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Aan: Men at Work (2004)
Technically Good
Aan is an action movie where action never stops.Aan tells the story of Mumbai Cops.The irony is that they are handcuffed by corrupt politicians,businessmen who influence police to get their job done.Mumbai is ruled by underworld who work in tandem with politicians and businessmen.All the three of them take one another's help for getting their job done.Thus,all of them escape from law. Some cops like Appa Kadam Nayak(Suneil Shetty) do try their hands to cleanse the city.They meet with little effort because the minute they go little far,they are made to take several steps backwards.Shatrughan Sinha plays a cop who becomes passive to the system.Paresh Rawal is a small time hawaldar who has his own problems eeking out a life with meagre support from his job.However all of them try their level best to do their job awaiting a superior who would "open their hands".
Enters Hari Om Patnaik(Akshay Kumar)who initially does not like his subordinates' ways but bends on knowing the ground reality.The cops handle a political murder and rest of the story tells how the cops get to the criminal and succeed in exposing a corrupt minister and a business tycoon,despite the corruption which permeated from top to bottom.
The film is technically good.There is lot of action.It seems that Madhur Bhandarkar attempted John Woo.The action scenes are well shot.The director makes use of Split screen images to show how underworld mafia use top connections and escape from law.The movies showcases some of the cops' problems.The movie is also inspired from some of the real life incidents.But Madhur's films are like that,a good director.The acting is good.Suniel Shetty is particularly impressive.Akshay Kumar ,Paresh Rawal also do their job well.Irfaan Khan is also good playing an underworld bhai. As for the flaws,there are many many sub-plots.The story goes awry at times and at times it appears that screenwriters go tangential from the original plot,bringing out defects in the society and ills of the system. Inspite of the flaws,the movie is watchable,for its action sequences.The action is very good and I believe it is the only action movie sans romance.Madhur Bhandarkar wanted to combine commercial cinema and his own style of film-making.The effort is not very impressive but still okay.
Andaz Apna Apna (1994)
Most Comic movie in Recent times
Andaaz Apna Apna is the most comic movie of the decade.You can't stop laughing during the movie.Right from the first scene to the last, your giggles don't stop.Amir Khan is brilliant.His comic timing is superb.His dialogue delivery, gestures,uninhibited style all compel you to laugh like hell.Salman Khan is good.Paresh Rawal is his usual best.The dialogues by Rajkumar Santoshi are good(Amir Khan mouthing Purush-Mahapurush).The music reminds you of good old times.The scenes where both the characters Amar Prem try to outwit each other,they try to woo Raveena and the fighting scenes in the Climax are really funny.It is very difficult to decide which is the most comic scene.All of them are on top of other.Definitely one of the best feathers in RajKumar Santoshi's Cap. I think this movie ranks no.1 in Comedy genre of Bollywood(at least in 1990s when there were very few comedy movies).
The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)
Brilliant Film
The legend of Bhagat Singh is one of the finest movies of Indian film history.The film shows the lifetime of great freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.The film depicts his life,his struggle and his determination brillantly..The film not only shows the freedom fighter's struggle,but also his ideologies and his idea of a progressive nation and how he moved the entire nation. The photography,the script,the dialogues(power packed and very thought-provoking)everything about this movie is splendid.A lot of research has gone into making this film.Brilliant performance by Ajay Devagan as Bhagat singh,Sushant singh as Sukhdev.Ajay literally lived the freedom fighter's life.The music adds to the film's beauty. Raj Kumar Santoshi's brilliant effort and a fitting tribute to the son of the soil.Bollywood should be proud of this masterpiece.