There are lots of reviews on ’D’ floating around already. Almost all of them are good but I wanted to present the trilogy in a different way. So here goes
D completes the trilogy of movies on Mumbai Underworld made by RGV. To me, its India’s answer to the Godfather trilogy. No movie has been able to capture the essence of American Mafia like the Godfather and so does the trilogy.Unlike Godfather, this trilogy is not continuous i.e. no character appears in two movies and no two movies are sequels. Satya shows the functioning of Underworld at grassroot levels, Company shows the ppl who control the Underworld and D connects these two as to how ppl from grassroot levels become the rulers of the underworld. Like Godfather series, this trilogy was packed with amazing performances, tight storyline, gr8 background score etc. Manoj Bajpai as Bhikhu in ’Satya’, Chakravorty as ’Satya’, Ajay Devgan as ’Malik Bhai’, Vivek Oberoi as ’Chandu’ and Randeep Handa as ’Deshu’ shall count as one of the best performances of these actors ever. Like Godfather Series, this trilogy boasts of strong performances by the supporting cast e.g. ’Kalu Mama’ in Satya, Mohanlal as ACP in Company, Chunky Pandey as Raghav in D. My order of excellence for Godfather is Godfather II, The Godfather and Godfather III(which was one of the worst sequels ever made, completely destroyed the credibility of the series) and for the Indian trilogy is Company, Satya and D. So will D do the trilogy what Godfather III did to Godfather ? Read ahead to find out
D is supposed to start before ’Company’ and show the rise of character of Malik played by Ajay Devgan. D is for Deshu, a mechanic from Dubai who comes to Mumbai because of some family problem. One day he witnesses a gang killing and is caught in the crossfire between police and underworld. understandably, he does not identify the killer and is tortured by the police. Realizing that a commoner has no future in this city, he consciously decides to become a gangster and joins the underworld. Slowly, slowly using his brains and working as a modern day CEO i.e. using incentives, motivation, mergers & acquisitions etc. He becomes No. 2 man of the group. After this, jealousy creeps up in the top echlons of the group. Finally, Deshu has to kill every man opposing him and take control of the group.
The storyline of the movie is very good but there are some fatal flaws. Many scenes in the movie have music superimposed over them allowing you to hear only the punchlines. The total duration of the movie is 1 hour 45 min including intermission (in PVR, where intermissions are longer than usual) and this includes one and a half song. So there is almost nil character development. Everyone’s character is known from the start and a serious viewer can accurately predict what’s gonna happen next. The dialogues are good with every character having some good dialogues. Deshu’s character has got some pretty good punch lines and he is delivered them as a gangster is supposed too, coldly without showing emotion in a businesslike manner. All and all a good movie and a fitting end to the trilogy (much better than Godfather III to The Godfather). But I won’t advice ppl to go and watch the movie in a theatre, instead wait for the CD/DVD. Its not a masterpiece like Satya or Company but still a decent watch.