Zila Ghaziabad

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.

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".

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

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.