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Audio Format: Dolby Digital 6.1 Surround Video Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 (Anamorphic) Languages: Hindi Subtitles: English Region Code: ALL Year Made: 2001 Running Time: 167
Raj Shekhar Azad (Sunny Deol), an honest Police Commissioner with one aim in life - to wipe out terrorism and corruption. Waseem Khan (Mukesh Rishi), a dreaded terrorist aided in his mission by Raj's father-in-law (Raj Babbar), an influential industrialist (Danny Denzongpa) and several police officers. Khan decides to wipe out Raj when he becomes an obstacle in his way. Raj leaves no stone unturned, within the realm of law, to wage a war against the evildoers.
A topical film, Indian - directed by N Maharajan, is a remake of the Tamil hit Vallarasu. Shilpa Shetty plays the female lead. The stunts by Rocky Rajesh and Paul Western are electrifying and the cinematography by A Ramesh Kumar breathtaking, making the film worth watching!!
Sunny Deol is a lucky guy. Or he is an incredible businessman. Depends which side of the fence you are on. His earlier release this year 'Gadar' coincided with Aamir Khan's 'Lagaan'. Despite 'Lagaan's obvious superiority in most departments, 'Gadar' raked in by the barrelfulls at the turnstiles. Now that 'Indian' has been released alongwith 'Asoka', again a far superior product, he seems to be repeating history. If people go see such ventures, then they deserve to get this kind of fare, is all one can say with the characteristic shake of the head!
Loud, boorish, cacophonic, unreal, hysterical, bloody....the list of adjectives to use to describe the N Maharajan directed venture seems endless. If this is what Maharajan did with an increased budget and superior technical team, I shudder to think what the original 'Vallarasu' may have been. And Sunny says he was impressed with it which is why he chose to remake it. And Sunny is an honorable man.
The honorable Sunny Deol enters the 70mm frame cleverly outwitting Wasim Khan(Mukesh Rishi in a screechy role) as he ducks under a bullet that fittingly finishes off the terrorist's lookalike. Cliched references to Kargil and beaten-to-death monologues about terrorism sponsored from across the border after, Deol makes terrorists and audiences alike run for cover. Beating up politicians or commissioners of police is mere snack. And through all this he also finds time to attempt the bump & grind, as well as a stretched out comedy routine. You are expected to laugh alright, for Sunny is an honorable man.
He will shoot & kill corrupt relatives, hire the unemployed youth of the country, train them to become vigilante officers and create a parallel police force. He will forsake wife and kids even, all in the name of loyalty towards the country. He will not stop at even helping out an 'M.Tech engineer' (in case we had forgotten this 'M.Tech' engineer's entire family reminds us of his degree - Mr. Maharajan we got it alright?) complete his education and when need be inspire a sacrifice of self-destruction by way of guru-dakshina. Oh mercy be upon us poor souls who have to tolerate such third-rate nonsense in the name of entertainment. If the Manoj Kumar projects of yore, about patriotism and desh-prem were not enough already, roll aside as Sunny Deol arrives to take over from where Mr. Half-my-face-covered-perennially left off. For he is honorable our Sunny is and he is also an 'Indian'.
It is Sunny Deol who occupies the screen most of the time. Sometimes to be shared by Danny or Shilpa Shetty or Om Puri or Raj Babbar or the numerous other co-stars. All are mere players, while Sunny is the master puppeteer. Unfazed, unstressed and uncowering, this mighty machine has all the virtues of Gandhi and Chandrashekhar Azad rolled into one. But then he is our honorable Sunny and anyone else would have appeared sloppy trying what he does!
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