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Thursday, October 27, 2005

Rog - Can watch it twice


In a nutshell, a nice, tight movie which could have easily done with
slightly better casting.

First of all, those who expect a skin fest a la Murder or Jism will be
disappointed. The skin show is limited to the promos only.

The script is tight and much better executed than a lot of movies we
see these days. A murder mystery which actually manages to keep you
glued and guessing till the last shot. The director has done well to
resist the temptation of throwing in dream sequences and fantasy songs
and that helps the pace of the script.

Irrfan Khan as an intense supercop is as usual, superb. The disdain
for the society life, P3 crowd is aptly brought out and so is his
immense focus on his job. You fear that the character may lose itself
when he starts getting infatuated with the leading lady but the
director has done well by not getting carried away and that saves the day for the tough Cop Uday Rathore.

The firang actress looks distinctly out of place. The only
justification of why she is there may be that the producers wanted a
firang bimbo instead of an Indian.

Himanshu Malik does well as a P3 party hopper, a good looking himbo.

But the surprise package is Suhel Seth. He starts with irritating you
with his affected speech giving you the impression of trying too hard to act.
However, towards the end of the movie, he actually comes good and
manages a couple of good sequences.

Manish Makhija is irritating though he looks realistic and mouths some
interesting lines.

All in all, a well executed project which could have been better.

Watchability Index: 1+ (# of times one can watch this movie in a short
interval without pulling his hair out)
Rating: **1/2

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