A remake has to be better or more impactful or at least equally powerful as the first part. Sadly, Krantiveer-The Revolution fails to reach the level of its predecessor, Krantiveer. There’s nothing fresh and hard-hitting about the film although it deals with lots of topical issues.
The story of the movie: Roshni (Jahan Bloch), daughter of the fierce and legendary Pratap Narayan Tilak (Nana Patekar) has inherited not only her father’s courage but also the spirited lingo and indomitable style. She joins a news channel and like her father, she is trying to awaken the people by exposing corruption at all levels. Helping in her mission are her college mates Goldie (Aditya Singh Rajput), Uday (Harsh Rajput) and her new friend Vishal (Samir Aftab). How they fight evil and attempt to rid society of corruption and other immoral practices is what the film is all about.
The problem with Krantiveer-The Revolution is that it doesn’t offer anything new. The builder-politician nexus, communal harmony, inefficient police, sting operation, terrorism, love triangle and other such issues are attempted a zillion times. Moreover, there aren’t any significant twists and turns in the film. The way the protagonist (Jahan) and her buddies so easily defeat the villains seemed too unbelievable.
Certain portions in the film seemed too vague. A wannabe tries to act too fresh with our heroine, she takes her to police station but the cop refuses to file a complaint. No explanations given! The angry girl then takes out of police station and bashes the guy while the cop just looks on! Then the armyman (Samir Aftab) suddenly decides to quit army on frivolous grounds and immediately becomes a news reporter since his friend (Hiten Paintal) is running the news channel!
On the flipside, certain individualistic scenes are well treated. The scene where Roshni provokes a wife to fight her devil husband was novel but it was overdramatized. Then the entire track on communalism was effective. The film even deals with 26/11 issue and also shows the actual footage of the incident. Thankfully, it doesn’t make a mockery of the episode.
The film was on Jahan Bloch’s shoulders and she delivers a powerful performance. The fiery look on her face and her impactful dialogue delivery compliments her role of a brave young lady who’s not to be messed with. Also, it’s good to see a heroine in such kind of a role as it brings some freshness. But why does she have a laugh like Rahul Mahajan?! Since the director is her father, her love interest (Samir Aftab) doesn’t get to be intimate with Jahan! But all in all, a great debut!
Samir Aftab, who was the only good performer in the last year’s dud Shadow (remember?), does a brilliant job here again. He is a sincere actor and deserves to be seen in better films. Aditya Singh Rajput and Harsh Rajput are good in their supporting roles. Mukesh Tiwari and Govind Namdeo are experts in playing villainous roles and perform with ease in the film. Ashok Samarth as Samir Aftab’s father leaves a mark. Aman Varma plays a playboy corporate honcho who gets secretly filmed while he asks for sexual favours to a newbie in return for a job! Wonder why Aman played such an autobiographical role! Farida Jalal, Ranjeet, Hiten Paintal, Darshan Jariwala, Suhasini Mulay and Avtar Gill play their part well.
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