One Word which describes the film -
Eye-opener
Best Dialogue – 'Hamare desh ki sabse badi samasya yahi hai ki gareebo ki kisi ko parvaah nahi hai '
Genre - Political Thriller
Story - Anjum Rajabali , Sagar Pandya
Direction - Prakash Jha
Producer – Prakash Jha , Sunil Lulla
Cast - Arjun Rampal , Abhay Deol , Manoj Bajpayee , Anjali Patil , Esha Gupta
The film is woven around two friends with a backdrop of Naxalism , one of the most dreaded problems in front of the Indian government.
Arjun Rampal is an honest cop who is posted in the Naxalite belt of Nandighat after a team of police men is killed in an attack by rebels led by Manoj Bajpayee . This must be Arjun's best performance .He looked fit and smart and has done justice to his role.
Abhay Deol is Arjun’s college friend who decides to help his friend by going under cover and helping his friend to destroy the Naxalite group . But, once into the camp, he faces the hard, ground reality. His character finds himself in the greatest dilemma of betraying his friend on the one hand and the Marxist ideology that he has developed in the course of his training at the camp on the other.
There is a dialogue which describes the turning point in the relation ship of the friends
'Agli baar jab ham milenge ,to hum dono main se ek hi ghar wapas jayega '
After his epic character of Sardar Khan in Gangs of Wasseypur ,Manoj Bajpayee has a very small role in this film . Both his and Om Puri's character though are significant ,are not given much attention in the film's script .
Esha Gupta had just 2-3 scenes in the films .Guess she was taken in the film to add some glamour, thanks to her uncanny resemblance to Angelina Jolie.
Anjali as a Naxalite has given a very powerful performance . We can feel the anger for the rich industrialists and government in her eyes . She believes that only the Naxalites can help the poor tribal people and get them their rights .
The item song by Sameera Reddy was the most unwanted part in the film.
The film started in a neutral way but after interval it started justifying the actions of the Naxalites by showing the bond between the corrupt politicians , greedy industrialists and immoral police men . I agree that whatever was shown in the film is very close to the reality but if everyone starts picking a gun there will be no law and order left in the society .
The film ends with this eye opening line that
' Chamakte Bharat ki yahi sacchai hai ki desh ki 25 % income , 100 parivaron ke paas hai aur adhe se jyada logon ko 70 rs main guzara karna padta hai.'
In a line Chakravyuh gives you an exact picture of the severe problem of Naxalism India faces and though it doesn't claim to provide any solution , creating awareness is the main concern of the Director.
It's surely not for kids and provides very less entertainment . Watch in theater only if you have a taste for hard hitting realistic films.
I finally saw the film and did not like it one bit
ReplyDeleteToo heavy & too serious with no light moments , just nonstop gun shots surronding the empty theatre I was sitting in with less than 10 people
One goes to movies to refresh , feel light , see 3 hours of feel good cinema and away from worries & stress & wife if possible
His rajneethi , aparhan worked as they had light elements , awesome songs in rajneethi , great tight script and ranbeer kapoor in great role and Nana patekar
It was more documentry style movie , like madhur , Prakash too works on topical issues and ends up with same character actors
Very serious movie ! Avoid it