Zila Ghaziabad

This is worse than the usual Bollywood nonsense! The screenplay was terrible, stunts were so evidently string-assists, Vivek Oberoi, Arshad Warsi & Sanjay Dutt couldn't act. Sunil Grover's acting was good. Some scenes felt like they were part of a TV show. This is a must "miss".

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.

'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.

The film overall had a good storyline. Vivek snatches his role as always and Arshad comes as a good villain here... But what I felt a lot is it's inspired from the epic gangster films "Gangs of Wasseypur- 1,2" by Anurag Kashyap... the idea of this gang wars and the betrayals etc.

Which makes sense also since GOW 1,2 released in 2012 and Zila Ghaziabad a year later. Good acting skills though.

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.