The film, which is a remake of a cult classic starring Big B, has the same story line more or less but director Karan Malhotra introduces some new characters like Rauf Lala(played brilliantly by Rishi Kapoor) and minuses some old ones.
Unlike in the original, the monologue plays pretty late in the remake, whereby it establishes Vijay's identity over merely introducing him and with such individuality and elegance that it pays a perfect homage to the original, while at the same time not blatantly imitating it. That is how a remake is supposed to be! Retaining the spirit of the original and having a soul of its own. This dialogue kinda summarizes the overall aura of the remake.
The story remains more or less the same. Kancha Cheena falsely implicates Master Dinanath Chauhan and eventually bumps him off. Vijayleaves Mandwa with his mother and comes to Bombay, where he grows up to be an important player among the underworld, waiting to avenge his father’s death. The director has introduced new twists and replaced some old characters with new ones.To compensate for Mithun’s Krishnan Iyer MA missing, there’s RishiKapoor’s super-menacing Rauf Lala. And there’s also inspiration fromAngaar and Dayavan as one of the Lala’s sons is shown to be mentally challenged. While Sanjay’s Kancha Cheena – who looks more like LordVoldemort meets Kamal Haasan’s Abhay instead of the suave Danny from the original – relies on the at-times irrelevant dialoguebaazi, his physical attributes and camera angles, Rishi evokes the emotions a true-blue villain should, with the bare minimum and you can’t help, but remind yourself that after all this is where the talented Ranbir Kapoor (son) gets his genes from.
The raw anger and the cold hatred that Amitabh held in his gaze, is replaced by pain and angst that doesn’t leave Hrithik’s eyes even once. It’s heart over head for this Vijay and he exudes that vulnerability with enough strength, not afraid to let it overwhelm him, especially in the scene when he returns to Mandwa. It is not Hrithik, the star, but clearly Bollywood’s newVijay Dinanath Chauhan who is at work here. The showdown with Lala, his emotional scenes with his sister and the ultimate dialogue of the film that comes towards the later half… Naam… Baap ka naam… Gaon… Hrithikshines in all of the above. He finds a worthy adversary in Sanjay’s Kancha, which is one of the best performances that we’ve seen in a long time fromSanjay. Arish Bhiwandiwala as the young Vijay is very impressive too.
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