The Rising - Ballad Of Mangal Pandey (Subtitled)

Advantages: gripping and haunting, beautifully written and shot
Disadvantages: quite a complex storyline

...needed and add a real sense of emotion to the film. The characters are complex and beautifully played. We are left haunted by the images we have seen but optimistic about the disintegration of the religious divide. In my opinion this is a must watch film. Some more info: Release Date June 11, 2004 Producer Govind Nihalani Director Govind Nihalani Star Cast Amitabh Bachchan...... JCP. Dev Pratap Singh Fardeen Khan...... Farhaan Ali Kareena Kapoor...... Aaliya Om Puri...... Tejinder Khosla Rati Agnihotri...... Dr. Bharati Singh Milind Gunaji...... Mangal Rao Harsh Chhaya Amruta Subhash Ehsaan Khan...... Latif Pramod Moutho...... Ali Khan Amrish Puri...... Chief Minister Bhandarkar Achyut Potdar...... Qureshi Masood Akhtar...... Farid Suresh Bhagwat...... Terrified Hindu Cassettes and CD's on Times Music Background Music Zubin Balaporia... Read review

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Advantages: great plot, superb choreography, magnificent scenery, well performed
Disadvantages: long (but it is so good this isn't really a disadvantage)

.... A scheming desire, several serious betrayals and a redemption at the eleventh hour also add intrigue to the story. MAIN CAST Aamir Khan - Bhuvan Gracy Singh - Gauri Paul Blackthorne - Captain Andrew Russell Rachel Shelley - Elizabeth Russell Suhasini Mulay - Yashodamai Kulbhushan Kharbanda - Rajah Puran Singh Raghuveer Yaday - Bhura Rajendra Gupta - Mukhiya Rajesh Vivek - Guran Sri Vallabh Vyas - Ishwar Javed Khan - Ram Singh Raj Zutshi - Ismail Akhilendra Mishra - Arjan Pradeep Rawat - Deva Daya Shankar Pandey - Goli The lead roles, a diverse bunch of characters from a ranting fortune-teller to a greasy villain, are all played extremely well. In true Bollywood style, we receive a good blend of lingering stare-downs, maniacal cackling, tear rendering speeches, jealous pouting and suspicious lurking. Our hero is handsome Bhuvan... Read review

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Advantages: Based on a true story, realistic acting, Bold editing
Disadvantages: None

..., Yashpal Sharma, Akhilendra Mishra, Mukesh Tiwari, Anoop Soni, Ayub Khan, Ajay Rohilla, Chetan Pandit, Yash Pathak, Prateeksha Khanwelkar, Kraft Dinanath Redkar, Dayashankar Pandey Music: Sandesh Shandilya, Wayne Sharpe (background) Genre: Action Social Drama Recommended Audience: Parental Guidance ***Story Line*** Tejpur is the largest district town under Motipur Division in Bihar (India). For a prolonged period, Sadhu Jadav (Mohan Joshi) has been the uncrowned emperor of this district. With his son, Sundar Jadav (Yashpal Sharma) he has created a hell in Tejpur. The local police force stay idle, as they are also paid regularly by these two. According to the D.I.G. Verma (Mohan Agashe), the previous S.P. of Tejpur was complete corrupt and was linked with the local mafias, so he had to be removed. Another police academy gold medallist Amit... Read review

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