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Awarapan review |
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Sunday, 01 July 2007 |
Cast: Emraan Hashmi, Mrinalini Sharma, Shreya Saran, Ashutosh Rana and others
Director: Mohit Suri
Rating: **
 At the risk of alienating his lower stall fans, Mohit Suri gives Emraan Hashmi a new, serious image in Awarapan — that of a man haunted by his past, and in the midst of a spiritual crisis. He plays Shivam, a Hong Kong gangster’s right-hand man, who is surrounded by violence and random cruelty, but is unable to hush his conscience aroused by a God-fearing girl (Shreya Saran) he fell in love with.
He inadvertently caused her death, so in a kind of penance, he disobeys the boss’s (Ashutosh Rana) orders to kill his unfaithful mistress Reema (Mrinalini Sharma) and her boyfriend. Incidentally, the dead girl and Reema are both Muslim — the latter is Pakistani. What’s with the Hindi-Paki bhai bhai angle now (check the recent Jhoom Barabar Jhoom) — is it a trend or a ploy to reach a bigger audience base?
The disobedience causes the wrathful boss to let loose his bunch of hitmen on to Shivam. Awarapan is inspired by Korean film A Bittersweet Life, and also has echoes of Taxi Driver (the Scorsese movie). Shivam’s spiritual awakening at a monastery is too abrupt and the otherwise leisurely-paced film moves to a hasty and not very thrilling climax.
The imagery — birds freed from cages —used to portray compassion and non-violence is hackneyed, but at least Awarapan makes some vague comment on matters of the mind and soul in an increasingly brutal world. The performances by all the actors are more or less proficient, the music is pleasant. The film, however, reveals hitherto unseen depths of talent in Emraan Hashmi; it would be interesting to follow his work from now on.
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