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Movie Review: Pitaah
Starring: Sanjay Dutt, Nandita Das, Jackie Shroff, Om Puri, Tanvi Hegde,
Sagar and Samrat Thawani,
Shivaji Satyam, Sachin Khedekar, Mita Vashishth, Anupama Verma, Salil Ankola.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
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Pitaah is yet another attempt by Mahesh
Manjrekar to highlight a social evil. Pitaah is a story of |
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consequences and circumstances that forces a
common man to change the way he lives and behaves.
It revolves around the story of a family based in a small village called Shikharpur in
North India. The family comprises of Rudra (Sanjay Dutt) , his wife Paro (Nandita Das),
their twin sons Luv and Kush (Sagar and Samrat Thawani) and their nine year old daughter
Durga (Tanvi Hegde). |
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The village people of Shikharpur work under a tyrant named Thakur Avadh Narayan Singh (Om
Puri). Mita Vasisth happens to be the Thakur's wife and she tries her best to make her
husband see his wrong doings |
but in vain.
Instead the Thakur tries to instil his views and ideologies into his two sons Bachchu and
Bhola. Once Bachchu and Bhola go to a nearby village to spend the night with a 'mujra'
dancer. On their way back, they rape Durga, the nine year old daughter of Rudra.
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Rudra get furious on learning this and therafter his goal becomes
that of taking revenge. He runs from pillar to post in order to achieve this but all that
he gets is disappointment and frustration. Ultimately he decides |
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to take law into his hands and does so by
killing the Thakur's sons in the court. This forms the story of Pitaah.
Pitaah is Mahesh Manjrekar's third film with Sanjay Dutt after "Vaastav" and
"Kurukshetra". The first half abounds in family drama, emotions and the
atrocities of the thakur, while action rules after interval. The film moves on a single
track because of which the screenplay affords simply no scope for comedy, romance and
songs. |
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Rather, tension
is the catchword almost throughout, giving little respite to the viewer.
Sanjay Dutt acts very well and conveys the hurt, anger and anguish with effect. Nandita
Das is brilliant as |
usual and expresses her frustration
extremely well. Jackie Shroff does well in his role as the corrupt police officer. Om Puri
as the villain, carries out his role with effortless ease. The child artistes Tanvi, Sagar
and Samrat are very natural. Mita Vasishth is wonderful in her small role. The others are
OK.
Direction by Mahesh Manjrekar is OK and a couple of scenes have |
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terrific emotional appeal. But in
the process of heading towards realism , the director has left no scope for light moments.
Music by Anand-Raaj-Anand is below averge. K.K. Singh's dialogues go well with the mood of
the film. Cinematography by Vijay Arora is upto the mark.
Overall, Pitaah is effective in conveying the message but is a bit too crude to be watched
by women and children. |
