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'Deewangee'

By ApunKaChoice Bureau
Film critic, ApunKaChoice.Com

Anees Bazmee-directed Deewangee is based on the novel plot of a murder accused shamming split personality to avoid the penance from law. And to this end he dupes everyone and reveals his true face only at few moments in the film.

The film, although a rehash of Hollywood hit ‘Primal Fear’ (Richard Gere and Edward Norton), has a few spellbinding moments that hit you like a bolt out of the blue. The drama in the film unfolds at a slick pace and many times catches a viewer off guard.

The

first half of Deewangee is full of surprises. Particularly gripping are the courtroom scenes and the sequences between Ajay and Akshaye. The scenes featuring Seema Biswas and Ajay, especially the one when Ajay’s split personality comes to the fore, further elevate the audience interest.

Among the highlights of the film is the interval point that catches the viewer completely unaware.

However, the film strays into absurdities in the second half when Ajay lands up at the show as a co-dancer and soon thereafter, kidnaps Urmila by guising himself as her driver. The director hasn’t taken Ajay’s character to its conclusive end in the climax leaving many questions unanswered.

The film has Ajay Devgan trying his best to essay a role replete with idiosyncratic complexities. Akshaye Khanna too plays the suave lawyer with panache while Urmila seems wasted in pointless role.

All in all, Deewangee is a gritty thriller that is likely to give you goose bumps despite the poorly placed songs and red-herrings in the plot.

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