Saturday, September 4, 2010

Treacherous but Emotional Atyachar

A Dark, Gloomy Road movie… where is EA?


After watching the movie you will wonder why the title Emotional Atyachar, with a prefix ‘the film’. That too after winning a lawsuit against UTV movies that air a reality shows by the same name, of course without the prefix.  "Emotional Atyachar" is not every one's cup of tea. The movie takes a leap out from Guy Ritchie’s gore and dark humor with blood splurging like Quentin Tarantino’s movies.

Definitely Akshay Shere had watched “Lock Stock and two smoking barrels” and “Snatch”, but guys this one is original and not a copy. The thriller is stitched with vendetta and slack humor. As Taran Adarsh said:-“One has to be attentive, sorry, very attentive while watching The Film Emotional Atyachar. This one's not the leave-your-brains-at-home types, for sure. The story of the film is truly hatke and its execution, double hatke. In fact, it takes time to grasp the goings-on initially because the characters aren't connected with one another and also, there're multiple stories running concurrently.”

The non-linear story line and an abrupt time-scale will keep you glued to your seat till first half, then the story will unfold to a filmi- unpredictable but comfortable ending. Akshay has definitely learned from Ram Gopal Varma, being his assistant director in the classic Sarkar and a good Shiva. Moreover the actors are either from RGV’s factory or Anurag kashyap’s Camp.

Anand Tiwari scores full after learning from Slumdog millionaire, Udaan and Mumbai meri jaan. He is too good in all the small roles, focusing on ethical and moral accomplice of the clan who is very far away from the same. A noticeable act and well done.
The Duo is back with a bang again, their chemistry that too dark one is something to cherish. Yes, Ranvir-Vinay are the king of humors. The dialogues and monologues’ between them are complimenting each other and a pleasure to watch. While Abhimanyu Singh was wasted like a virgin gangster wearing Ed-hardy T shirts and drinking beer. Whatever small role was given to him as an incompetent casino Casanova was played well. Ravi Kissen is always good in Tapori lingo and his character was too dark. Snehal Dabhi entertains us with his fat body and acts. Mohit Ahlawat is looking shady and innocent like always and good to watch. A job done with perfection. The only female character, Kalki was good as a charming, flirtiest and cunning cunt.



There is a scene which can inspire Pulp-Fiction, a scrappy knife looking for a bullet but yields everything else from the body…A very nicely captured scene. The camerawork is perfect with some wide angle CCTV look and top shots. The background score too supports the camera in a subtle way. There is only one unnecessary short song; however it didn’t distract the movie. Kartik Krishnan’s dialogues are great and punched with some hard hitting humor.


At par with Johnny Gaddar, a perfect watch for those who would like edgy and knack of raw & dark movies.Oops Did i miss Reservoir Dogs !!!??

It actually gets three (3)stars but half is discredited for a misguiding title.

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