Rajneethi

RAJNEETHI:-
The story of the movie is not much different from Mahabharata (and ofcourse with a Geethacharan). The director seems to have thought the greatest Rajneethi in the world is still Mahabharata. It is just a competition to catch hold of the ministry. The fight between the brothers and their strategy which each one makes to achieve the Power.
The characters of the movie can be matched with the characters of Mahabharata, Ajay Devgan -> Karnan, Manoj Bajpaee -> Dhuriyodhan, Nana Patekar -> Krishna, Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Rampal -> Pandavas…..etc.
The first half of the movie, seems to be bit interesting because you don’t realize that it is the same as the greatest EPIC. The screenplay is handled well in the starting; however it became very predictable in the second half.
Background music doesn’t make you thrill all the time, however the efforts by the music director, in fact directors can be seen clearly. Songs were actually for namesake, and most of them were scissored. However Mora piya and ishq barse murmurs the lines again and again.
It cannot be called as a very talented work by either editors or the art directors. It clearly is visible that most of the sets were re used. And Cinematographers had no much scope other than rotating their cameras from left to right.
As said earlier, you can visualize each character based on the story which everyone knew already, however when you compare the Promos and the movie there is a huge difference. Katrina Kaif, Ajay Devgan and Nasrudeen Shah don’t have much role to play.
Ranbir Kapoor with his serious role this time has done the job perfectly and we are able to see some maturity in Arjun Rampal’s acting after a long time. Cheers to Director. Someone could have dubbed for Katrina Kaif because her language was pathetic. Her body language in the public meeting is again a worst experiment; there is no Josh in her. Manoj bajpee has lived the character in the movie.
Coming to the direction part; hats off to Prakash Jha and his team for handling such a huge crowd. He has tried his maximum to make the story different from Mahabharata, by keeping small love story in the middle, disappointment within the lovers, however he has failed miserably. If you get into the hall expecting something like, Mrityudhand, Gangajaal or Apaharan, you will surely be disappointed. He can surely be appreciated for making Arjun rampal appear better in the screen.
Overall you come out with a disappointment from the cinemas, it doesn’t seem to be like the one which is been shown in the posters. But it is worth watching once and you would feel better if you watch it for free 
Rating :- 1.5 / 5