First look of Rajneeti & Abzee’s comment

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Thanks to abzee

Abzee says,  “A friend of mine sent me this first look of Rajneeti. I don’t know if this has been put up earlier.  Quite a cast assembled here.  In fact, my friend tells me that Irffan Khan was supposed to do the Arjun Rampal role here…that would’ve made an even otherwise strong cast better. Btw, there’s also Naseeruddin Shah, Mohan Agashe and Om Puri in bit parts here apparently. This will be Ranbir’s true test for me.  He has so far established that he is good at tapping into familiar registers (Saawariya- Raj Kapoor; BAH- SRK; WUS- DCH trio + Hrithik of Lakshya; APKGK- masala medlee), but Rajneeti will be the first time he’ll have to ‘create’ a character. Nonetheless, Ranbir really seems to be making some giant strides. Btw, saw APKGK today.  This is a film that solely works because of the screenplay, Santoshi’s deft handling and Ranbir’s perf.  This guy is made for the camera.”

20 Responses to “First look of Rajneeti & Abzee’s comment”

  1. Yes Abzee asked me about this too and I told him I had put up that image some months ago here:

    Anjum Rajabali on Rajneeti

    Nonetheless Abzee’s comment is welcome.. as is the poster..

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  2. Do like this poster quite a bit..

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  3. Incidentally this film (if current patterns hold up) looks to be Santoshi’s first superhit (without qualification..) since his debut Ghayal believe it or not!

    Apparently this film has a 50 crore price tag. Wonder how many will take this into account of those who otherwise love these sorts of numbers!

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  4. Speaking of Jha I revisited Gangajal and Apharan some months back and liked both more on a second viewing (didn’t care as much the first time around). There is still a great that’s problematic in Jha’s universe but I ultimately have a weakness for the kind of authentic milieu he represents.

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    • masterpraz Says:

      Yeah…me too…I liked them both a LOT more the second time around…these films get better with time@ RAJNEETI finished off his trilogy and is his biggest to date!

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    • Just curious, dont you think the milieu Bharadwaj creates in OMKAARA more authentic? I know you dont particularly care about OMKAARA much hence the question.

      I think Jha did well in MRITYUDAND with milieu than anywhere else.

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  5. Thanks Sandy, Satyam. Didn’t know this had been put up before.

    I find this poster particularly interesting, in that the black and white chess board imagery in the background and the fact that the faces of each character doesn’t stay true to any one square makes them all ‘grey’. Nobody is black or white…their almost pixelated images speaking volumes.

    I’ve had problems with Jha’s films, but they’ve always made for riveting viewings and they age well for some reason.

    BTW, while the numbers of APKGK are indeed astonishing, this is a film that was made and sold at a high price. So I don’t know how profitable it will be in the real sense. But yes, one can safely say that Ranbir Kapoor has arrived.

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  6. How come Katrina is completely missing from the poster, when all the previous stills were basically showcasing her?

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  7. well being sold for 50crores itself speaks volumes that ranbir has arrived. that figure would be for overall rights wouldnt it. may include music rigts aswell. we dont know exact details at the moment. it was only a passing mention in one of nahata’s posts but everyone else said the movie will be a success due to its low costs. if it is sold for 50 crore distribution rights and makes 70 crore in india it will be a superhit for me.
    really liked this poster and looking forward to this movie. i am no ranbir fan, i like everyone who performs well but only pitching in for him because I think he deserves it.

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    • But many Bollywood films are overpriced these days.. on Ranbir I wasn’t accusing you of saying what you did because you were a fan. I am neither a Ranbir nor a Hrithik fan at this point. I just don’t see Ranbir unseating Hrithik unless he can throw up some 80 crore grossers in a row! Hrithik operates at a different box office level at his peak and his own poor volume has hurt him (plus some other factors). Hrithik could open his strength genre to not less than 45 crores (assuming a basic audience acceptance). Even 50 if the film were really liked. I don’t think it’s the same league. What Ajab prem seems likely to do is great for him but let’s not forget contexts. Akshay has done this multiple times and is often poised to do this based on his openings, Race and Golmaal 2 had huge openings. I think ATB would have opened at 40 without the Blue competition. SRK can do it anyway. LAK did it recently. So really there are a variety of projects that get that done in this multiplex environment. Does this nonetheless mean something for Ranbir? Of course! It’s always great to have this kind of grosser irrespective of what any one else is doing but I would be careful about what ‘meaning’ were attached to this.

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  8. Khalida on Rajneeti and Politics in Hindi movies in general-

    Politics… rare, medium or well done?

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  9. I’m eagerly looking forward to this movie.

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  10. Looks good and the cast is stellar here

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  11. masterpraz Says:

    This is gonna be killer!

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