Apne - good to watch with Apne. Review on Apne

Starcast: Dharmendra and others(including Bobby Deol, Sunny Deol, Victor Bannerjee, Javeid Sheikh, Aryan Vaid, Kiron Kher,  Shilpa Shetty, Katrina kaif and divya dutta, along with politician Amar Singh and Bhagwant mann in guest appearance).

Art: Sanjay dhabade

Action: Tinu Verma

Choreography: Ahmad khan

Screenplay: Neeraj Pathak

Cinematography: Kabir lal

Producer: Rahul Sughand

Banner: Galmour entertainment Pvt ltd.

Director: Anil Sharma

A legendary actor, finally got his piece of cake. In my review on Metro, I have mentioned that Dharamji's role was not justified and he needs better matured role. This time he hits the bulls eye.

Apne belongs to veteran actor Dharmendra. As was always said, dharmendra is one of the most underrated actor in the industry.  So what, if he is in his seventies, he has proved that age is no bar for an actor like him. sunny and bobby looked like his children, even when it comes to acting. Believe me, this is thebest acting I have seen from any of the actors in themovies released in hindi cinema till datethis year. I wish, he will get his first best actor award this time.

This is the fifth time Anil and Dharamji teamed up, and their 80's  magic still remains.(They have earlier worked on Elan-e-jung, Hukumat, Farishtay and. Tehalaka).

The movie talks about self respect, dignity, family values, love, emotions, sports spirit, and friendship. Different relations and emotions woven perfectly in this 3+ hour celluloid drama.

Bobby Deolhas got fair chance to show his acting skills, and he deserves full marks. I believe, he is also one of the most underrated actors in the industry(He has shown some spark in the initial phase of his career, and than faded with bad selection of movies).

Sunnylooked good in a rather unconventional role. It was good to see him in a constrained role, with just one shout scene(too less for die hard sunny's fans)

All the ladies(Kiron kher, Shilpa shetty, Katrina kaif and divya dutta) has done their job perfetly, although they have hardly anything to offer as far as the story demands. Kiron kheris as good as she always is. Katrinalooked amazingly beautiful. Shilpais refreshing. Divya duttatoo leaves the impact.

The story started well, but than stopped somewhere after 3 reels and could hardly moved till interval. It again picked up the pace in second half. This could be  one of the best examples of worst script writing(Fanaa is yet another example). The story dragsa lot as there is hardly anything to offer in first half. Thank god, it picked up in the second half.

Even than it manages to keep audience engaged, because of  powerful perfomances, extraordinary cinematography, perfect action sequences and equally good background score. All the boxing sequences are so gripping that you can feel the punches, the blood,and the severity of the situation. Although Bobby body doesn'y looked like a boxer, he has delivered his role perfectly.

The songs are the big let down of the movie. All the songs irritates in the movie. Only "Dekhoon  tujhe to pyar" is good melody and is also choreographed well.

I missed Anil Sharma's Favourite Late Ambrish Puri Ji. His demise was a great loss of Indian film industry.

What to watch out for:

1> Award winning performance by Dharmendra.

2> Excellent performance by all.

3> Lot of emotional bonding and love.

4> Values of dignity, self respect,

5> Extraordinary fights scenes in the boxing ring.

6> Background music and special effects.

What not to watch out for:

1> Poor script writing and slow narration.

2> A bad music by HR.

Best Dialogue :

1> Agar meri umra ki category ke liye koi competition hai, to shauk se bulaiya. I will fight to compete.

2> Fair enough, I will kill you in the ring, and, that will be the official death.

3> and a lot more from Dharamji.

*Suggestion to Anil Sharma ji.

Anil Ji, post Gadar, there is a visible trend that you arefocussing more on technicalities **of the movie.(You was critisied badly for poor special effects and bad editing of gadar). We appreciate that there is large improvement in this area. But, still, a good story is a backbone of a good movie. If you concentrate more on the story and script writing, you may give industry another Gadar.

But, if you still ignore script in your next vnetures, you may see empty halls as well.