Rann (film)
| Rann | |
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| File:Rannr.jpg Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Screenplay by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Story by | Rohit Banawlikar Aman Singh |
| Produced by | Madhu Mantena Sheetal Vinod Talwar |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Amit Roy Amol Rathod (second unit) |
| Edited by | Nipun Gupta |
| Music by | Score: Amar Mohile Songs: Dharmaraj Bhatt Jayesh Gandhi Bapi-Tutul Sanjeev Kohli Imran-Vikram Amar Mohile |
| Distributed by | PVR Pictures Vistaar Religare Film Fund Big Bang Films Production WSG Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Countries | India Canada |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹30 Crore |
| Box office | ₹13.7 Crore Crore |
Rann (transl. Battle) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Paresh Rawal, Sudeep, Ritesh Deshmukh, and Gul Panag.[1] The film was premiered at Toronto International Film Festival.[2][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 Naveen Shankalya (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 Shastri (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
- Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Harshwardhan Malik
- Neena Kulkarni as Lata Malik, Vijay H. Malik’s wife
- Sudeep as Jai V. Malik
- Ritesh Deshmukh as Purab Shastri
- Paresh Rawal as Mohan Pandey
- Mohnish Behl as Amrish Kakkar
- Rajat Kapoor as Naveen Shankalya
- Rajpal Yadav as Anand Prakash Trivedi
- Gul Panag as Nandita Sharma
- Suchitra Krishnamurthy as Nalini Kashyap
- Neetu Chandra as Yasmin Hussain
- Simone Singh as Mrs Naveen Shankalya
- Rahul Pendkalkar as Tinu Shankalya, Naveen’s son
- K K Raina as Prime Minister Digvijay Hooda
- Anuj Tikku as Khanna
- Rajkumar Rao as News Reader
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
| Rann | |||||
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| Soundtrack album by Amar Mohile Dharam-Sandeep Bapi-Tutul Sanjeev Kohli Jayesh Gandhi | |||||
| Released | 2010 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 29:06 | ||||
| Label | Times Music | ||||
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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 lyricist 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. Lyrics was by Vayu Srivastava.[13]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sikkon Ki Bhook" | |
| 2. | "Remote Ko Baahar Phek" | |
| 3. | "Kaanch Ke Jaise" | |
| 4. | "Rann Hai" | |
| 5. | "Gali Gali Mein" | |
| 6. | "Besharam" | |
| 7. | "Mera Bharat Mahaan" |
References
- ^ "Rann: Complete cast and crew details". Filmicafe Media Inc. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
- ^ "Rann -- Film Review".
- ^ "2010 films2010". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Taran Adarsh (29 January 2010). "Rann". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ Nikhat Kazmi (28 January 2010). "Rann". Times of India. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ Noyon Jyoti Parasara (28 January 2010). "Rann". AOL India. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ Nikhat Kazmi (28 January 2010). "Movie Review: Rann". The Times of India.
- ^ "RGV replaces Jana Gana with Vande Mataram". Times of India. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ Rajeev Masand (29 January 2010). "Rann, embarrassingly ill-researched". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ Mayank Shekhar (29 January 2010). "Mayank Shekhar's review: Rann". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ Gaurav Malani (27 January 2010). "Rann: Movie Review". Indiatimes Movies. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ Anupama Chopra (29 January 2010). "Review : Rann". NDTV. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ https://www.saavn.com/s/song/hindi/Rann/Sikkon-Ki-Bhook-Anthem-Of-Rann/Eh4lVjJ0WX0