Debutant
director Sanamjit Talwar unnecessarily complicates the gangster flick with
layer after layer of characterisation. Sinister characters, desperately in need
to bathe, keep popping up and popping off for no other reason except to remind
us that the world of Mumbai`s gangsterism has not changed much from the time
when Ram Gopal Varma made "Satya".
But while
in "Satya" we genuinely cared for the sanguinary characters, here in
"Dishkiyaoon", we are too tired of the trigger-happy marauders to
give a flying f**k about whether they live or die.
The dark
menacing characters all look like carryovers from Varma`s "Satya" and
"Company" trying hard to shield their jadedness in a revved up
revivified swagger which only helps to accentuate their frozen renewability.
The
characters` hands remain soaked in the same blood as "Satya", no
matter how hard the script tries to cover their bloodied track with streaks of
cosmetic conceit. Try as it might the narration`s worn-out edges stick out of
the sleekly-designed format.
The film
is very stylishly packaged with some ear-catching background music (Amar
Mohile) and cinematography (Axel Fischer) that fuses colour and black-and-white
in a hide `n` seek with time.
Sad to
say the impressive colour scheme lacks clarity consistence and logic. Much like
the film which rambles on about the relationship between crime and comeuppance
but doesn`t offer us one reason to believe that these characters deserve our
attention.
What
redeems the film`s inherently fagged-out storytelling are the actors.
Prashant
Narayanan as Harman`s mentor, Sumeet Nijhawan as a crime lord who doesn`t use a
gun and specially Anand Tiwari as a hot-headed goon, turn in implosive
performances that ignite the frames when the director is taken up with intensifying
the layering process.
Sunny
Deol`s Haryanvi accent is as distracting as Harman`s moustache.
But the
young actor has returned to the screen with the language of languidity lending
an aura of urgent doom to the goings-on. Newcomer Ayesha Khanna has a brief but
effective part as the guitar-playing musician who wonders if she and the world
around her would ever be compatible.
Watching
'Dishkiyaaoon' we are faced by the same dilemma. While we warm up to the film`s
performances and its intelligent take on gangsterism, the constant barrage of
slaying and screaming leave us cold.
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