I have watched One bollywood movie after another only to be disappointed by the same old storylines directors songs routine. The standard masala movie it seems is finally boring people and the newer breed of directors are finally taking over. Movies like "Satya", "Rangeela" and "Kaun" were just glimpses of what Ramgopal verma can really do. Company it seems is his magnum opus. I do hope though that he continues to improve and better himself further in his next few movies.
After watching Company all I could say was WOW !!! I knew that I was going to expect something different but this was just mind blowing stuff. For those who are not familiar with the storyline, this movie is a look at the Mumbai underworld (or the India mafia). Even though the director says the work is fictional, everyone knows that the story is loosely based upon Mumbai dons Dawood Ibrahim and his friend (and later adversary) Chota Rajan.
Story line revolves around Malik Bhai (Ajay Devgan), his right hand man Chandu (Vivek Oberoi) and Police boss Srinivas (South Indian superstar Mohanlal). It starts with Malik being one of the lower bosses recruiting Chandu (a then small time hood) into the big time gang. Soon after Malik takes over the whole gang with Chandu loyally supporting him.
Malik is a very smart and ruthless man and with the combination of money, negotiations and power he takes over the entire Mumbai underworld. The police is a mix of corrupt lower inspectors but a tough as nails boss Srinivas. Srinivas makes life tough for the gangters with some of his own shrewdness and forces Malik and his gang to escape to Hong Kong.
However, Malik is prepared for this and he runs his operations via mobile phones from Hong Kong now, and even improves his net. Things are running fine till some personality differences and misunderstanding turn Chandu and Malik against each other.
What happens next is a brilliant series of plot twists and some obvious conclusions. The obvious message of "crime never pays" is left for the viewer to deduce.
I must say that the acting is superb. Vivek Oberoi as Chandu gets the best role as the most "human" of all characters. However the show stealer is Ajay Devgan. He is so good that its scary. I never thought he had this much acting potential to be honest. Monisha Koirala as his junky girlfriend Saroja is brilliant as well. She is so much in character that I could'nt even recognise her in the beginning.
The understated performance of Mohanlal should'nt be ignored either. He is great with his south indian broken hindi accent, and says a lot of memorable oneliners. I wondered occassionaly if there really were cops in India like him.
All the other supporting cast is good and make their mark felt. The direction by Ramgopal Verma, as mentioned earlier is Spot on. His cinematographers and editors have done a great job in making the movie very fast paced. You dont get a single boring scene.
Music is wonderful and what is different here is that there are no songs in the normal hindi movie sense (well there is one but its still different). All the songs in the sound track are actually embedded in the background score, just like hollywood.
Just to sum up, I think if India can produce even 2 movies of this calibre every year, there is hope for them yet !!!!
After watching Company all I could say was WOW !!! I knew that I was going to expect something different but this was just mind blowing stuff. For those who are not familiar with the storyline, this movie is a look at the Mumbai underworld (or the India mafia). Even though the director says the work is fictional, everyone knows that the story is loosely based upon Mumbai dons Dawood Ibrahim and his friend (and later adversary) Chota Rajan.
Story line revolves around Malik Bhai (Ajay Devgan), his right hand man Chandu (Vivek Oberoi) and Police boss Srinivas (South Indian superstar Mohanlal). It starts with Malik being one of the lower bosses recruiting Chandu (a then small time hood) into the big time gang. Soon after Malik takes over the whole gang with Chandu loyally supporting him.
Malik is a very smart and ruthless man and with the combination of money, negotiations and power he takes over the entire Mumbai underworld. The police is a mix of corrupt lower inspectors but a tough as nails boss Srinivas. Srinivas makes life tough for the gangters with some of his own shrewdness and forces Malik and his gang to escape to Hong Kong.
However, Malik is prepared for this and he runs his operations via mobile phones from Hong Kong now, and even improves his net. Things are running fine till some personality differences and misunderstanding turn Chandu and Malik against each other.
What happens next is a brilliant series of plot twists and some obvious conclusions. The obvious message of "crime never pays" is left for the viewer to deduce.
I must say that the acting is superb. Vivek Oberoi as Chandu gets the best role as the most "human" of all characters. However the show stealer is Ajay Devgan. He is so good that its scary. I never thought he had this much acting potential to be honest. Monisha Koirala as his junky girlfriend Saroja is brilliant as well. She is so much in character that I could'nt even recognise her in the beginning.
The understated performance of Mohanlal should'nt be ignored either. He is great with his south indian broken hindi accent, and says a lot of memorable oneliners. I wondered occassionaly if there really were cops in India like him.
All the other supporting cast is good and make their mark felt. The direction by Ramgopal Verma, as mentioned earlier is Spot on. His cinematographers and editors have done a great job in making the movie very fast paced. You dont get a single boring scene.
Music is wonderful and what is different here is that there are no songs in the normal hindi movie sense (well there is one but its still different). All the songs in the sound track are actually embedded in the background score, just like hollywood.
Just to sum up, I think if India can produce even 2 movies of this calibre every year, there is hope for them yet !!!!
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