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Jaani
Dushman - ek anokhi kahani
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| Cast: |
Akshay
Kumar, Sunny Deol, Sonu Nigam, Manisha Koirala |
| Director: |
Rajkumar
Kohli |
| Music: |
Anand Milind, Anand Raj Anand, Sandeep Chowta |
Bollywood
seems to be running out of ideas. This is certainly
made clear by Rajkumar Kohli new film, 'Jani Dushman-Ek
Anokhi Kahani', that is one more film based on the
theme of reincarnation. Holllywood too has a lot of
films on the subject of rebirth but no director there
is so desperate or foolish to repackage his own past
films. But Kohli has no such inhibitions. He has opted
for a rehash of two of his past hits, 'Nagin' and
'Jani Dushman'.
It
is difficult to see how the film will appeal to anybody
except diehard fans of 'action'. For 'action' is possibly
the only saving grace in the film. There are some
brilliantly shot scenes, with the inspiration, of
course, coming from Hollywood (Arnold Schwarzenneger's
'Terminator 2: Judgment Day').
Kohli
is trying his best to establish his son, Arman, as
a hero and here he is introduced in the credits as
'Munish Kohli'. 'Jani Dushman--Ek Anokhi Kahani' also
sees Sonu Nigam
making his debut on the silver screen.
'Jani'
is the story of two lovers, Kapil (Munish Kohli) and
Vasundhara (Manisha Koirala), who have been ordained
to be reincarnated in the 21st century. Vasundhara
is now Divya, who studies in college and is part of
a fun loving group. She loves Karan (Sunny Deol).
While Karan is away on some business, she fallsprey
to Rajesh (Rajat Bedi) and Madan's (Siddhartha) foul
plans. They ask her to meet them on Valentines Day
and, horror of horrors, rape her. Her eventual death
upsets and angers Kapil no end. He is out to finish
the perpetrators of the vile deed. Aiding him in the
task are some supernatural powers.
Kohli
relies in this film on time-tested formulae. He brings
together three 'action heroes', Sunny Deol, Sunil
Shetty and Akshay Kumar, but this does not exactly
help the cause as the film has a very weak backbone.
It does manage to build up some pace before the interval
but afterwards it tapers off.
The
dialogue by K.K.Singh is tepid at places for an 'action
film'. Kohli has relied on the services of two cinematographers
and two action directors, but the switch from one
technician to another is quite apparent in the film
and contributes to its jerky narration. The music
by Anand Milind, Anand Raj Anand and Sandeep Chowta
is disappointing.
Kohli
has also not been excellent in bridging the gap between
different characters. He tried hard t
o
give his each and every artist footage as per his
or her box-office value but it is Akshay Kumar who
overshadows all others. For Sonu Nigam it is not an
appropriate film to start with. Sunny Deol's role
is more of a special appearance sort. Manisha Koirala
looks too old to play a college girl and is not a
perfect choice to be cast against Munish who looks
years younger to her. There is also a long list of
supporting artists. Raja Murad, Johny Lever and Kiran
Kumar may have got some substance to deliver, but
other artists like Jaspal Bhatti, Sahbaz Khan, Aman
Verma and others are wasted Kiran Rathod shines among
the crowd. She needs some really good films under
big banner otherwise days are not far when she will
find herself being part of history. Aftab Shivdasani
is a perfect match for her. On the whole Jani Dushman:
Ek Anokhi Kahani's fate will rely on oral publicity.
It has good chance to fare at box-office as there
have not been good action men in the recent past and
neither are there many films like this in coming days.
The film's fate will also decide whether multistarrer
will stay or vanish.
