Ghaath

I must say this is the most violent bollywood film I've seen. I have not watched many of them because our regional channel show these films on a Sunday night around 2 am. I could not sleep one sunday night. I started to watch Ghaath and I got hooked for the next 3 hours. It's about a young man whose hopes of becoming a policeman are crushed when he gets drawm into a fight with a police inspector. Very entertaining. Funny enough you always find a familar face who acted in English speaking film like Om Puri (East is East).

Krishna Patil (Manoj Bajpai) is a poor, unemployed and hot headed man who lives in a chawl with his father Ramakant (Anupam Kher) and elder sister (Sheeba Agarwal) and picks up fight with everyone. He fails to secure a job as a police officer and gets disillusioned in life.

One day, he happens to meet Kavita Chaudhary, a young, rich, beautiful, and successful lawyer. Being motherless and having lost her father recently, she lives alone in her bungalow. She misses her father and there is a certain void in her life. Krishna identifies this gap and fills it perfectly. Since he is jobless, he spends quality time with Kavita and eventually manages to get into a relationship with her.

One day police arrests Krishna and tortures him in police lockup. Kavita saves him with her wit and brings him home. She helps a badly injured Krishna to heal his wounds. Krishna seizes this opportunity to impregnate Kavita.

In the end, while Krishna dies fighting goons, pregnant Kavita decides to give birth to his child.

The highlight of the movie is the wonderful song "Tujhe dekh ke dhadakta hain dil" by Pankaj Udhas and Alka Yagnik. The song depicts the strong bond of love and attraction brewing between Krishna and Kavita.

A very well-made movie, reflecting the current corrupt times in India, especially in Bombay City.

Of particular interest is the definition of "P.O.L.I.C.E.", which is supposed to mean P - Polite, O- Obedient, L- Loyal, I- Intelligent, C- Courteous, and E - Efficient.

In this movie a corrupt police inspector I.M. Ghodbole (Mukesh Tiwari) passionately re-defines P.O.L.I.C.E. as P- Power, O- Order, L- Liar, I- Incompetent, C-Corrupt, and E - Encounter. Unfortunately, as is systemic racism deeply embedded in Canada and the United States, so is corruption in India. There are solutions, but those solutions need tough love, and a will to change things for the better. This movie justifiably states that the courts and the law are available for a few affluent individuals; that people in power are above the law; and a non-existent media. Just my two cents.