Bus Conductor

(0 fans)

1/10
Editor

Director Dwarka Khosla

General.

Hindi

The Bus Conductor Movie Review

A Letdown

RATING: 1

The VM Vinu-directed 'Bus Conductor' is Malayalam megastar Mammootty's last film to be released in 2005. After the heady high of 'Rajamanickyam', 'Bus Conductor' is a bit of a letdown for the Mammootty fans.

For once, Mammootty seems to have faltered in opting to do a film like 'Bus Conductor' which has nothing to commend itself. If you have seen 'Balettan' and 'Vesham', you can give 'Bus Conductor' the wide berth.

VM Vinu has sort of taken the cine-goers for a ride by mixing 'Vesham' and 'Balettan' to serve as 'Bus Conductor'.

'Balettan' gave Mohanlal a second lease of reel life. And 'Vesham', directed by Vinu again, clicked, thanks to Mammootty's controlled understatement of a do-gooder role. 'Bus Conductor', alas, suffers from a fatal flaw: a boringly repetitive theme compounded further by lacklustre performance from most of the actors. Of course, Mammootty is an exception. The megastar hands out yet another measured performance as the good-hearted big brother. But then, too much of a good thing palls. And that is the drawback of 'Bus Conductor'.

Writer TA Razack penned powerful scripts in 'Vesham', 'Perumazhakkalam' and 'Rappagal'. But it is an indifferent job in 'Bus Conductor'. Nothing original about it. To boot, the dialogues are infuriatingly repetitive. Only the setting is different, it being a Muslim milieu in 'Bus Conductor'.

Sultanveetil Zakir Hussain, alias 'Bus conductor Kunjakka' (Mammootty), is a gem of a person, liked by one and all. He has a big family to look after.

Other members of the family are mother (Bindu Panikkar), sister (Poornima) her two daughters, husband (Innocent) and a son Najeeb (Jayasurya). Then, there is his sister Selina (Mamta Mohandas). Zakir dotes on her.

Kunjakka owns a bus �Maitri�. �Maitri� has a rival: Road King operated by Kunjakka's rival, a sub-inspector (Anil).

Kunjakka's constant companion is his nephew Najeeb. One fine morning, Najeeb makes for Dubai, leaving behind a problem for Kunjakka in the form of a pregnant Brahmin girl (Bhavana). Kunjakka's decision to take her under his wings creates misunderstandings in the family. However, Kunjakka's girl friend Noorjehan (Nikhita) stands by her man.

The expert Bus Conductor ensures that the Bus of his family negotiates the hurdles life throws up expertly. The film is also supposed to be an expose on the problems that plague the private bus industry in Kerala.

If the music of M. Jayachandran is a big letdown, lyrics of Girish Puthancherry are pedestrian. Which is a pity.

The only plus point of the film, apart from Mammootty's acting, is the excellent artwork of Bobban. The bus stand you see in the film is authentic.

It's a bumpy ride even for Mammootty's fans! Be careful in choosing your script next time around, Mammookka! Or else, the fans may turn their back on you!

What's Hot In Movies
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani	Kurbaan
Wake Up Sid	London Dreams
All The Best	Blue
Wanted	Tum Mile
Kites	My Name Is Khan
Dulha Mil Gaya	3 Idiots
Radio	Jail
Chance Pe Dance	De Dana Dan
Hook Ya Crook	Right Yaaa Wrong
Rann	Veer
Prince Its Showtime	Paa
Rajneeti	Teen Patti

Bus Conductor Reviews
Movie Review : A Letdown (1/10) The VM Vinu-directed 'Bus Conductor' is Malayalam megastar Mammootty's last film to be released in 2005. After the heady high of '...
More Bus Conductor Reviews

Bus Conductor Photos


More Bus Conductor Photos

Copyright © ApunKaChoice.com
ApunKaChoice.com : Bollywood News, Bollywood Movies, Bollywood Wallpapers
privacy policy
Partner Sites : CricketZone - IndiaExpress.com - CardWeaver [ Christmas Ecards - New Year Ecards ] - Cricket: Sri Lanka v India

new movies - celebs - wallpapers - the celeb A-Z - News & Gossip - Music - Video

who's in - Freida Pinto - Anushka Sharma - Katrina Kaif - Deepika Padukone - Ranbir Kapoor - Dev Patel - Aishwarya Rai - Abhishek Bachchan - Imran Khan - Shahrukh Khan - Salman Khan - Aamir Khan - Hrithik Roshan - Akshay Kumar - Zayed Khan - Saif Ali Khan - John Abraham - Shahid Kapur - Kareena Kapoor - Vidya Balan - Priyanka Chopra - Rani Mukherjee - Mallika Sherawat - Bipasha Basu - Preity Zinta - Kajol - Neha Dhupia - Sameera Reddy - Juhi Chawla - Karisma Kapoor - Madhuri Dixit - Chitrangada Singh - Payal Rohatgi - Sneha Ullal - Mahima Chaudhary - Meghna Naidu - Rakhi Sawant - Bhumika Chawla - Lisa Ray - Dimple Kapadia - Ayesha Takia - Dia Mirza - Sushmita Sen - Amisha Patel - Esha Deol - Amrita Rao - Amrita Arora - Genelia D'Souza - Arjun Rampal - Amitabh Bachchan - Vivek Oberoi - Raima Sen - Riya Sen - Rekha - Rimi Sen - Nigar Khan - Tanushree Dutta - Yana Gupta - Shilpa Shetty - Celina Jaitley - Sonam Kapoor - Neha Oberoi - Nisha Rawal - Manjari Fadnis - Kamal Haasan - Rajnikant - Asin - Sanjay Dutt - Sherlyn Chopra - Farhan Akhtar - Prachi Desai - Mandira Bedi - Shahana Goswami - Konkona Sen Sharma - Kangana Ranaut - Mugdha Godse - Masumeh Makhija - Minissha Lamba - Nandana Sen - Malaika Arora - Shweta Kumar - Namitha - Kalki Koechlin - Mahi Gill - Shakeela - Lara Dutta - A R Rahman - Trisha - Shruti Haasan - Neetu Chandra - Shriya Saran - Padma Lakshmi - Emma Watson - Kelly Clarkson - Britney Spears - Anne Hathaway - Anjana Sukhani - Tila Tequila - Soha Ali Khan - Priyamani - Sonal Chauhan - Kristen Stewart - Robert Pattinson - Neil Nitin Mukesh - Giselle Monteiro - Jacqueline Fernandez - Megan Fox - Kim Kardashian - Gul Panag - Shweta Tiwari - Rajeev Khandelwal - Mandira Bedi - Shveta Salve - Deepti Gujral - Karan Grover - Mini Mathur - Purab Kohli - Monikangana Dutta - Claudia Ciesla - Carmen Electra - Pamela Anderson - Paris Hilton - Shazahn Padamsee - more...