RAJneeti

There is Snack food and then there’s a full course meal. There are two things you need to watch out for, when you go out for dinner at some plcae:

1. It serves food of your choice

2. It makes excellent food

“Rajneeti” is a full course meal. It’s cooked very well with the right mix of drama, suspense, twists, emotions & brilliant performances. In fact in terms of content & storytelling, it happens to be the best movie of year 2010.

Prakash Jha, a vetern story teller of realistic movies, is in terrific form. He assembles a gigantic cast to perform modern day “Mahabharata”. You have Arjun ( Ranbhir Kapoor), Duryodhan (Manoj Vajpayee), Karan (Ajay Devgan) & Bheem (Arjun Rampal) battling it out in dirty the power game called “Politics”.

Samar (Ranbhir Kapoor), studying his Phd abroad, comes home to attend a family gathering. A sudden death of his father (who’s president of political party) starts a dirty game of power snatching, with everyone trying their best to outdo the others. Samar decides to stay back to help his brother Prithvi (Arjun Rampal) win elections. His cousin Virender Pratap (Manoj Vajpayee) joins hands with Dalit leader Suraj (Ajay Devgan) to defeat Prithvi. Brij Gopal (Nana) helps Samar in his quest to win.

As the story takes sudden twists, it keeps you hooked to your seats. In the end it all boils down to “how far one can go to get the power”....and the one who keeps all the morals at bay wins. Well, who wins ultimately and how, you need to find out yourself...!

In terms of performances, everyone delivers their best. Ranbhir Kapoor, once again surprises you with his maturity as an actor. Ajay Devgan is terrific as a Dalit leader. Manoj Vajpayee is back in form after a long time. Nana plays a complex character as only he can. Katrina plays her part well and who say that Arjun Rampal can't act, watch out!

It is a “Recommended watch” for Rajneeti, if you like quality cinema. Just one advice: Please carry your brains along as you will require it while watching it.

• Ratings : 4 (out of 5)