Zila Ghaziabad

The most ridiculous scenes in this movie are people from an uncivilized panchayat wearing branded sunglasses and talking fluent English. And what I loved about it is Paresh Rawal, Ravi Kishan & Vivek Oberoi with his charming style (after Jayantabhai debacle) and Arshad Warsi. Sanjay Dutt imitates Salman Khan of Dabangg and is a total waste. Minnisha Lamba is useless but Divya Dutta is good enough.

The script is exponential just like in mathematics and plot points are assumed. There are no proofs for the screen-playing events while the theorem is poorly executed. The lead role-players are like superheroes who can defy gravity anytime & anywhere. Director has wasted all his resources. I think he was in dire need of giving us this crap that he totally lost it. The same dialogs, the same item numbers (there are 2), the same narrow deep cleavages, the same unexposed love-making, same songs for every lead actor and finally, a predictable story... well ZG is not a shocker but it could be considered as one of the disastrous movies of 2013.

BOTTOM LINE: Zila Ghaziabad is such a movie, which if not made, would not have made any difference. Go watch Kai Po Che! It is much better than this!

Can be watched with a typical Indian family? 80% YES

Language: Strong | Sex: Mild | Violence & Gore: Critical | Foreplay: Critical | Alcohol, Smoking & Drugs: Mediocre | Nudity: Mediocre

'Zila Ghaziabad' arrives late. The subject & the execution of this blood & gore fest, deserved to hit screens 25-years back, when such films worked! Of course, it has some genuine merits & admirable performances, but the storytelling is been there seen that!

'Zila Ghaziabad' is the same old story of a hero's revenge after the villain kills his innocent brother brutally.

I really didn't mind 'Zila Ghaziabad', as I myself am a fan of this genre. I loved watching such action-flicks as a kid & grew up on them, frankly speaking. But, for 2013, 'Zila Ghaziabad' isn't the movie of the moment. The Screenplay is strictly aimed for the masses, offering everything they starve for. Anand Kumar's Direction is fair.

Performance-Wise: Sanjay Dutt is a complete bad-ass & he's great fun in an extended cameo. Arshad Warsi springs a surprise. He plays the violent villain with ease. Vivek Oberoi is efficient, as always. Ravi Kishan is excellent. He stands out. Paresh Rawal is effortless & a joy to watch. Chandrachur Singh & Ashutosh Rana are effective. Charmy Kaur gets very limited scope.

On the whole, 'Zila Ghaziabad' is meant for the masses.

I normally don't go to cinema halls to watch Hindi movies because leaving the very few ones I think they are heavily plagiarized either from other regional languages or from movies all over the world. Well, today me and my friend went to see "kai po che" because Chetan Bhagat is one of my favorite author and this movie is adapted from his novel. But we didn't get a ticket so we went to see "ZILA GHAZIABAD". After watching 5 mins of the movie I realized why Indian movies don't get nominated for Oscars. This movie has a cast which any director may dream of.. I mean Vivek Oberoi, Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Paresh Rawal, Asutosh Rana,etc etc.. either the Director is a new one and has simply followed the styles of other movies or the actors are desperately in need for some money. It lacked acting, direction, editing everything.

What hurts me is that the audiences was cheering the Ludicrously odd action scenes which can only be possible if the hero is "Superman". Same cliché, songs, dance, dialogues. Sitting there I can tell what will come next after a particular scene!!!

So when will Indian movies be ready for Oscars? Movies like Barfi (I haven't seen it yet) failed to even nominated for Oscars. So what is the meaning if we produce more than 1000 movies each year and not even a single movie get nominated for Oscars!!.

When will this change? It's the Indian audiences who can change this thing. If they are not ready to change their thoughts, ideas or perspectives, India don't stand any chance at Oscars.

My rating 2/10.

Score 2/10 Makers had the formula of a success full mass film. They stuffed some gore action, a love track without love and a lovemaking scene but unfortunately they forgot the importance of emotions. They tried to put it but it remained on paper and in mind only. Director, Mr. Anand Kumar is very confused. Story, screenplay and dialogues deserve to be not mentioned. This film is full of illogical incidents. A school teacher suddenly converts into a typical hard core goon and sometimes also behaves like he has heart of gold. They presented Zila Ghaziabad like it is some Chambal type of place. No law and order but still a Daroga can do wonder. A don, who doesn't mind to snatch Rifle from Police Constables is scared of a Daroga. In such type of criminal ruled district, there is working Panchayat. A teacher speaks in fluent English so Panch, get convinced by his logic. Director confusion clearly visible through all artists performance. All actors performance is jerky. Their are lot of actors but no one is able to leave their mark. Action sequence by Kanal Kannan is OK. In climax, especially fight between Vivek Obroi and Arshad Warsi is fine. Musically two tracks , one title track Zila Ghaziabad and Apne Baap Ka Na Samjho Maal are good. The later one could have been more impressive if there were no male voices inside it.

Zila Ghaziabad review:

This one is RECOMMENDED to different persons for different reasons: for aspiring film makers to understand how NOT to make a film, for aspiring actors on how NOT to act, music directors on how NOT to compose music and lastly for us, audiences to understand why NOT to go for such crap fest ..!!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.