Kaante is a daring attempt by director Sanjay Gupta who has surpassed the Bollywood's filmmaking standards in presenting the story of a gang of bank robbers who don't trust each other.
The film, shot entirely in the US, has all the important technicians from Hollywood - right from cinematography and stunt co-ordinators to music supervisor.
The movie boasts of an impressive starcast and Gupta has deftly put all of them on almost equal footage without focusing on any particular character only.
Amitabh Bachchan's strong screen presence doesn't seem to blanche the performances by other key players in the movie. Sanjay Dutt plays the reckless trigger-happy guy with flamboyance while Sunil Shetty too delivers a restricted but a polished performance.
Mahesh Manjrekar is the man who catches a viewer's attention with his emphatic portrayal of a drug addict who likes to live life on the edge. His sequences with Bachchan and with Dutt are well written and packed with some impressive histrionics from Manjrekar.
On the other hand, Kumar Gaurav and Lucky Ali look more sober and suave men who like less talking but more action.
Although a rough rehash of the Hollywood potboiler 'Reservoir Dogs', Kaante is a film that blends well Bollywood sensibilities with Hollywood's cinematic presentation.
Right from the outset the film grips the viewer, takes him into an imaginative realm of a gang of criminals and shows how their grandiose plans of pulling off a grand heist turns sour due to the mistrust among them. Definitely worth a watch.
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