Raajneeti Movie Review

Respite and relief. This is exactly how I felt walking out of the cinema after watching Prakash Jha's Raajneeti. Thanks to the filmmaker, we have officially been bestowed with 2010's best film thus far.

Praise the Bollywood God; he has finally been kind on us. My expectations of the director were scorching high considering the film has a boastful cast of some of the best in the industry:

Nana Patekar, Ajay Devgn, Manoj Vajpayee and Naseeruddin Shah. And then there are other actors who have surprised us in the recent past including Arjun Rampal, Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif.

The film, obviously based around Indian Politics, is also based around the epic Mahabharata. With a filmography that reaches vast and wide, one can only expect an award-winning production and performances. Raajneeti is a political saga bestows precisely what it promises.Raajneeti is every socio-political movie fan's delight. From the get-go you are introduced into the world of corruption, deceit and bribery. Prakash Jha does an absolutely top-notch job of keeping the film interesting, gripping and enticing despite the story being of a serious nature. The execution of Anjum Rajabali's and Jha's script and dialogues has been completely justified by the actors who have been casted to perfection. As a director, Jha knows the ropes and demonstrates that in every scene of Raajneeti. The screenplay is strong to the extent that it is virtually impossible to find loopholes in the script. The subtle Mahabharata story has been cleverly interwoven into the script which starts with the family's division over power and money and ends with a smart anecdote between Nana Patekar and Ranbir Kapoor; a scene not to be missed!However, if one were to find a single negative aspect to the film, it would be the length; it is all of three hours long. But even then, what could you possibly edit? Every scene is so solid and required.If the screenplay is fantastic, then the performances are even better and support Jha's script one hundred percent. In fact, the actors really work the film and each one binds the film ensuring its resilient script is flawless. Breaking down the performances individually would be the only acceptable honor the cast of Raajneeti.Ranbir Kapoor: It was last year post Wake Up Sid! that the world finally realized that Ranbir Kapoor had turned from star to actor. He furthers proves this with his enactment of the sacrificing yet sly brother. From a Mahabharata standpoint, Ranbir plays Arjun and wows! Kapoor is the backbone of the film.Ranbir Kapoor: It was last year post Wake Up Sid! that the world finally realized that Ranbir Kapoor had turned from star to actor. He furthers proves this with his enactment of the sacrificing yet sly brother. From a Mahabharata standpoint, Ranbir plays Arjun and wows! Kapoor is the backbone of the film.