Aan: Men at Work

In a span of few movies, including the last one "Satta", Bhandarkar has gotten a reputation as a good director, albeit he is not in the same league as a Varma. The movie is loaded with "Stars" some of them good some of them not so good as in Akshay Kumar and Suneil Shetty who will never know what acting is as long as they are gainfully employed. Irfan Khan, here is an actor who I think is born to portray "Bhai" the Mumbai equivalent of "Don". He is typecast in roles like "Pran" was in the yesteryear movies and rightfully so. There is plenty of action, but the flaw I see is a poor script and Screenplay with few gems. I think Madhur Bhandarkar is good in a documentary style movies like "Chandini Bar", "Satta" where his real talent is-in other words this is a "bummer from a Helmer" the caliber of Bhandarkar.

2004 action film that brings together an ensemble cast for a gritty portrayal of police officers battling corruption. The film, directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, offers a mix of intense action sequences and a narrative that delves into the challenges faced by law enforcement.

The movie explores themes of duty, honor, and the complex dynamics within the police force. While it received praise for its realistic depiction of police work, some critics felt that the storyline was formulaic and predictable. The performances of the ensemble cast, including Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, and Shatrughan Sinha, were generally well-received, adding depth to the characters they portrayed.

The film's soundtrack, composed by Anu Malik, complements the on-screen drama with its energetic and pulsating tunes. "Aan: Men at Work" may not have redefined the genre, but it remains a notable addition to the action genre of Indian cinema in the mid-2000s, offering audiences an engaging glimpse into the challenges faced by those committed to upholding the law. Story was kinda Similar to Khakee 2004 staring AK.

Oh my goodness, this movie was absolutely terrible. Within the first second of the film, I could sense boredom. This movie is so bad, I'm speechless. I don't think I have ever fast forwarded so much of a movie before. I seriously watched like ten minutes of the two-hour and forty-five-minute movie. Raveena and Lara had probably total like five minutes. The other five minutes that I watched was the "Nasha Nasha" song. It had a catchy beat and a cool set. My gosh, there was so much pointless fighting and yelling. I wonder if the producer actually expected to make a profit by making such a movie. Except for Hera Pheri, the makers of this movie have made way too many trashy movies.

Aan is an action movie where action never stops.Aan tells the story of Mumbai Cops.The irony is that they are handcuffed by corrupt politicians,businessmen who influence police to get their job done.Mumbai is ruled by underworld who work in tandem with politicians and businessmen.All the three of them take one another's help for getting their job done.Thus,all of them escape from law. Some cops like Appa Kadam Nayak(Suneil Shetty) do try their hands to cleanse the city.They meet with little effort because the minute they go little far,they are made to take several steps backwards.Shatrughan Sinha plays a cop who becomes passive to the system.Paresh Rawal is a small time hawaldar who has his own problems eeking out a life with meagre support from his job.However all of them try their level best to do their job awaiting a superior who would "open their hands".

Enters Hari Om Patnaik(Akshay Kumar)who initially does not like his subordinates' ways but bends on knowing the ground reality.The cops handle a political murder and rest of the story tells how the cops get to the criminal and succeed in exposing a corrupt minister and a business tycoon,despite the corruption which permeated from top to bottom.

The film is technically good.There is lot of action.It seems that Madhur Bhandarkar attempted John Woo.The action scenes are well shot.The director makes use of Split screen images to show how underworld mafia use top connections and escape from law.The movies showcases some of the cops' problems.The movie is also inspired from some of the real life incidents.But Madhur's films are like that,a good director.The acting is good.Suniel Shetty is particularly impressive.Akshay Kumar ,Paresh Rawal also do their job well.Irfaan Khan is also good playing an underworld bhai. As for the flaws,there are many many sub-plots.The story goes awry at times and at times it appears that screenwriters go tangential from the original plot,bringing out defects in the society and ills of the system. Inspite of the flaws,the movie is watchable,for its action sequences.The action is very good and I believe it is the only action movie sans romance.Madhur Bhandarkar wanted to combine commercial cinema and his own style of film-making.The effort is not very impressive but still okay.

I just Saw this Movie again 2020. And dear Lord what was going on, they used so much time on utter rubbish, the Movie makers tried to make it stylish but failed Big time, they even tried to make it look Hollywood gangster type, but failed again, each action sequence is so bad and fake to watch, that it hurts. The story wasnt bad, but with the wooden acting by sitrugan sinha, and over the stop acting by sunil shetty it was painfull to watch, jackie shroff didnt fit in Well, he looked more like a Hollywood b grade villain.

Irfan Khan and akshay kumar, paresh rawal held it Well, and gets 2 stars. Rest is forgettable.

The Movie is: Outdated, way to long, Hollywood copied action scenes, filled with cliches, bad and dumb dialoges, and inconsistant screenplay.