja. Esha looks gorgeous as she bathes in the aura of wealth and the power that’ comes with it. Elleana looks beautiful as the innocent doll seduced by the cunning wolf.  

Rating  2/5

Mohenjo Daro

A film without a theme or an agenda , Mohenjo Daro will bore you with its frivolity and meaninglessness. A spineless script with complete failure of imagination and invention , there is not much to be implemented.  School children can boast of a more fertile and plausible imagination of the lessons learnt in history about the ancient civilisations of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro.  A strange animal supposedly a unicorn looking like a goat with the wrong placement of the horns, appears in the dreams of the protagonist and leads him to something of a prophecy.  Characters wearing strange attires and horns on head not only look idiotic but are an insult to the viewer robbing him of his intelligence. There was not much for Hrithink to do, not that he does much apart from some really great flexible dance moves matching the music, there was no scope even for that. It was a weird attempt to showcase the cultural nuances of the ancient civilization. If that was really the intent then a documentary for the Discovery channel would have been apt. As I said the film does not have a backbone without which my back didn’t allow me to relax on the seat forcing me out after the interval. Puja Hegde looks like a model on the ramp, which I guess is the new meaning of acting as most appear to be doing that, with plastic poses and a plain expressionless face.  A waste of time and money,  DON’T WATCH THIS ONE.

Rating  - 1/5