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Film: Aakrosh
Producer: Kumar Mangat Pathak
Director: Priyadarshan
Actors: Ajay Devgn, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu, Paresh Rawal, Reema Sen,
Genre: Action-Thriller
Ratings: **
To churn out a movie based on a sensitive issue like honour killings surely is not a cake walk. And when the name like Priyadarshan is involved, curiosity knows no bounds. So, the question is does Aarosh invoke the torment against the system? The answer is like Priyadarshan’s recent disasters Khatta Meetha and De Dana Dan, Aakrosh too falls flat.
Unfortunately, despite good intention which can be clearly sensed while watching the film; the film fails to leave an impact. Poorly written screenplay and overly dragged direction makes Aakrosh a boring affair.
Aakrosh begins with the abduction of two Delhi and a Jhanjhar based medical students of Delhi University, in Jhanjhar district (Bihar). Sidhant Chaturvedi (Akshaye Khanna) and Pratap Kumar (Ajay Devgn) are two CBI officers appointed by the government when the three boys go missing for two months altogether. However, things are not that simple as Sidhant anticipates them to be in the beginning considering his victory over two high-profiled cases. The ugly scene of corruption in the political system gives him sleepless nights. Ajatshatru Singh (Paresh Rawal) corrupt to the core, a policeman along with his subordinates and other authorities in the district support ‘Shool Sena’, the prime culprit behind innocent killings in the name of casteism in other words honour. How Sidhant and Pratap solve this mystery seeking help from Geeta (Bipasha Basu) once a love interest of Pratap and now wife of Ajastshatru is an interesting watch in the beginning but eventually looses threads as the story progresses.
What compounds to the misery are the numerous loopholes. For instance, immeiately post interval, the locals of the district who otherwise never dared to go against the system are suudenly on streets rasising slogans agaisnt it with no literal powerful force behind them. Another is when Pratap discovers that Sidhant is not carrying his pistol despite well aware of the fact that he is in danger and to top it all he is CBI OFFICER.
The screenplay goes haywire post interval with lots of sequences coming along. Direction as mentioned above is too dragged to tolerate. The story and dialogues are the saving grace of the film. Editing again could have beem more crisp. Cinematography is ‘A’ class especially the scene where Ajay Devgn crosses the tracks under the moving train although that was unneccessarily shot scene.
Ajay Devgn proves yet again that he fits in the bill completely as far as role of angry man is concerned. Akshaye Khanna disappoints this time with a weak charcater and good for nothing role. Bipasha again is wasted with few dialogues in her kitty although the mystery solves with her help. Paresh Rawal is as usual class-apart as of born Ajastshatru Singh. Reema Sen is good in her small part. Other character actors are brilliant.
Overall, Aakrosh is a movie one can easily give a miss considering that it leaves no imapct as such.
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