Sanjay gupta is back again with our Sanju baawaa, and in his third offering to the film fraternity I must say he has come a long way. As the previous 2 of his movies (Kaante & Musaafir), this flick too has got a totally different feel than typical bollywood movies of this generation. Sanjay Gupta is very much inspired by hollywood director Quentin Tarantino of Kill Bill fame. His previous 2 movies are copies of QT’s flicks, and Zinda too is lot inspired by Kill Bill. The brutality in the scenes, the background score, even the cinematography is lot almost exact to Kill Bill.
Sanjay Dutt has again proved that he is still one of the best, has done a great job in Zinda. But he might have looked better without that pathetic wig. A cute little role for Lara Dutta comes as a refreshing break in the movie. John Abrahim is definitely improving day by day, and does a pretty good job.
I am not going to tell you the story, you have to watch it. It’s very gripping from start to end (except at some points in second half). Most of the scenes are almost black & white, I couldn’t get what effect direct was trying to get. When the romantic scene between Dutt and Dutta comes, everything becomes colourful and the background is completely red (again a copy from Sanjay LB’s Black -> kissing scene between Amitabh and Rani).
There is lot of brutality in the action scenes (again copy from Kill Bill). I liked one scene where Sanju baawaa fights with a hammer, this scene (almost 5 mins) has been shot in a single shot (no shifting of scene or camera). At the end they use swords (which are exactly the same as that of Kill Bill). One fighting scene even has a Matrix score running in the background!!!
The 2-3 songs come at a pretty good time in the movie. Great music by strings, I love all the songs.
Overall its a good movie, pretty different. Watch it.