Shagird Movie Review: 3 / 5
Published on May 13, 2011 by Admin · No Comments
Shagird is a full length action and thriller movie directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia starring angry man Nana Patekar, Mohit Ahlawat, Zakir Hussain. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap also played an important role in this movie, let's see how this film goes.
Story: Hanumant Singh (Nana Patekar) is a corrupt police officer who is close to Minister Rajmani Singh (Zakir Hussain). He takes new recruit Mohit (Mohit Ahlawat) under his wings and tries to induct him into the world of corruption but Mohit is principled and does not want to partake in Hanumant Singh’s corrupt activities. Bunty Bhaiya (Anurag Kashyap) is a don who has been arrested by the police. Bunty Bhaiya, who is also close to Rajmani Singh, pleads with him to get him set free.
Mohit is in love with Varsha Mathur (Rimi Sen) who is a television journalist working for a channel. One day, a dreaded terrorist agrees to meet three journalists including Varsha, for an interview. Instead of an interview, they are held captive there and in return for their freedom, the terrorist demands that Bunty Bhaiya and two other terrorists be released from jail. Hanumant Singh secures the freedom of Varsha and a foreign journalist in return for setting Bunty Bhaiya and the two terrorists free. The third journalist (Murali Sharma) gets killed at the hands of the terrorist.
Anyway, Hanumant Singh immediately takes Bunty Bhaiya into captivity to blackmail Rajmani Singh to give Rs. 15 crore. Although it appears that Rs. 15 crore is the price for keeping Bunty Bhaiya’s mouth shut about Rajmani Singh’s nefarious activities, it is actually Hanumant Singh who wants the money so that he can send the same to New Zealand where he has already sent his wife (Kishori Shahane-Vij) and their little son and where he, too, wants to settle shortly, after quitting his job.
Then begins a game of double-crossing. Does Rajmani Singh agree to pay up? Does Hanumant Singh get the money? Rest forms the story.
Performances: Nana Patekar shines in a role that seems to have been written for him. He is excellent with his dialogues and evokes laughter at a number of places with his typical dialogue-delivery. Mohit Ahlawat gives a restrained performance and does the fullest justice to his role. Rimi Sen is natural.
Zakir Hussain is splendid as the wily politician and deserves distinction marks for a great show. Anurag Kashyap is pretty effective. Vishwajit Pradhan makes his presence felt. Sitaram Panchal is very good as Panditji. Murali Sharma, Khan Jehangir Khan (as police officer Shamsher Singh) and the others lend able support.
Tigmanshu Dhulia and Kamal Pandey’s story is interesting and their screenplay has plenty of twists and turns. But the unfortunate part is that there are so many twists and turns that it does get confusing for the masses although the classes would be able to follow the drama better. However, the action thriller is basically a mass film rather than for the classes or the multiplex audience. Music, and background score was weak. Tigmanshu Dhulia’s direction is appropriate to the script. His narrative style keeps the audience engrossed completely.
Bottom Line: Worth Watch – Nana Patekar's Show
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