Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007)

User Rating:

1.6/10   

Director:

Ram Gopal Varma

Writers:

Salim Khan (story)
Rahil Qazi (writer)

Release Date:

31 August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Musical

Plot:

Nasik-based Heerendra Dhaan and Raj Ranade are bodyguards of a politician, but after their employer is implicated in a scam...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Widow | Gangster | Box Office Flop | Holi

Cast

Amitabh Bachchan	...	Babban Singh
Mohanlal	...	Inspector Narsimha (as Mohan Lal)
Ajay Devgan	...	Heerendra 'Heero' Dhaan
Prashant Raj	...	Raj Ranade
Nisha Kothari	...	Ghungroo
Sushmita Sen	...	Durga Devi
Sushant Singh	...	Tambe
Rajpal Yadav	...	Rambhabhai
Gaurav Kapoor	...	Ahmed
Urmila Matondkar	...	Dancer / Singer
Suchitra Krishnamoorthi	...	Kavita
Sachin	...	Amber Singh
Jeeva
Veerendra Saxena	...	Naqvi
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hemu Adhikari
Abhishek Bachchan	...	Dancer / Singer
Mukesh Bhatt
J.D. Chakravarthi	...	Subbu
Brij Gopal
Anant Jog
Madan Joshi
Rasika Joshi	...	Gangu
Ravi Kale	...	Pradhan
Mrinal Kulkarni
Anand Mishra	...	Ghungroo's dad
Sanjay Narvekar	...	Ramlal
Sumeet Nijhawan
Ajai Rohilla
D. Santosh
Anupam Shyam

Also Known As:

Flames (India: English title) (literal title)
Ram Gopal Varma's Flames (India: English title) (long title)
Sholay (India: Hindi title) (working title)

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/16

Company:

Adlabs Films

Trivia:

When the movie was announced several actors showed interest in playing Thakur. Dharmendra, Anupam Kher were some of them but it was Ram Gopal Varma's decision to cast Mohanlal as the new Thakur "Narishma".

Movie Connections:

Version of Sholay (1975)

Blasphemy!

What on earth has become of our dear Ramu? Is this the same man who made Sarkar, Satya, and Comapny? I refuse to believe so. If AAG was Ramu's most ambitious project, he has clearly jumped off the high cliff he has ascended by giving the industry some of the greatest works of all times. This movie is made to fall like a brick. I was cringing to leave the theater, but I was forced to sit because I wouldn't have been able to take my car out of the parking lot before others also left. Else, nothing would have made me sit beyond interval.

This movie is nowhere close to Sholay. It doesn't even come near it within a mile. I believe Ramu surely loves The Godfather more than Sholay, since Sarkar was a classic piece of work. I read Ramu's interview a couple of days back, in which the interviewer said that Ramu doesn't sleep for more than 4 hours a day, that too not at a stretch. I completely agree with this now, as his lack of sleep has probably taken its toll on the movie.

There is no power in the performance. Amitabh Bachchan doesn't even look scary. He looked more terrifying in the few posters and wallpapers I saw earlier. Ramu's favorite Nisha Kothari did a fantastic job in Sarkar because she didn't have many dialogs (in fact none if I remember clearly). She opened her mouth in this movie, and has found a place in history. The new guy playing Jai's role seems to have that brash look, but didn't manage Jai's role at all. I cant go on... Im sorry... my pain is too big for me to manage right now.

I promised myself throughout the movie that I will watch the original Sholay once more just to see that it is still there.

Bottom Line: Horrible movie. The media and critics are going to cook Ramu's goose. And just to remind all readers once more, I am one of the biggest Ramu fans, and even I cant spare him for this act.