Star
Cast:
Jackky
Bhagnani,
Priya
Anand,
Rajpal
Yadav,
Amitosh
Nagpal
Director:
Priyadarshan
Way
back,
Tina
Turner
sang
"What's
love
got
to
do
with
it?" Now
in
Rangrezz,
the
question
is
spun
into
a
spunky
dizzying
drama
of
brutal
love
and
betrayal.
When
love
comes
to
shove,
all
hell
breaks
loose.
It's
been
a
while
since
Priyadarshan
made
us
sit
up
and
watch
in
rapt
attention.
Visually
and
in
terms
of
the
content,
Rangrezz
is
his
best
work
in
years.
Full
marks
to
the
action
director
for
cutting
to
the
chase
without
negotiating
a
single
faltering
step
in
the
way
the
drama
unfolds.
Indeed,
the
real
hero
of
this
surprisingly
watchable
film
on
the
violent
end
of
that
much-abused
emotion
called
love
is
cinematographer
Santosh
Sivan.
Santosh's
unerring
eye
for
a
detailed
lush
and
vivid
emotional
and
physical
landscape
makes
this
Priyadarshan's
most
visually
rich
film
since
Gardish
in
1993.
Even
in
the
smallest
scene
in
a
small-town
dhaba,
the
spiced-up
fumes
emanating
from
the
kitchen
hit
your
nostrils.
This
is
an
elemental
film,
not
the
least
apologetic
about
serving
up
a
spicy
dish.
The
Bihar-Uttar
Pradesh
dialectic
dialogues
come
across
self-consciously
the
way
they
are
mouthed
by
the
two
actors
-
Pankaj
Tripathi
and
Lushin
Dubey,
playing
warring
politican-parents
of
lovers-on-the-run.
Ms
Dubey
is
specially
hammy.
But
then
this
is
no
place
for
the
soft-spoken.
Performances
While
Amitosh
Nagpal,
Vijay
Verma
and
the
redoubtable
Rajpal
Yadav
as
the
protagonist's
buddies
in
arms
are
first-rate,
Jackky
Bhagnani
as
the
boy
next
door,
who
doesn't
think
twice
before
plunging
viciously
into
a
friend's
love
problem,
gives
a
quietly
self-assured
performance.
His
character
Rishi
hardly
sings
and
dances.
But
you
know
he
can.
You
can
sense
the
rhythm
simmering
under
the
surface
of
discontent.
Verdict
Priyadarshan
captures
the
rage
and
passion
of
betrayal
effectively
in
Rangrezz
and
brings
you
a
gritty
ode
to
friendship.
Go
for
it.
The
rebellious
boys'
club
of
Rangrezz
is
every
bit
as
meritorious
as
its
counterpart
in
Kai
Po
Che.
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Rangrezz
is
a
film
with
very
strong
sensory
perceptions.
The
landscape
is
ruthless,
rugged
and
riveting.
The
emotions
are
primeval.
Caveman
tactics,
with
characters
caught
out
of
their
cushy
hideouts
kicking
dragging
and
screaming,
are
the
prevalent
mode
of
vindication.
Rangrezz
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It's
a
tough
world.
And
obviously
a
very
tough
film
to
make.
Full
marks
to
the
film's
makers
and
the
able
cast
of
male
actors
who
lend
a
compelling
authenticity
to
the
edge-of-the-seat
goings
on.
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Though
Rangrezz
is
partly
a
coarse
bromance
and
partly
a
mocking
romance,
its
brutal
landscape
scoffs
at
softer
emotions.
The
tyranny
of
the
troubled
territory
is
testimony
to
a
history
of
family
violence.
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The
three
guys,
who
form
the
core
of
the
compelling
content
seem
to
convey
more
sincerity
in
their
feelings
for
one
another
than
the
two
man-woman
relationships
in
the
plot.
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Jackky,
giving
a
subdued
silently
effective
performance,
roughs
up
the
girl
next
door
(Priya
Anand,
Sridevi's
pert
niece
in
English
Vinglish)
and
shies
away
from
any
physical
contact.
The
peppery
racy
proceedings
could
have
been
damned
funny
were
it
not
so
sad.
The
plot
packs
in
plenty
of
punch.
Priyadarshan
wastes
no
time
in
building
up
a
tempo
in
the
spiralling
storytelling.
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The
characters
evolve
effortlessly
from
the
core
of
plot.
These
are
people
who
plunge
into
a
crisis
before
thinking
of
the
repercussions.
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The
rage
and
passion
of
betrayal
are
astutely
captured
in
the
narration.
Priyadarshan
takes
the
original
Tamil
film
Naadodigal
and
twists
it
into
a
coiled
engrossing
saga
of
how
lust
can
often
be
a
convenient
pretext
for
love.
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The
film
poses
some
disturbing
questions
on
the
lack
of
genuine
commitment
in
today's
relationships.
What
if
love
is
just
hormones
and
chemical
at
work?
In
an
urgent
rush
of
energy
and
adrenaline,
Rangrezz
poses
this
question.
Rangrezz
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Priyadarshan
spins
a
mean
story
told
with
a
flair
for
violent
flare-ups
that
are
shot
with
gumption
and
gusto.
It's
a
film
with
a
number
of
advantages,
the
performances
topping
the
list.
Rangrezz
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This
has
to
be
the
most
gripping
elopement
drama
in
the
history
of
Indian
cinema
with
a
very
strong
message
on
that
overrated
emotion
called
love.
Cupid's
arrow
has
never
struck
a
more
deadly
blow.