Aurangzeb is a 21st Century remix of Amar, Akhbar Anthony. Instead of 3 separated kids that are raised under 3 different religions, we have 2 twins and a stepbrother raised within Police, Gangster and adopted families.
Rishi Kapoor is here, but we don't have the hard man equivalent of Vinod Khanna or the charisma of Amitabh Bachan. Jackie Shroff makes a good Kishanlal, and Tanvi Azmi makes a good Bharati. Swara Bhaskar is good in a limited role as one of the wives. However Sasha Aagha has obviously been misused to sell the movie to 10 year old boys.
The movie is certainly fresh. Instead of the straight good guys, bad guys and the religious message we get from the 70s, we now have the blurry good and bad mixed with hedonism, power and greed.
Pros - Fresh and funky thriller
Cons - The odd Exploitation scene
Overall - Who's Bad (Jamon)
Rishi Kapoor is here, but we don't have the hard man equivalent of Vinod Khanna or the charisma of Amitabh Bachan. Jackie Shroff makes a good Kishanlal, and Tanvi Azmi makes a good Bharati. Swara Bhaskar is good in a limited role as one of the wives. However Sasha Aagha has obviously been misused to sell the movie to 10 year old boys.
The movie is certainly fresh. Instead of the straight good guys, bad guys and the religious message we get from the 70s, we now have the blurry good and bad mixed with hedonism, power and greed.
Pros - Fresh and funky thriller
Cons - The odd Exploitation scene
Overall - Who's Bad (Jamon)