RANN for Must Watch

Amitabh Bachchan - Vijay Harshvardhan Malik
Ritesh Deshmukh - Purab Shastri
Mohnish Behl - Amrish Kakkar
Paresh Rawal - Mohan Pandey
Neetu Chandra - Yasmin
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi - Nalini Kashyap
Rajat Kapoor - Naveen Shankalya
Gul Kirat Panag - Nandita Sharma
Sudeep - Jay Malik
Rajpal Yadav - Anand Prakash Trivedi
Alok Nath - Digvijay Hooda
Iklaq Khan - Pandey's Man
Simone Singh - Priya MalikShankalya
Rahul Pendkalkar - Tinu
Nina Kulkarni - Lata Malik
MUSIC_DIRECTOR: Amar Mohile , Bapi , Tutul Written by: Rohit Banawlikar
Written by: Rohit Banawlikar
Producer: Sheetal Vinod Talwar , Madhu Mantena
& Gautam Vaze
Director: Ram Gopal Varma

Latest movie Rann is not exactly a story revolving around the media-world. Rather it’s the clichéd corrupt politician chronicle set around the backdrop of media industry. Vijay Harshvardhan Malik [Amitabh Bachchan] is the founder of a private news channel, India 24/7. A hardcore upholder of journalistic ethics, his channel is battling for survival. Jay [Sudeep], his son, looks at his father's news channel purely as a business enterprise that must make profits to justify its existence. He hates that his competition [Mohnish Bahl] is doing better than him.
The story takes a turn when a corrupt politician, Mohan Pandey [Paresh Rawal], decides to use the channel to his advantage by using Vijay's son-in-law Navin [Rajat Kapoor]. Pandey aspires to be the Prime Minister and indulges in a vicious campaign against his political opponent.
Navin is the most insecure man on earth and won't rest till he becomes the number one industrialist in the country. He, in turn, involves his brother-in-law Jay in Pandey's game plan.
Ram Gopal Varma’s ‘Rann’ may make you feel like seeing another ‘Sarkar’. The movie has a strong theme and is made with the best intention to portray the evils revolving in the society. The movie may sound too idealistic to some but can be a right choice for the thinking viewers. The movie has a serious tone and it goes well with the requirements of the movie.
Harshvardhan Malik (Amitabh Bachchan) owns a news channel which runs on the principle of morals and ideals. Malik believes in presenting the true news and not creating news just to win public. However, his son Jai Malik (Sudeep) runs with the trend and takes media as a source to fill one’s pocket. He joins hand with the opposition leader Mohin Pandey (Paresh Rawal) and uses his channel to conspire against the ruling Prime Minister. Purab (Riteish Deshmukh) steps in to get into the truth of the issue.
Though ‘Rann’ starts very impressively, it begins to lack conviction as it progresses. The end becomes quite predictable and thus the movie lacks the suspense factor. One can easily draw a similarity between the climatic twist in this flick and that of ‘Page 3’. Dialogues are crisp and effective. Amit Roy’s cinematography makes a clear impression in the movie. Since it is a serious genre movie, music restrains itself to the background and it does this for good.
Speaking about the actors, Amitabh Bachchan is good as usual and one begins to feel the intensity of his acting particularly towards the end of the movie. Riteish Deshmukh comes as a surprise package in the movie and proves that he can do serious roles as good as the comedy ones. Paresh Rawal returns to his old genre of negative role after doing several hits of comedy roles. Other actors like Mohnish Behl, Rajat Kapoor, Gul Panag, neetu Chandra, Suchitra Krishnamoorthy, Simon Singh, Rajpal Yadav and Neena Kulkarni justify their roles.
On the whole, RANN is truly a well-made film. No two opinions on that. The film should be patronised by viewers of serious, sensible cinema. “Rann”. It’s a must watch for all who have a thinking soul and know the value of that one single vote you have in your hands which can make all the difference.
Rating:***
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PAA- a rare relationship movie

Cast:
Amitabh Bachchan - Auro
Abhishek Bachchan - Auro's father
Vidya Balan - Vidya Auro's mother
Paresh Rawal - Vidya's father
Arundhati Naag - Vidya's mother
Kids:
Taruni Sachdeva
Pratik Katare
Nimit Dhaiya
Varun Shukla
Dhurvin Doshi
Karan Bhiwandker
Gaurav Bajaj
Satyajit Sharma
Jagdish Purohit
Divya Bhatia


Executive Producer - Jitendra Bagga, Anita
Editor - Anil Naidu
Lyricst - Swanand Kirkire
Music Director - Ilaiya Raja
Cinematographer - PC Sreeram
Assistant Writer - Rishi Virmani
Associate Director - Vishal Gehani
Producers - AB Corp, Reliance Big Pictures, Sunil Manchanda
Writer and Director - R. Balki

Paa is made by R. Balki who has penned the offbeat hit Cheeni Kum. He takes to direction with Auro which is as impressive as his first film.

Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) is an intelligent, witty 13 year old boy with an extremely rare genetic defect that causes accelerated ageing.

He suffers from a progeria like syndrome. Progeria is a debilitating disease where the child ages rapidly beyond his age. Kids affected by this problem lose all their hair, become bald and their veins begin to show prominently on their heads, which enlarge to a size beyond normal. Their teeth and eyes suffer also.

Mentally he is 13, very normal, but physically he looks 5 times older. Inspite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya (Vidya Balan) who is a gynaecologist.
Paa has its moments that touch you, move you, moments that try to make you cry, and then that make you laugh, that make you feel warm Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role delivers a sweet performance, Abhishek and Vidya Balan are honest to their characters. The music is simple.

Abhishek Bachchan as a gen-next politician and he connects well. And more impressive performance is by Vidya Balan who portrays a strong, independent, modern Indian woman, and most importantly – a mother.

As for Auro’s character, this writer would honestly give maximum credit to the Prosthetic Make up artists rather than to the actor. No doubt, Amitabh has pitched in a yet another memorable performance, yet this is shadowed by the impressive and extraordinary efforts by Christien Tinsley and Dominie Till who wonderfully created the character of Auro - a complement which sportingly comes from Amitabh himself.

Amol Arte (Abhishek Bachchan) is a young progressive and a full of ideals politician. He is out to prove to the world that 'politics' is not a bad word. He is a man with a mission.

Auro is Amol's son. Paa is a rare story about a father-son, son-father relationship
The first half is about Auro’s Maa and the second half is about Auro’s Paa. There are times when the viewer feels that a 12 year old boy thinks and speaks like a guy double his age. The film could have been made shorter by about half an hour.


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