Doesn't Do Efficient Business. Review on Corporate

This movie was... interesting. When something is described asinteresting preceded by ellipses (are those what they are called?), it's usually not a good sign. At least not when it is coming from me. I didn't really react to any of the pre-release hype that was provided tothis movie, but a trailer I saw for it (during Krrish, ironically) captured enough of my interest that I wouldn't refuse a free ticket to go watch it.

The story starts out slowly. Very slowly. It doesn't seem to have any purpose other than showcasing the world of corporate politics. Deals are made, deals are broken, public sector companies are privatized, etc., etc. Not really interesting for people not interested or clueless to that. In fact, only after about a third of the movie has transpired does it begin to take some sort of direction.

If the plot is isolated from the way it is presented, it starts out swimmingly before devolving rapidly. Professional, upright people resort to unethical means to follow the same path (most) every human being does--after the money. However, it is only after being given a lengthy introduction to each of the characters do we actually get down to business (haha, pun unintended, but intended).

The story is basically about two rival companies who are trying to make it big in the industry (no particular industry is defined, so one must assume that it is the market for foods and drinks). Each company doesn't hesitate to resort to the most uncouth, cruel or unethical methods to get to their goal of making the most profits and protecting their ego and reputation.

After the story starts off, it gets pretty repetitive as the balance shifts from one company to the other. The end is typical to Madhur Bhandarkar's Page 3: it leaves in your mouth an apathetic taste against society. I believe Bhandarkar had a decent idea, but it really didn't have enough meat. If he had spent less time on showing off the corporate lifestyle and more on developing the story, this movie would probably have been better.

He also seems to have a longing to use similar characters in this movie as in Page 3, probably because he wants to recreate the same success. Another problem is the high level of technical jargon being thrown around. Your average non-economically based viewer probably wouldn't follow it too well, which may also be a reason why this movie won't do that well nationally. Overall, this is a movie that I would watch, but it wasn't something that left me amazed at the end.