Review of Satyagraha

Release Date- 30'th August

One Word which describes the film – Inspirational  

Best Dialogue  – 'Paisa hi apka dharm hai aur bazar hi apki morality. '

Genre – Political/Thriller 

  

Story - Anjum Rajabali , Prakash Jha , Rutvik Oza

Music – Shantanu Moitra

Producer - Prakash Jha , Ronnie Screwvala , Siddharth Roy Kapur

Direction - Prakash Jha

Cast – Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Manoj Bajpai, Amrita Rao ,Vipin Sharma

  

Budget - 50 crore + (15 crore prints and publicity)

Prakash Jha is famous for his political and socio-political films such as Gangaajal (2003), Apaharan (2005), Raajneeti (2010)  Aarakshan (2011) and  Chakravyuh (2012). 

This film is based on the Anna Hazare movement where Shri Hazare started an indefinite hunger strike on 5 April 2011 to exert pressure on the Indian government to enact a stringent anti corruption law , the Jan Lokpal Bill and Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party. The fast led to nation-wide protests in support .

The story revolves around an idealistic retired teacher , an ambitious capitalist , a youth leader , a corrupt politician and a journalist.
Though the idea of presenting the most talked about issue in a dramatic form was great but somewhere the film stopped being a story and was presented just as a series of events. 

Amitabh Bachchan as the main protagonist is the backbone of the film. When he tells the corrupt politician ,"Janta sarkaar ki malik hai. Malik nirdesh deta hai. Maang nahin karta" , we actually start believing in the powers of the common man. In the fasting scenes he looked frail and delicate as if really had nothing to eat since days.

Ajay Devgn , as the master mind behind awakening the public has done a good job. Though in some scenes especially the ones with Kareena he looked haggard and out of shape .

Kareena Kapoor as the fiery journalist who believes in doing the right thing and following her heart has given a good performance.

Time and again Manoj Bajpai has proved that he's an actor par excellence. In his grey shades we love to hate him.

Arjun Rampal had the weakest role which could have done by any junior artist . 

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are shown playing an important role in sharing information and  spreading the movement among the masses. 


In a line despite the flaws , the film is a one time watch for soul touching performances by Mr. Bachchan and Ajay Devgn.   

Time-pass.
Rank- 21  (out of the 43 films I have seen in 2013)