Corporate (2006)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Madhur Bhandarkar

Writers:

Madhur Bhandarkar (screenplay)
Madhur Bhandarkar (story)

Release Date:

7 July 2006 (India)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

There is no looking back for Vinay Sehgal and the Sehgal Group of Industries when their candidate is selected as the Central Finance Minister...

Plot Keywords:

Actor Playing Himself | Sex | Corporate Executive | Business Rivalry | Business Ethics

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Bipasha Basu	...	Nishiganda Dasgupta
Kay Kay Menon	...	Ritesh Sahani
Raj Babbar	...	Dharmesh Marwah
Rajat Kapoor	...	Vinay Sehgal
Lillete Dubey	...	Devyani Bakshi
Harsh Chhaya	...	Naveen Shroff
Bharat Dabholkar	...	Joe Rajan
Sammir Dattani	...	Anmol Rawat
Achint Kaur	...	Chhaya Sehgal
Girish Oak	...	Central Finance Minister Ashwini Dayal
Sandeep Mehta	...	Pervez Merchant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Javed Akhtar	...	Himself
Vinay Apte	...	State Finance Minister Gulabrao Ingle
G.K. Desai	...	Man Friday
Kevin Green
Prahlad Kakar	...	Himself
Atul Kulkarni	...	Narrator
Minissha Lamba	...	Megha Apte
Shweta Menon	...	Archana
Anil Nagrath	...	Balu - Payal's Agent
Alan Nelson
Ashok Pandit	...	Himself
Brinda Parekh	...	Call Girl in Bar
Navni Parihar	...	Dharmesh Marwah's wife
Rhea Pillai	...	Archana
Payal Rohatgi
Mukesh Tyagi	...	Mukesh

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Company:

Percept Picture Company

Trivia:

Aishwarya Rai was considered for the lead role but the role eventually went to Bipasha Basu.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Traffic Signal (2007)

Too realistic its scary!

After watching director Madhur Bhandharkar's Chandni Bar and Page 3, this was definitely a highly anticipated film by critics and fans alike. This time he was getting his hands dirty in the big bad world of corporate after tackling the dark world of bar dancers and celebrity-hood. The fact that this is the third installment of his trilogy, I was sure he will be dealing into the realistic topic of corporate firms and yet there was very little to predict or expect. The movie starts off on a nice solemn note as we are introduced into the rivalry of the 2 big enterprises. Do not expect any big twist or turns in the story, but the story just moves Madhur way. Performances by Bipasha and Kay Kay are on top note. Bipasha is impressive as hard-worker who will do anything to get her work done, and Kay Kay is very realistic. Short comedy and jokes scenes in between do not work. If he was trying to pull a Ram Gopal Varma, Madhur still needs to master the skill of developing character roles, however his effort is well appreciated and managed to keep me glued on my seat, regardless of the low quality VCD. Relating to the first 2 films, this film to does not end on a happy note... well just goes to say life goes on!!