Gulaal(2009)



There are some people who make movies which leaves you thinking.Anurag Kashyap is one such director.After his modern day take on Devdas its now Gulaal.Gulaal was supposed to be his lauch pad but got delayed due to many reasons.Gulaal is a different make over for Hindi film from the talented director leaving his captivated DevD.

Set in the modern day city of Rajasthan story revolves around Student politics and Rajput fight for power.Dileep Singh( Rajsingh Chaudary) who gets in to the University election which is controlled by Dukki Bhana ( KK Menon ) a local Rajput who inflicts the armed movement in the society against the Government for their loss of power.Dileep singh gets entangled in the plot by illegitimate children of a Rajput king and he becomes the victim.Dilip looses many things and he turns against the stigma which was thrown to him.

Gulaal is one of the dark and anger filled movie by the director.It has no lighter moments which gives the feeling of heaviness .Movie is told in a very complex manner with lots of characters ,each of them with unique screen presence.The astounding choice of characterisation is to be noted in this movie. Deepak Dobriyal and Piyush Mishra as brother of KK Menon are some of the characters which needs a mention in this movie.

KKMenon is amazing and he is one of the intense actors today in Indian cinema,Rajsingh gives a stunning performance as the character of Dilip.He portrays the struggle between the Rajput politics and University politics.Abhimanyu singh scores as Rananjay gives the movie a lift during the first thirty minutes.Anurag chooses his music in a very unique manner,Piyush Mishra music has intelligent lyrics which speaks on Love,power and revolution.

Movie is unwantedly made very complex as the director has lots of stories told along the main plot which makes this movie dragging at many instances.Movie is fierce but it lacks the pace which would have given a cult status to this movie.The plot and characterisation are very impressive but it needs a very clear mind to enjoy this movie.This speaks about love,tussle between the Rajputs,Mobs,Loyalty in a very dark manner .A must watch and highly impressive.

Comments

Sabhari Nath said…
A very good movie, and said must watch. But you need the patience and heart to see the darker side of college politics... Good review Karthik, the flow and language... simply impeccable...
July 16, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Sabhari Nath said…
A very good movie, and said must watch. But you need the patience and heart to see the darker side of college politics... Good review Karthik, the flow and language... simply impeccable...
July 16, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Karthik said…
Yeah i agree u need patience..This movie is dark and its slow .

Thanks for ur comments
July 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM
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