What starts off seeming to be a take-off on Mani Ratnam's most recent political drama "Chekka Chivantha Vaanam" turns into an engrossing crackling cat-and-mouse drama about a political empire in Maharashtra where siblings squabble for power after the patriarch (Atul Kulkarni) is gunned down.
Straightaway, "City Of Dreams" encircles a cluster of power-hungry characters whose motives are never cogent, let alone comprehensible. There is always a sense of more going on here than meets the eye.
Writers-directors Nagesh Kukunoor, Rohit C. Banawlikar peel off layers after layers of subterfuge to reveal a system of governance that thrives on corruption and deception.
Deftly inter-woven, the plot moves in mysterious ways embracing characters who are at once cunning and naive. The aforementioned wounded politician's daughter Poornima (a very lovely and emotionally empowered Priya Bapat) fights it out with her out-of-control debauched brother Ashish (Siddharth Chandekar).
The two actors play off against one another with controlled acerbity,...
Straightaway, "City Of Dreams" encircles a cluster of power-hungry characters whose motives are never cogent, let alone comprehensible. There is always a sense of more going on here than meets the eye.
Writers-directors Nagesh Kukunoor, Rohit C. Banawlikar peel off layers after layers of subterfuge to reveal a system of governance that thrives on corruption and deception.
Deftly inter-woven, the plot moves in mysterious ways embracing characters who are at once cunning and naive. The aforementioned wounded politician's daughter Poornima (a very lovely and emotionally empowered Priya Bapat) fights it out with her out-of-control debauched brother Ashish (Siddharth Chandekar).
The two actors play off against one another with controlled acerbity,...
- 5/9/2019
- GlamSham
‘D-Day’ is a Hindi crime thriller movie and was released on 19th July. The film is directed by Nikhil Advani who earlier directed superb movies like ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ and ‘Patiala House’ among others. The movie is jointly produced by Dar motion pictures and Emmay Entertainment Private Limited. The lead casts in the movie are Arjun Rampal, Irfaan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Shruti Hassan, Sandeep Kulkarni and Huma Quereshi. ‘D-Day’ saw a poor opening on the first day of its release. The movie showed a below average performance grossing only about rupees 5 crores in the domestic market. The movie did an average business in the Mumb...
- 7/20/2013
- Bollywoodmantra.com
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