![]() ![]() ![]() Though it has been emphasized in Hindu movies umpteen times before, Gupta is nevertheless effective in re-conveying the hard-hitting point that it is a corruption-plagued system that provokes criminality in so many cases- not natural tendency. Pic is based partly on S.H.Zaidi's book "Dongri to Dubai" and the preface helpfully tells us that the film is a "hybrid of fact and fiction". "Intense" is the word that defines this movie. Reading Khalid Mohamed's superb review sealed the deal for a booking. Hopefully he'd be able to capture some of that power and pizzazz in this film too. Apoorva Lakhia's "Shootout at Lokhandwala" -a foolishly bombastic blow-up of the real-life events - had biased my view towards titles of this genre.But Gupta's CV (much of it copied from his better-gifted colleagues) also has "Kaante" in which he had done a decent job of stealing from Tarantino's knock-out pic. I didn't experience ricocheting excitement when I first heard the title "Shootout at Wadala'. ![]()
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