Rann (film)

Rann

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Produced by Madhu Mantena
Sheetal Vinod Talwar
Screenplay by Ram Gopal Varma
Story by Rohit Banawlikar
Ram Gopal Varma
Starring
Music by Score:
Amar Mohile

Songs:
Dharmaraj Bhatt
Jayesh Gandhi
Bapi-Tutul
Sanjeev Kohli
Imran-Vikram
Amar Mohile
Cinematography Amit Roy
Amol Rathod (second unit)
Edited by Nipun Gupta
Distributed by PVR Pictures
Vistaar Religare Film Fund
Big Bang Films Production
WSG Pictures
Release dates
  • 29 January 2010 (2010-01-29)
Running time
 137 minutes
Country India
Canada
Language Hindi
Box office ₹120 million (US$1.8 million)

Rann (English: Battle) is a 2010 Indian political thriller film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Paresh Rawal, Sudeep, Ritesh Deshmukh, and Gul Panag in pivotal roles.[1] Upon release, Rann was premiered at Toronto International Film Festival.[2] Rann could not grab any audience attention and was considered as one of the flop movies released in 2010.[3]

Plot

Vijay Harshwardhan Malik (Amitabh Bachchan), the ethical CEO of struggling television channel India 24/7, is losing the ratings battle with a rival channel headed by Amrish Kakkar (Mohnish Behl). Malik's son Jai (Sudeep) makes a deal with a wealthy and corrupt politician, Mohan Pandey (Paresh Rawal), to frame the Prime Minister (K K Raina) for being complicit in a terror attack. Pandey can then take over the position and Jai will have enough money to start his own channel. Jai's brother-in-law (Rajat Kapoor) supports Mohan Pandey because he wants to become the biggest industrialist in the country and Pandey could help him by framing such policies. Jai shoots a short video featuring his friend Khanna and a close friend of the PM. This meeting is staged and the PM's friend, under duress, says that the PM was involved in plotting a bomb blast so as to create fear and panic among the people so that he could get a bill passed. Jai convinces his father that the story is true and believing it to be so, Malik airs it on his network. The scandal rocks the nation and elections are held in which Mohan Pandey wins. He becomes the PM. However, one of Malik's reporters, Purab (Ritesh Deshmukh), discovers the plot. He initially approaches Amrish Kakkar with a request to air his findings on the news. Amrish, though, cuts a deal with Mohan Pandey and does not air the CD. Purab then tells his boss of his findings on the day his son is getting engaged. Malik goes on air one final time and confesses the wrongdoings of his son, son-in-law and exposes Mohan Pandey. Unable to bear the guilt, Jai commits suicide. Mohan Pandey denies his role in the scandal. Malik steps down as the CEO of the news channel and hands over the baton to the reporter who exposed the truth.

Cast

Trivia

Indian actor and musician, Himesh Reshammiya was supposed to play a role in the film, but later opted out due to date clash. RGV, being a fan of Himesh, however included a couple of lines from Himesh's song 'Lut Jaaoon' (Karzzzz) in the film. In one scene, Rajpal Yadav's character recites the same.

Critical reception

Taran Adarsh praised the film and its cast, especially Amitabh Bachchan.[4] Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India gave the film four stars, calling it a "riveting experience."[5] Noyon Jyoti Parasara of AOL gave the film 3.5 out of a possible 5 and said, "Overall, 'Rann' is quite an inspirational fare. It might just teach you to own up and admit that you were wrong at point."[6] [7] [8][9][10] while other critics complained that the film is cliché[11][12]

Music

The film's music is by Amar Mohile, Dharam-Sandeep, Bapi-Tutul, Sanjeev Kohli and Jayesh Gandhi; the lyrics are by Prashant Pandey and Sarim Momin. The title song, "Rann Hai", was written by debut lyricst Vayu. The background score of the film was scored by Dharam-Sandeep, and the track named "Sikkon Ki Bhook" was also composed by the duo.

References

  1. ↑ "Rann: Complete cast and crew details". Filmicafe Media Inc. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  2. ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/rann-film-review-29253
  3. ↑ "Flops of the year 2010". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Taran Adarsh (29 January 2010). "Rann". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Nikhat Kazmi (28 January 2010). "Rann". Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  6. ↑ Noyon Jyoti Parasara (28 January 2010). "Rann". AOL India. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  7. ↑ Nikhat Kazmi (28 January 2010). "Movie Review: Rann". The Times of India.
  8. ↑ "RGV replaces Jana Gana with Vande Mataram". Times of India. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  9. ↑ Rajeev Masand (29 January 2010). "Rann, embarrassingly ill-researched". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  10. ↑ Mayank Shekhar (29 January 2010). "Mayank Shekhar's review: Rann". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  11. ↑ Gaurav Malani (27 January 2010). "Rann: Movie Review". Indiatimes Movies. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  12. ↑ Anupama Chopra (29 January 2010). "Review : Rann". NDTV. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
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