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'Ghaath' A man’s fight for a utopian state

By N K Deoshi
Film critic, ApunKaChoice.Com

Manoj Bajpai and Tabu—birds of the same feather flock together once again (after Hansal Mehta’s dark comedy “Dil PE Mat Le Yaar”) to sizzle the 70mm in producer Kumar Mohan’s celluloid exposition of an idealist’s struggle against the corrupt state of affairs.

Directed by a newcomer Akashdeep, “Ghaath” is about a man who dreams for a utopian society. But his quest turns out to be a sort of baptism by fire for him and all his lofty dreams and ideals are squashed in no time in the face of harsh realities. Anu Malik’s bland music score and Sameer’s tepid words make little impression, but for one song “Yeh Tumko Kya Hua Hai”.

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film brings back one time damp squib Sheeba. Anupam Kher plays the idealist father of the protagonist and Om Puri cuts another finely etched character while Govind Namdeo is his usual bad self. To chip in some zing Raveena Tondon does a pelvic friendly number Baba Teri Yeh Jawani composed exclusively for the purpose by the music composer duo Salim-Suleiman. In fact there are couple of songs in the film in which actors themselves have lend their vocal chords.

Krishna Patil (Manoj Bajpai), the son of freedom fighter (Anupam Kher) has his father’s utopian ideals and morals running through his veins. To uphold the truth and bring wicked to justice is what he aspires. To fulfill this ambition he joins Police Academy, and dreams of wielding the law’s baton someday. His sincerity, dedication and honesty soon impress upon his training officer Ajay Pandey (Om Puri).

Krishna even finds a soft corner in the heart of a lawyer Kavita Chowdhary (Tabu), a lady who knows the bitter realities of life. It is to her Krishna bares his heart open. Deep inside Kavita knows that Krishna’s lofty ideals will get him nowhere in this corrupt world.

Although he gets through his training in glaring colors he is unable to find a job in an honest way. Soon stark realities of the corrupt system alight on him and begin to get cynical about everything.

Story takes an unexpected turn when Krishna’s sister (Sheeba) and her hubby are killed in a row with a power broker (Govind Namdeo). That’s when the levee breaks and Krishna’s utopian ideals are torn asunder. Burying the man he used to be Krishna picks up a gun and wages one-man-war against the system in his own way.

As an actor Manoj is known for being a stickler for variety. And although at the face of it, his role in “Ghaath” looks like a blatant take-off on the cop he played in Shool it doesn’t bear much resemblance. Tabu plays the lawyer with her characteristic ease.

Akashdeep himself has been very enthusiastic about the film, dubbing its story as ‘a gripping thriller’. Moreover Manoj too took more than an actor’s interest in the film’s making treating it as his home production. And the duo have indeed succeeded in telling a convincing story although Krishna’s character does seem a mite blinkered at times and one often catches him mouthing bombastic dialogues

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