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Veerappan
Critic reviews and ratings
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Wish the director, who gave us unforgettable mafia material like Satya, Company and Sarkar, had packed in some extra punches.
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Looks like Ramu has found his long-lost mojo with this one.
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Ram Gopal Varma should also be applauded for convincingly extracting human emotions from his characters, without going over the top.
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Even then this could have been an engaging watch, if not spoiled by that constant assault on one's eardrums.
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...mostly gripping, sensational and involving.
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So has RGV got his mojo back? The jury is still out on that.
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In certain aspects of storytelling then, this is a film that cannot be ignored. It is however hard to get past the poor acting by Joshi and Ray and that overly loud background score.
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...the once-brilliant Varma finally seems to be paying attention again.
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... has pace and a narrative technique which may give you a glimpse of RGV’s old charm. But, the mojo isn’t completely back yet.
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...we see flashes of the Varma of old, and he gets solid support from Bharadwaj and Jadhav’s performances. If only the screenplay had been tighter and the mood more suspenseful.
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What really gets to you is the background score that goes boom, boom, boom, every time there is an action scene in the jungle, some jungle scenes, or scenes where not much is happening. RGV tries to hit out at you, any which way.
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It may well be a misfire, but Veerappan shows that at least RGV has his eyes open while squeezing the trigger. The dacoit is still at large.
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It's not the worst film Ram Gopal Varma has made. Nor is it any close to his best. It's just a middle-of-the-road offering where seeing an actor look like the mirror image of Veerappan catches your fancy for a few fleeting moments.
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...what you leave the cinema with at the end are shattered eardrums from the incessant background music.
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It's upsetting that Ram Gopal Varma fans have to put up with this. Even the very few and far between visual flourishes are merely reminders of an auteur that was.
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Better than some RGV products. Yes, that isn't saying much in favor of the film.
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...does not shy away from making a great deal of noise, but the film is more akin to soggy gelatin sticks delivering a damp squib than a big explosive device triggering an earth-shattering bang.
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...a hotchpotch of important incidents at best. At worst... let's not even go there.
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To find an actor who resembles the real-life character he has to play is a stroke of pure luck. But to fritter that away by making that reel-life character so uni-dimensional, so uninteresting is pure misfortune, both for the once terrific director, as well as for us viewers who live in hope for his return.
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The return of RGV to Bollywood's consciousness. He's not completely in his usual element here, but there are flashes of his brilliance here, and these, sadly, are few and far between.
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