Starring: Rishi Bhutani,
Disha Pandey, Om Puri, Padmini Kolhapure, Naseeruddin
Shah, Rajpal Yadav
Director - Rakesh Chaturvedi
The film is a remake of Tamil film 'Ram' which has an
interesting plot with an engaging screenplay. Actors of
high calibre like Naseruddin Shah, Om Puri and Padmini
Kolhapure come together unfortunately for this lack
luster thriller at the end of the year.
A suspense tale, the film begins with Raam (Rishi
Bhutani) who is locked up in jail on charges of killing
his own mother Archana (Padmini Kolhapure). Raam falls
into a state of shock and is unable to come out of it.
He has this brief psychotic disorder, after his mother's
death and becomes silent, refusing to talk or react in
any manner.
The investigating officer, Indrajeet Singh Rathi (Om
Puri) is puzzled and despite several attempts, he is
unable to make Raam speak. So he consults a
psychiatrist, Dr. Negi (Naseeruddin Shah), to determine
the cause of Raam's state of mind and the reason for his
silence.
The officer also interrogates various personalities for
the case and explores every possible motive that the boy
might have for murdering his own mom.
The story goes back and forth, several new characters
are introduced, but the narrative stays faithful to the
main plot. The best is reserved for the second half.
Layer after layer is peeled with expertise. The viewer
is keen to know the identity of the killer and that's
when the film fumbles and tumbles.
Bolo Raam takes off from
its opening titles with a nice pace of suspense and then
the story goes back and forth and several characters are
introduced, while not deviating from the main plot. It
is the second half which gets more interesting.
CAST:
Laxminarayan1 - Tusshar Kapoor
Laxminarayan2 - Sunil Shetty
Laxminarayan3 - Paresh Rawal
Chandu - Upen Patel
Jiya - Esha Deol
Laila - Sameera Reddy
Chandni - Tanisha Mukherjee
Inspector Mayawati - Neetu Chandra
Murli - Murli Sharma
Papa the don - Mukesh Tiwari
Alberts - Vrajesh Hirjee
Pintos - Manoj Pahwa
Ashwin Mushran
Sharat Saxena
Sanjay Mishra
Atul Mathur |
Rath summons Raam's neighbours, Sub-Inspector Sajid Khan (Govind
Namdev) and his daughter Juhi (Disha Pandey) and son
Sameer (Krishan Khatra) for interrogation.
The investigation leads to several joints and what happens
from there forms the rest of the story.
The characters are half baked. Rishi Bhutani, as a
beginner and who plays Ram, comes up with a good
performance. He appears in his six-pack, but needs to
improve on emotions, specially in such a complex role. The
girl who is in love with him is played by the spunky Disha
Pandey who is fine. Naseeruddin Shah, Govind Namdeo, Om
Puri, and Padmini Kolhapure, are striking in their roles,
except for them, this film would have fallen flat.
Debutante director Rakesh Chaturvedi 'Om' makes a notable
debut with this murder mystery which has a religious
angle. It was apt for the producers not to hype this film,
and then what unfolds on screen is just surprising.
This is a film for the serious audience and nothing in it
for the masses.
- Amarjeet
Credits & Crew:
Banner - Shree Keshav Films
Producer: Goldy Bhutani
Director - Rakesh Chaturvedi
Singers - Sukhwinder Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Monali, Soham
Chakrabarthy
Lyricist - Ajay Jhingran
Music Director - Sachin Gupta
Background Music - Sanjoy Chowdhary
Cinematography - Anil Xavier
Choreography - Longines Fernandes
Action - Hanif Sheikh
Art - K V Arts
Editor - Aseem Sinha
Sound - Alok De
Media Relations - Rahi Communications
Publicity Designs - Mantra @ SDS |
